Exercise - 1
➯ Transform the following sentences into the passive voice:
- Do Ram and Shyam do this work?
- Does she laugh at you?
- Do people grow rice in Bihar?
- Did he buy a car?
- Did you not solve the problem?
- Are you cleaning the room?
- Has he finished the work?
- Will they repay the money?
- Shall I buy a car?
- Can he solve it?
- Should he look into the matter?
- Has he to draw the picture?
- Are you to deposit the money?
- Could he open the box?
- Would you do that?
- Did he write you a letter?
- Were they to sell their houses?
- Did they make fun of him?
- Why do you beat her?
- Why are you repairing the bicycle?
- Where do people speak English?
- Why has he broken the chair?
- When did they start the project?
- Why will she buy a car?
- Why can nobody solve it?
- When have they to play the match?
- When will they examine us?
- When will they distribute money among us?
- How have we to defeat them?
- When had they to record the song?
- How did you satisfy everybody?
- Why should I promise her a present?
- Why did the king not punish the thief?
- Should you beat the little child?
- When did you recite the lessons?
- What do you eat?
- What are you reading?
- What have they done?
- What did he break?
- What was he eating?
- What will they bring?
- What can people do?
- What have you to find out?
- What are you to teach?
- What work can you do?
- How many students do you teach?
- How many cups have they broken?
- How much milk can you drink?
- How many books have you to write?
- How many times have they insulted you?
- Who wrote this poem?
- Who has done this?
- Who beats you?
- Who can tell me a story?
- Who will win the prize?
- Who is solving this?
- Who had insulted you?
- Who has to bring the newspaper?
- Who is to sing a song?
- Who killed the cobra?
- Whom do you love?
- Which boy broke the glass?
- Which girl cheated you?
- Does the jug contain milk?
- Do you laugh at her?
- Why do my habits worry you?
- Did they call him a fool?
- Should one keep one's promise?
- How many days make a week?
- Do you want to buy this book?
- Did they object to your proposal?
- Who is looking into the case?
- Why did they give up the search?
- How can one bring about the desired result?
- Did someone not speak to you?
- What did they point out?
- What should we insist on?
- What are you looking for?
- Did anyone ask any question about me?
- Who looks after her?
- What must we work for?
- What ought we to do?
- What did he bring in?
- What did he tell me to do?
- How much do they expect of us?
Exercise -2
➯ Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the brackets (Passive Voice):
- This work can ____ in two days. (do)
- Rice is ____ in India. (grow)
- The boys were ____ the prize. (award)
- Hindi is ____ in Bihar. (speak)
- He is ____ him. (beat)
- It is ____ to me. (know)
- Something must ____ for us. (do)
- The sweets might have ____ by the boys. (eat)
- They have ____ by the chairman. (select)
- What can ____? (do)
- Why are you ____ by the teachers? (love)
- They have ____ her. (teach)
- They have been ____ by her. (teach)
- He must be ____ to. (listen)
- She will be ____ by us. (praise)
- She has to be ____ by them. (invite)
- What is ____ now by you? (read)
- My purse has been ____ (steal)
- She can be ____ by us. (help)
- What is she ____ in? (interest)
- I am sometimes ____ at his behaviour. (vex)
- It is time for tea to be ____ (take)
- Promises should be ____ (keep)
- Why are you ____ at him? (laugh)
Exercise -3
➯ Transform these sentences into the passive voice based on the sense or hidden meaning:
- It is impossible to do that.
- It is your duty to know how to do it.
- I hope to get the prize.
- Thirty days make a month.
- May the king live long!
- The stone feels rough.
- Honey tastes sweet.
- The milk smells sour.
- Your blame counts for nothing.
- The drums are beating.
- The book is printing.
- The cows are milking.
- The cannons are firing.
- The room needs sweeping.
- Alas! We shall see her no more.
- May I come in?
- Someone reads to the old man every day.
- Nobody has slept in this room since 2019.
- I would like somebody to read to me.
