CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “We can solve the problem.”
A. The problem is able to solve by us.
B. The problem can solve us.
C. The problem can be solved by us.
D. The problem could solved by us.
Correct Answer: C
With 'can', use can be + past participle.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “You must obey the rules.”
A. The rules are must obeyed.
B. The rules must be obeyed by you.
C. The rules must obey you.
D. The rules have to obey by you.
Correct Answer: B
A modal passive uses modal + be + past participle.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “They will have completed the task.”
A. The task will be completed by them.
B. The task will have completed them.
C. The task will have been completed by them.
D. The task would have completed by them.
Correct Answer: C
Future perfect passive uses will have been + past participle.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “He will deliver the parcel.”
A. The parcel would be delivered by him.
B. The parcel will have delivered by him.
C. The parcel will be delivered by him.
D. The parcel is delivered by him.
Correct Answer: C
Future simple passive uses will be + past participle.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “They had finished the project.”
A. The project had been finished by them.
B. The project has been finished by them.
C. The project was finished by them.
D. The project had finished them.
Correct Answer: A
Past perfect passive uses had been + past participle.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “She was reading the book.”
A. The book was read by her.
B. The book was being read by her.
C. The book had been read by her.
D. The book is being read by her.
Correct Answer: B
Past continuous passive uses was/were being + past participle.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “They built the bridge.”
A. The bridge had built by them.
B. The bridge is built by them.
C. The bridge was built by them.
D. The bridge was being built by them.
Correct Answer: C
Simple past passive uses was/were + past participle.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “He has completed the work.”
A. The work had been completed by him.
B. The work is completed by him.
C. The work has completed him.
D. The work has been completed by him.
Correct Answer: D
Present perfect passive uses has/have been + past participle.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “She is cooking dinner.”
A. Dinner was being cooked by her.
B. Dinner is being cooked by her.
C. Dinner is cooked by her.
D. Dinner has been cooked by her.
Correct Answer: B
Present continuous passive uses am/is/are being + past participle.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “They write letters.”
A. They are written letters.
B. Letters are being written by them.
C. Letters are written by them.
D. Letters were written by them.
Correct Answer: C
Simple present passive uses am/is/are + past participle.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: 'They will complete the work.'
A. The work will be completed by them.
B. The work was completed by them.
C. The work is completing by them.
D. The work completed them.
Correct Answer: A
A: Correct because future passive is 'will be + past participle'. B: Wrong because it changes future to past. C: Wrong because the passive form is grammatically incorrect. D: Wrong because it reverses meaning incorrectly.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: 'She writes a letter.'
A. A letter is written by her.
B. A letter was written by her.
C. A letter has written by her.
D. A letter writes her.
Correct Answer: A
A: Correct because simple present active changes to 'is/am/are + past participle'. B: Wrong because 'was written' is past tense, not simple present. C: Wrong because the passive structure is grammatically incorrect. D: Wrong because the subject-object relation is incorrect.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive voice: "He writes a letter."
A. A letter wrote by him.
B. A letter is written by him.
C. A letter was written by him.
D. A letter has written by him.
Correct Answer: B
Present indefinite passive is "is/am/are + past participle".