Test your knowledge of active and passive voice with this grammar exercise. Each sentence given below is in the active voice. Change it into passive voice.
1A song ............... by him.
Wrong!
2The spider ............... by the boy.
Wrong!
3Let him ...............
Wrong!
4Maize ............... in the rainy season.
Wrong!
5Is a letter ............... by you?
Wrong!
6A canal ............... by the workers.
Wrong!
7The job ............... (by me) by the end of this week.
Wrong!
8Has your job ............... by you?
Wrong!
9He ............... of his mother’s death.
Wrong!
10All the necessary precautions ............... by them.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/10
Answers
- A song is sung by him.
- The spider was killed by the boy.
- Let him be helped
- Maize is sown in the rainy season.
- Is a letter being written by you?
- A canal was being dug by the workers.
- The job will be finished (by me) by the end of this week.
- Has your job been finished by you?
- He has been informed of his mother’s death.
- All the necessary precautions were taken by them.