- I hate people laughing at me.
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- Is this work done by Ram and Shyam?
- Are you laughed at by her?
- Is rice grown in Bihar?
- Was a car bought by him?
- Was the problem not solved by you?
- Is the room being cleaned by you?
- Has the work been finished by him?
- Will the money be repaid by them?
- Shall a car be bought by me?
- Can it be solved by him?
- Should the matter be looked into by him?
- Has the picture to be drawn by him?
- Is the money to be deposited by you?
- Could the box be opened by him?
- Would that be done by you?
- Was a letter written to you by him?
- Were their houses to be sold by them?
- Was fun made of him by them?
- Why is she beaten by you?
- Why is the bicycle being repaired by you?
- Where is English spoken?
- Why has the chair been broken by him?
- When was the project started by them?
- Why will a car be bought by her?
- Why can it be solved by nobody?
- When has the match to be played by them?
- When will we be examined by them?
- When will money be distributed among us by them?
- How have they to be defeated by us?
- When had the song to be recorded by them?
- How was everybody satisfied by you?
- Why should a present be promised to her by me?
- Why was the thief not punished by the king?
- Should the little child be beaten by you?
- When were the lessons recited by you?
- What is eaten by you?
- What is being read by you?
- What has been done by them?
- What was broken by him?
- What was being eaten by him?
- What will be brought by them?
- What can be done by people?
- What have you to find out?
- What are you to teach?
- What work can be done by you?
- How many students are taught by you?
- How many cups have been broken by them?
- How much milk can be drunk by you?
- How many books have you to write?
- How many times have you been insulted by them?
- By whom was this poem written?
- By whom has this been done?
- By whom are you beaten?
- By whom can a story be told to me?
- By whom will the prize be won?
- By whom is this being solved?
- By whom had you been insulted?
- By whom has the newspaper to be brought?
- By whom is a song to be sung?
- By whom was the cobra killed?
- By whom are you loved?
- By which boy was the glass broken?
- By which girl were you cheated?
- Is milk contained in the jug?
- Is she laughed at by you?
- Why are you worried by my habits?
- Was he called a fool by them?
- Should one's promise be kept?
- How many days are made a week?
- Do you want to buy this book?
- Was your proposal objected to by them?
- Who is looking into the case?
- Why was the search given up by them?
- How can the desired result be brought about?
- Wasn't someone spoken to by you?
- What was pointed out by them?
- What should we insist on?
- What are you looking for?
- Was any question about me asked by anyone?
- By whom is she looked after?
- What must we work for?
- What ought we to do?
- What was brought in by him?
- What was I told to do by him?
- How much is expected of us by them?
Exercise -2
- This work can be done in two days.
- Rice is grown in India.
- The boys were awarded the prize.
- Hindi is spoken in Bihar.
- He is beaten by him.
- It is known to me.
- Something must be done for us.
- The sweets might have been eaten by the boys.
- They have been selected by the chairman.
- What can be done?
- Why are you loved by the teachers?
- They have taught her.
- They have been taught by her.
- He must be listened to.
- She will be praised by us.
- She has to be invited by them.
- What is being read now by you?
- My purse has been stolen.
- She can be helped by us.
- What is she interested in?
- I am sometimes vexed at his behaviour.
- It is time for tea to be taken.
- Promises should be kept.
- Why are you laughed at him?
Exercise -3
- That is impossible to be done.
- It is your duty to know how it is to be done.
- I hope to be awarded the prize.
- A month is made by thirty days.
- May the king be lived long!
- The stone feels rough.
- Honey tastes sweet.
- The milk smells sour.
- Your blame counts for nothing.
- The drums are being beaten.
- The book is being printed.
- The cows are being milked.
- The cannons are being fired.
- The room needs to be swept.
- Alas! She will be seen no more by us.
- May I be allowed to come in?
- The old man is read to every day by someone.
- This room has not been slept in since 2019.
- I would like to be read to by somebody.
- I hate being laughed at by people.
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