Active and Passive Voice MCQs : English MCQs
1. The active voice of the sentence “The cat chased the mouse” is:
a) The mouse was chased by the cat.
b) The cat has chased the mouse.
c) The cat was chasing the mouse.
d) The cat chases the mouse.
  Answer: d) The cat chases the mouse.
2. What is the passive voice of the sentence “She is writing a novel”?
a) She wrote a novel.
b) A novel is being written by her.
c) A novel was written by her.
d) She was writing a novel.
  Answer: b) A novel is being written by her.
3. Choose the active voice of the sentence: “The book was written by the author.”
a) The author was writing the book.
b) The author wrote the book.
c) The author writes the book.
d) The book wrote the author.
  Answer: b) The author wrote the book.
4. What is the passive voice of the sentence “The teacher is explaining the lesson”?
a) The lesson was explained by the teacher.
b) The lesson is being explained by the teacher.
c) The lesson explained the teacher.
d) The teacher was explaining the lesson.
  Answer: b) The lesson is being explained by the teacher.
5. The active voice of the sentence “The window was broken by the storm” is:
a) The storm has broken the window.
b) The storm breaks the window.
c) The storm had broken the window.
d) The storm broke the window.
  Answer: d) The storm broke the window.
6. What is the passive voice of the sentence “She has cleaned the room”?
a) She cleaned the room.
b) The room has been cleaned by her.
c) She was cleaning the room.
d) The room cleaned her.
  Answer: b) The room has been cleaned by her.
7. Choose the active voice of the sentence: “The cake will be baked by my mother.”
a) My mother will bake the cake.
b) My mother was baking the cake.
c) My mother baked the cake.
d) The cake will bake my mother.
  Answer: a) My mother will bake the cake.
8. What is the passive voice of the sentence “They were repairing the car”?
a) They have repaired the car.
b) The car was repaired by them.
c) They repaired the car.
d) The car repaired them.
  Answer: b) The car was repaired by them.
9. The active voice of the sentence “The movie was watched by the children” is:
a) The children watched the movie.
b) The children had watched the movie.
c) The children were watching the movie.
d) The movie watched the children.
  Answer: a) The children watched the movie.
10. What is the passive voice of the sentence “She will sing a song”?
a) A song will be sung by her.
b) She will have sung a song.
c) She will sing a song.
d) A song was sung by her.
   Answer: a) A song will be sung by her.
11. Choose the active voice of the sentence: “The letter had been written by Sarah.”
a) Sarah had written the letter.
b) Sarah wrote the letter.
c) The letter had written Sarah.
d) Sarah was writing the letter.
   Answer: a) Sarah had written the letter.
12. What is the passive voice of the sentence “He is building a house”?
a) He builds a house.
b) A house is being built by him.
c) A house built him.
d) He was building a house.
   Answer: b) A house is being built by him.
13. The active voice of the sentence “The cake was baked by Mary” is:
a) Mary bakes the cake.
b) Mary baked the cake.
c) The cake baked Mary.
d) Mary is baking the cake.
   Answer: b) Mary baked the cake.
14. What is the passive voice of the sentence “She has already finished the assignment”?
a) She already finished the assignment.
b) The assignment had been finished by her already.
c) She has finished the assignment.
d) She was finishing the assignment already.
   Answer: c) She has finished the assignment.
15. Choose the active voice of the sentence: “The concert will be performed by the band.”
a) The band will perform the concert.
b) The concert will perform the band.
c) The band will have performed the concert.
d) The band was performing the concert.
   Answer: a) The band will perform the concert.
16. What is the passive voice of the sentence “The company may offer you the job”?
a) You may be offered the job by the company.
b) The company may have offered you the job.
c) The company offers you the job.
d) You may be offering the job by the company.
   Answer: a) You may be offered the job by the company.
17. The active voice of the sentence “The book will have been read by him” is:
a) He read the book.
b) He will have read the book.
c) The book will read him.
d) He will read the book.
   Answer: b) He will have read the book.
18. What is the passive voice of the sentence “They were playing football”?
a) Football played them.
b) They had played football.
c) Football was being played by them.
d) They played football.
   Answer: c) Football was being played by them.
19. Choose the active voice of the sentence: “The movie was enjoyed by the audience.”
a) The audience enjoyed the movie.
b) The movie enjoyed the audience.
c) The audience had enjoyed the movie.
d) The audience is enjoying the movie.
