Active and Passive Voice Exercises with Answers for Class 6, Elementary English Grammar worksheet for free online practice of CBSE and ICSE students.
Active and Passive Voice Exercises
Simple Present : Change the verbs from the active into the passive voice.
Exercise 22.1 : Change the verbs in the following sentences from the active into the passive voice. One has been done for you.
1. Everybody loves animals.
Animals are loved by everybody.
2. The teacher correct our exercise.
3. The strong wind blows the trees down.
4. Does the gardener water the plants every day?
5. Does she always help her husband?
6. Do all the boys bring their books?
Answers:
2. Our exercise is corrected by the teacher.
3. The trees are blown down by the strong wind.
4. Are the plants watered by the gardener every day?
5. Is her husband always helped by her?
6. Are their books brought by all the boys?
Present Continuous : Change the verbs from the active into the passive voice
Exercise 22.2 Change the verbs in the following sentences from the active into the passive voice. One has been done for you.
1. Meera is cooking the dinner.
The dinner is being cooked by Meera.
2. The soldiers are defending the town bravely.
3. They are writing letters to their parents.
4. Are the children eating sweets now?
5. Is she telling the truth?
6. Are they appointing him the Principal of this school?
Answers:
2. The town is being defended bravely by the soldiers.
3. Letters are being written to their parents by them.
4. Are sweets being eaten by the children now?
5. Is the truth being told by her?
6. Is he being appointed the Principal of this school by them?
Present Prefect : Change the verbs from the active into the passive voice
Exercise 22.3 Change the verbs in the following sentences from the active into the passive voice. One has been done for you.
1. Mohan has struck Ashok.
Ashok has been struck by Mohan.
2. The rain has ruined the crops.
3. He has sold his old car.
4. She has bought a new car.
5. Has she lost her book?
6. Have all the pupils finished the exercises?
Answers:
2. The crops have been ruined by the rain.
3. His old car has been sold by him.
4. A new car has been bought by her.
5. Has her book been lost by her?
6. Have the exercises been finished by all the pupils?
Simple Past : Change the verbs from the active into the passive voice
Exercise 22.4 Change the verbs in the following sentences from the active into the passive voice. One has been done for you.
1. The teacher punished all the pupils .
All the pupils were punished by the teacher.
2. Our team won the match.
3. Meera knitted these gloves.
4. She forgave her husband.
5. The servant swept the room.
6. Did you plant these flowers?
7. Did you forget her name?
8. Did many people believe her story?
Answers:
2. The match was won by our team.
3. These gloves were knitted by Meera.
4. Her husband was forgiven by her.
5. The room was swept by the servant.
6. Were these flowers planted by you?
7. Was her name forgotten by you?
8. Was her story believed by many people?
Past continuous Tense : Change the verbs from the active into the passive voice
Exercise 22.6 Change the verbs in the following sentences from the active into the passive voice. One has been done for you.
1. The wind was blowing the clouds away.
The clouds were being blown away by the wind.
2. Our soldiers repairing the bridge.
3. Were the children making a noise?
4. Were they having their breakfast?
5. The farmers were ploughing their fields.
6. The woman were washing their clothes.
Answers:
1. The clouds were being blown away by the wind.
2. The bridge was being repaired by our soldiers.
3. Was a noise being made by the children?
4. Was their breakfast being had by them?
5. The fields were being ploughed by the farmers.
6. The clothes were being washed by the women.
Past Perfect : Change the verbs from the active into the passive voice
Exercise 22.7 Change the verbs in the followings sentences from the active into the passive voice . One has been done for you.
1. The noise had frightened the horse.
The horse had been frightened by the noise.
2. Lightning had struck the house.
3. Had the farmers sown the seed?
4. Had the postman delivered the letters?
5. I had told them a lie.
6. The floods had swept away the whole village.
Answers:
2. The house had been struck by lightning.
3. Had the seed been sown by the farmers?
4. Had the letters been delivered by the postman?
5. A lie had been told to them by me.
6. The whole village had been swept away by the floods.
Change the verbs from the passive into the active voice
Exercise 22.8 Change the verbs in the following sentences from the passive into the active voice. One has been done for you.
1. The king was welcomed by the people.
The people welcomed the king.
2. By whom was this letter written?
3. How was this sum done by you?
4. Tea is drunk by Ashok every morning.
5. Football is being played on the field by the children.
6. Were the books being read by the students in class?
Answers:
2. Who wrote this letter?
3. How did you do this sum?
4. Ashok drinks tea every morning.
5. The children are playing football on the field.
6. Were the students reading the books in class?
Fill in the blanks with the active or passive form of the verbs given in the brackets.
Elementary English Grammar and Composition for Class 6 Solutions