Passive Voice Exercises Pdf
Active and Passive Voice Exercise. Ms Sullivan teaches us grammar. The teacher praised him. The firemen took the injured to the hospital. An earthquake destroyed the town. The boy’s work pleased the teacher. The fire damaged the building. Who taught you French? The manager will give you a ticket. Spectators thronged the streets. ENGLISH GRAMMAR The Passive Voice THE PASSIVE VOICE.
Active Voice and Passive Voice are directly not asked in class 8 in CBSE but they are asked in many forms like gap filling, editing and omission and sometimes rearranging sentences are also in passive voice. Passive meaning is basically where subject is not doing anything. Active passive voice is a topic worth learning because it covers more than 25% of the language. Considering this we are giving active and passive voice rules along with active and passive voice exercises pdf so that voice change should be easy for you. In order to explain this in a better way Edumantra provides active and passive voice examples with answers. Read the active passive voice rules and change active to passive voice and be perfect in voice grammar. Additionally active and passive voice worksheets are also available in pdf downloadable format. Find active and passive voice exercises with answers pdf and active and passive voice rules chart and get a deep insight of learning.
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Assertive sentences: is/am/are 3rd form
Active Voice | Passive Voice |
1st form + s/es 1. He loves me. 2. She lights the candle. International cricket captain 2010 editor. 3. I do my duty. 4. They expect good news. 5. We help the poor. | is/am/are+3rd form I am loved by him. The candle is lighted candle. by her. My duty is done by me. Good news is expected news. by them. The poor are helped by us. |
Negative sentences: is/am/are + not + 3rd form
Active Voice | Passive Voice |
do not/does not + 1st form 1. The boys do not make a noise. 2. She does notabuse you. | is/am/we + not + 3rd form A noise is not made by the boys. You are not abused by her. |
Interrogative sentences: is/am/are + Subject + 3rd form?
Active Voice | Passive Voice |
do/does + subject + 1st form. 1. Do you eat meat? 2. Does she pluck flowers? | is/ am/are + subject + 3rd form Is meat eaten by you? Are flowers plucked by her? |
Note: 1. If the question begins with a ‘Wh’ word, the ‘Wh’ word is placed before the helping verb; as;
3. When do you eat you breakfast? 4. Why does he tell lies? 5. How do you prepare tea? 6. Where does she keep her money? | When is your breakfast eaten by you? Why are lies told by him? How is tea prepared by you? Where is her money kept by her? |
Note: 2. ‘What’ serves as Object in the Active Voice and as Subject in the Passive Voice. Therefore the Helping Verb is placed after what’. Similarly, the Helping Verb is placed after the Noun followed by ‘which’.
7. What do you see? 8. Which pen do you like? | What is seen by you? Which pen is liked by you? |
Note: 3.if the Question is framed with ‘who’ or ‘whom’. in the Passive Voice ‘who’ is changed into by ‘by whom’ and ‘whom’ is changed into ‘who’.
9.Who abuses you? By who are you abused
10. Whom do you Who is wanted by you ? want
Exercises
EXERCISE NO. 1
Change the following sentences into Passive Voice:
- I teach English.
- Mohan tells stories.
- I see a bird.
- He likes apples.
- You write poems.
- Ashok wants a pen.
- Ram makes a chair.
- They run a race.
- The peon rings the bell.
- She does not wash clothes.
- You do not keep your word.
- This officer does not punish his juniors.
- I expect good news.
- How do you wash your clothes?
- Who teaches you?