   Answer: a) The audience enjoyed the movie.
20. What is the passive voice of the sentence “The teacher is explaining the lesson”?
a) The lesson is being explained by the teacher.
b) The lesson is explained by the teacher.
c) The teacher explained the lesson.
d) The teacher has explained the lesson.
   Answer: a) The lesson is being explained by the teacher.
21. The active voice of the sentence “The cake was eaten by the children” is:
a) The children were eating the cake.
b) The children ate the cake.
c) The cake ate the children.
d) The children eat the cake.
   Answer: b) The children ate the cake.
22. Choose the active voice of the sentence: “The book will be read by him.”
a) He will be reading the book.
b) He will read the book.
c) He is reading the book.
d) He reads the book.
  Answer: b) He will read the book.
23. What is the passive voice of the sentence “The team won the match”?
a) The match was won by the team.
b) The team has won the match.
c) The team was winning the match.
d) The match won the team.
  Answer: a) The match was won by the team.
24. The active voice of the sentence “The cake has been baked by Mary” is:
a) Mary is baking the cake.
b) Mary has baked the cake.
c) Mary was baking the cake.
d) Mary baked the cake.
  Answer: b) Mary has baked the cake.
25. What is the passive voice of the sentence “He had completed the project”?
a) He had been completing the project.
b) The project had been completed by him.
c) He has completed the project.
d) He had been completed by the project.
  Answer: b) The project had been completed by him.
26. Choose the active voice of the sentence: “The letter was written by Sarah.”
a) Sarah was writing the letter.
b) Sarah writes the letter.
c) Sarah wrote the letter.
d) The letter writes Sarah.
  Answer: c) Sarah wrote the letter.
27. What is the passive voice of the sentence “The teacher will explain the lesson”?
a) The lesson was explained by the teacher.
b) The lesson will be explained by the teacher.
c) The lesson will have been explained by the teacher.
d) The lesson explains the teacher.
  Answer: b) The lesson will be explained by the teacher.
28. The active voice of the sentence “The window had been broken by the storm” is:
a) The storm broke the window.
b) The window had broken the storm.
c) The storm was breaking the window.
d) The storm had broken the window.
  Answer: d) The storm had broken the window.
29. What is the passive voice of the sentence “She is washing the dishes”?
a) She washed the dishes.
b) She has been washing the dishes.
c) The dishes have been washed by her.
d) The dishes are washed by her.
  Answer: c) The dishes have been washed by her.
30. Choose the active voice of the sentence: “The concert is being performed by the band.”
a) The band was performing the concert.
b) The band performs the concert.
c) The band is performing the concert.
d) The concert performs the band.
  Answer: c) The band is performing the concert.
31. What is the passive voice of the sentence “They have delivered the package”?
a) They were delivering the package.
b) The package had been delivered by them.
c) They have been delivering the package.
d) The package delivered them.
  Answer: b) The package had been delivered by them.
32. The active voice of the sentence “The movie will be watched by the children” is:
a) The children watched the movie.
b) The children will watch the movie.
c) The movie watched the children.
d) The children will be watching the movie.
  Answer: b) The children will watch the movie.
33. What is the passive voice of the sentence “She had already finished the assignment”?
a) She already finished the assignment.
b) The assignment had been finished by her already.
c) She has finished the assignment.
d) She was finishing the assignment already.
  Answer: b) The assignment had been finished by her already.
34. Choose the active voice of the sentence: “The car will have been repaired by John.”
a) John will repair the car.
b) The car will be repaired by John.
c) John will have repaired the car.
d) The car will repair John.
  Answer: a) John will repair the car.
35. What is the passive voice of the sentence “They are playing football”?
a) Football is being played by them.
b) They played football.
c) Football plays them.
d) They are being played by football.
  Answer: a) Football is being played by them.
36. The active voice of the sentence “The cake will have been eaten by the children” is:
a) The children will eat the cake.
b) The children will have eaten the cake.
c) The cake will eat the children.
d) The children will be eating the cake.
  Answer: b) The children will have eaten the cake.
37. What is the passive voice of the sentence “She has cooked dinner”?
a) She cooks dinner.
b) Dinner has been cooked by her.
c) She cooked dinner.
d) Dinner was cooking her.
  Answer: b) Dinner has been cooked by her.