Tense Active Passive

Present Simple I do my room cleaning

Present Continuous I am doing my room

cleaning

Present Perfect I have done my room

cleaning

Past Simple I did my room cleaning

Past Continuous I was doing my room

cleaning

Past Perfect I had done my room

cleaning

Future Simple I will do my room cleaning

According to the tense use the suitable auxiliary

Use the past participle form of main verb

Passive forms are made up of the verb be in the past participle

Be Past Participle
English is spoken all over the world

The windows have been cleaned

Lunch was being served

The work will be finished soon

They might have been invited to the party

In active voice → the focus is what subject does

In passive voice → the focus is on the action

Transitive Verb

A transitive verb exerts its action on a direct object to express a complete thought.

• Maya sent candy from Switzerland

• My mother took me to the zoo last week
Practice 1

Active Passive

1. He will write a book

2. She took his bike key

3. He is buying a sports car.

4. I play football.

5. He completes a task

6. She wore a beautiful dress

7. My friend brings the beverages

8. They speak Madrid language

9. We have finished that work

10. They played the football well.

Practice 2

Active Passive

1.The company will hire new workers

2. Reporters write news report

3. The company hired new workers last

year

4. The salesman was helping the customer

when thief came into the store

5. They have already discussed the book

6. She must deliver the letters

7. Sara is baking a brownie

8. He had delivered letters

Answers Practice 2

1. New workers will be hired by the company

2. News reports are written by reporters
3. New workers were hired by the company last year
4. The customer was being helped by the salesman when thief came into store
5. The book has already been discussed
6. The letters have to be delivered
7. A brownie is being bakes by Sara
8. The letters had been delivered
Practice 3

Active Passive

1. We had helped him

2. He killed a snake

3. She is singing a song

4. He kills a snake

5. She will write a letter

6. She was singing a song

7. They have watered the plants

8. I will have beaten him

Answers 3
1. He had been helped by us
2. A snake was killed by him
3. A song is being sung by her
4. A snake is killed by him
5. A letter will be written by her
6. A song was being sung by her
7. The pants have been watered by them
8. He will have been beaten by me
Change the following sentences into Passive Voice.

(i) He has missed the train.

(ii) Do they speak French?

(iii) Was he reading a book?

(iv) Compose this letter.

(v) Where did you buy this pen from?

(vi) Who wrote this speech?

(vii) One should respect one’s elders.

(viii) I did not praise anybody.

(ix) He hurt his leg in an accident.

(x) Someone was knocking at the door.

Change the active sentences below into passive sentences. Write “No change” if
you think sentences cannot be changed.

1. She writes a letter.

2. They go to school every day.
3. He doesn`t paint the wall.
4. Why are you crying?
5. Did the mechanic fix your car?
6. You should do your homework.
7. Don`t talk so loudly.
8. They are painting their house.
9. We have drunk milk tea.
10.Will you watch TV tonight?
11.I am not going to work today.
12.He has been teaching English for ten years.
13.When are you going to buy a car?
14.Who taught you the active and passive sentences?
15.She had cleaned the kitchen.
16.We will have eaten dinner by the time you get there.
17.People speak English in the USA.
18.Would you rather learn English or French?
19.You must not come late to class.
20.She has to pass the test.
21.He bought his son a book.
22.Bismo teaches us every day.
23.Who is your teacher?
24.Who fights the coalition forces?
25.Who have you invited to the party?
26.I`ll build a hospital if I have a million dollars.
27.If I had had a million dollars, I would have built a big mosque.
28.We will be playing cricket at this time tomorrow.
29.Aren’t they going to be building a house?
30.It has been raining since yesterday.
31.The explosion had killed many people.
32.I have never been to Egypt.
33.Have you been digging out the ground since morning?
34.I will have written a poem by the time you call me.
35.The heavy storm damaged a lot of crops in Mumbai.
36.I was playing football yesterday.
37.Could you help me, please?
38.Who can answer my question?
39.Will she have been watering the garden?
40.Milad is helping me solving the active and passive voice exercise.
Answers:
1. A letter is written by her.
2. Not Change.
3. The wall isn’t painted by him.
4. Intransitive verb (Crying)
5. Was your car fixed by the mechanic?
6. Your homework should be done by you.
7. Intransitive verb (talk)
8. Their house is being painted.
9. Milk tea has been drunk.
10.Will TV be watched by you?
11.Not change.
12.English has been taught by him for ten years.
13.When is a car going to be bought by you?
14.By whom were you taught the active and passive sentences?
15.The kitchen had been cleaned.
16.Dinner will have been eaten by the time you get there.
17.English is spoken in the USA.
18.Would English or French rather be learned by you?
19.You are ordered not to come late to class.
20.The test has to be passed by her.
21.His son was bought a book by him.
22.We are taught every day by Bismo.
23.No change.
24.By whom were the coalition forces fought?
25.Who has been invited to the party?
26.A hospital will be built if I have a million dollars.
27.If I had had a million dollars, a big mosque would have been built.
28.Cricket will be played at this time tomorrow by us.
29.Isn’t a house be going to be built by them?
30.No change.
31.Many people had been killed by the explosion.
32.No change.
33.No change.
34.A poem will have been written by me by the time you call me.
35.A lot of crops were damaged by the heavy rain in Mumbai.
36.Football was being played yesterday by me.
37.Could I be helped, please?
38.By whom my answer can be answered?
39.No change.
40.I am being helped by Milad to solve the active and passive voice exercise.
Identify whether the following sentences are in active or passive voice.

