Active to Passive Conversion Exercises PDFSet 4: Passive to Active & Mixed Conversion Practice
20 questions·14 min·Answers included·Explanations included
Preview: Questions
Fill in the blank with the correct option.
1.Passive: "The window was broken by the children." Choose the correct active form:
a) The children were breaking the window.b) The children have broken the window.c) The children break the window.d) The children broke the window.
2.Passive: "The new bridge is being built by a Japanese company." Choose the correct active form:
a) A Japanese company builds the new bridge.b) A Japanese company is building the new bridge.c) A Japanese company was building the new bridge.d) A Japanese company has built the new bridge.
3.Active: "The police have arrested three suspects." Choose the correct passive:
a) Three suspects has been arrested by the police.b) Three suspects have been arrested by the police.c) Three suspects had been arrested by the police.d) Three suspects were arrested by the police.
4.Passive: "The report must be submitted by Friday." Choose the correct active form:
a) You must submit the report by Friday.b) You must be submitting the report by Friday.c) You submitted the report by Friday.d) You must have submitted the report by Friday.
5.Which sentence is more appropriate? "The museum _____ in 1905."
a) builtb) was builtc) has builtd) was building
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Preview: Answers
1.The children broke the window.
2.A Japanese company is building the new bridge.
3.Three suspects have been arrested by the police.
4.You must submit the report by Friday.
5.was built
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Preview: Explanations
1."The children broke the window."(d)
Passive→Active: identify the agent ('by the children' → subject), the object ('the window'), and the tense ('was broken' = past simple). Active: 'The children broke the window.'
2."A Japanese company is building the new bridge."(b)
Passive→Active: 'is being built' = present continuous passive. Active: subject (a Japanese company) + is building + object (the new bridge).
3."Three suspects have been arrested by the police."(b)
Active→Passive: 'have arrested' → present perfect passive 'have been arrested'. 'Three suspects' is plural → 'have' (not 'has').
4."You must submit the report by Friday."(a)
Passive→Active: 'must be submitted' = modal passive. No agent is given, so we use a general subject ('you'). Active: 'You must submit the report by Friday.'
5."was built"(b)
Passive is more appropriate here because the focus is on the museum (the receiver), not on who built it. The builder is unknown or unimportant. 'Was built' (past simple passive) matches the date '1905'.
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