1. Amar has finished his school work.

2. Vimal washes the scooter every Sunday.
3. Let the window be shut.
4. Science is taught to us by MS Neelam.
5. The programme was attended by all the boys.
6. Leave the home at once.
7. Pinky has decided to pursue higher studies in chemistry.
8. Pinky is scolded by her father.
9. Tanuja is helped by her friend.
10.The principal shouted at the peon.

Check Your Answers

1. Active voice
2. Active voice
3. Passive voice
4. Passive voice
5. Passive voice
6. Active voice
7. Active voice
8. Passive voice
9. Passive voice
10.Active voice

Active and Passive Voice Exercises for Class 6 with Answers

1. Amity followed the instructions.
2. Balbir performed the ceremony.
3. Chirag reads the paper.
4. Dinesh has called the police.
5. Nancy has switched off the phone.
6. I had visited Thailand before.
7. Manisha is eating noodles.
8. Children are playing football on the ground.

Check Your Answers

1. The instructions were followed by Amity.
2. The ceremony was performed by Balbir.
3. The paper is read by Chirag.
4. The police were called by Dinesh.
5. The phone has been switched off by Nancy
6. Thailand had been visited before by me.
7. Noodle is being eaten by Manisha.
8. Football is being played in the ground by children.
Rewrite the given sentences in the active voice.
1. The bag was stolen.
2. The book was lent by the librarian.
3. The rooms were being cleaned by the sweepers.
4. The national anthem is being sung by the boys.
5. The car was washed by me two days ago.
6. Her hair was cut by a professional.
7. The car is being driven by Suman.
8. You will be introduced to the boss by the manager.

Check Your Answers

1. Someone stole the bag.
2. The librarian lent the book.
3. The sweeper was cleaning the rooms.
4. The boys are singing the national anthem.
5. I washed the car two days ago.
6. A professional cut her hair.
7. Suman is driving the car.
8. Manager will introduce you to the boss.
Change the voice in the following interrogative sentences.
1. Does your uncle know me?
2. Did you receive my money?
3. Did you save any money this month?
4. Do you need my help?
5. What do you want from Delhi?
6. Who broke the glass pane?
7. Have you bought a new bike?
8. Have all your friends received your letter?
9. Did Nirmal accept the invitation?
10.How will you finish this work?

Check Your Answers

1. Am I known to your uncle?
2. Was my money received by you?
3. Was any money saved by you this month?
4. Is my help needed by you?
5. What is wanted by you from Delhi?
6. By whom was the glass pane broken?
7. Has a new bike been bought by you?
8. Has your letter been received by all your friends?
9. Was the invitation accepted by Nirmal?
10.How will this work be finished by you?
Active and Passive Voice Exercises for Class 6 with Answers
1. Carry my bags to the home.
2. Keep this book on the table.
3. Report to the principal immediately.
4. Say your prayers.
5. Close the door.
6. Keep the box there.
7. Bring the cat inside.
8. Slow down the speed.
9. Handle one job at a time.
10.Submit the application now.
11.Use the computer.
12.Read the book.
13.Open the room.
14.Switch off the radio.
15.Lock the cupboard.

Check Your Answers

1. Let my bags be carried to home by you.
2. Let this book be kept on the table by you.
3. Let the principal be reported immediately by you.
4. Let your prayers be said by you.
5. Let the door be closed by you.
6. Let the box be kept there by you.
7. Let the cat brought inside by you.
8. Let the speed be slowed down by you.
9. Let one job at a time be handled by you.
10.Let the application be submitted now by you.
11.Let the computer be used by you.
12.Let the book be read by you.
13.Let the room be opened by you.
14.Let the radio be switched off by you.
15.Let the cupboard be locked by you.
Answers Practice 1

1. A book will be written by him

2. His bike key was taken by her.
3. A sports car is being bought by him
4. Football is played by me
5. The task is completed by him
6. A beautiful dress was being worn by her.
7. The beverages are bought by my friend.
8. The Madrid language is spoken by them
9. That work has been finished by us
10. Football was played well by them

Answer: The train has been missed by him.

Answer: Is the French spoken by them?

Answer: Was a book being read by him?

Answer: Let this letter be composed.

Answer: From where was this pen bought by you?

Answer: By whom was this speech written?

Answer: Elders should be respected.

Answer: Nobody was praised by me.

Answer: His leg was hurt in an accident.

Answer: The door was being knocked by someone.