Active Passive Voice Exercise - 3 - skoolon.com - Free Printable

Let's solve the worksheet step by step. The task is to rewrite each sentence from Active Voice to Passive Voice.

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🔹 Rules for Changing Active to Passive Voice:

1. Subject → Object (becomes the receiver of action)
2. Object → Subject (the one receiving the action)
3. Verb changes to passive form:
- Be + past participle (e.g., *is done*, *was cleaned*, *will be exhibited*)
4. Agent (doer) is optional and introduced with "by" if needed.
5. Modals (like must, can, will, etc.) are kept before the verb in passive form.

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Now, let’s convert each sentence:

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1. People must not leave bicycles in the hall.

- Active: People (subject) must not leave (verb) bicycles (object).
- Passive: Bicycles must not be left in the hall.
- ✔ Answer: Bicycles must not be left in the hall.

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2. Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.

- Active: Somebody (subject) had cleaned (past perfect) my shoes and brushed (past perfect) my suit.
- Passive: My shoes had been cleaned and my suit had been brushed.
- Note: We don’t know who did it ("somebody"), so we omit "by somebody".
- ✔ Answer: My shoes had been cleaned and my suit had been brushed.

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3. We use this room on special occasion.

- Active: We (subject) use (present simple) this room (object).
- Passive: This room is used on special occasions.
- Note: “Occasion” should be plural → occasions.
- ✔ Answer: This room is used on special occasions.

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4. The burglars cut an enormous hole in the steel door.

- Active: The burglars (subject) cut (simple past) an enormous hole (object).
- Passive: An enormous hole was cut in the steel door.
- (We can optionally add "by the burglars", but it's not required.)
- ✔ Answer: An enormous hole was cut in the steel door.

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5. The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end of the month.

- Active: Organizers (subject) will exhibit (future) the paintings (object).
- Passive: The paintings will be exhibited till the end of the month.
- ✔ Answer: The paintings will be exhibited till the end of the month.

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6. No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information.

- This is a conditional sentence. Let’s break it down:
- Main clause: No one can do anything.
- Conditional: unless someone gives us more information.

Let’s focus on the second part that can be passivized:
"someone gives us more information" → "more information is given to us"

So:
No one can do anything unless more information is given to us.

✔ Answer: No one can do anything unless more information is given to us.

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7. They rang the church bells as a flood warning.

- Active: They (subject) rang (past simple) the church bells (object).
- Passive: The church bells were rung as a flood warning.
- ✔ Answer: The church bells were rung as a flood warning.

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8. The mob broke all the shop windows in the recent riots.

- Active: The mob (subject) broke (past simple) shop windows (object).
- Passive: All the shop windows were broken in the recent riots.
- ✔ Answer: All the shop windows were broken in the recent riots.

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9. People are spending more money on food now than they spent last year.

- This is a comparative sentence with two clauses.
- First clause: People are spending more money...
- Second clause: ...than they spent last year.

We need to make both parts passive.

- "People are spending..." → "More money is being spent..."
- "They spent..." → "was spent..."

So:
More money is being spent on food now than was spent last year.

✔ Answer: More money is being spent on food now than was spent last year.

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10. They are pulling down the old theatre.

- Active: They (subject) are pulling down (present continuous) the old theatre (object).
- Passive: The old theatre is being pulled down.
- ✔ Answer: The old theatre is being pulled down.

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✔ Final Answers:

1. Bicycles must not be left in the hall.
2. My shoes had been cleaned and my suit had been brushed.
3. This room is used on special occasions.
4. An enormous hole was cut in the steel door.
5. The paintings will be exhibited till the end of the month.
6. No one can do anything unless more information is given to us.
7. The church bells were rung as a flood warning.
8. All the shop windows were broken in the recent riots.
9. More money is being spent on food now than was spent last year.
10. The old theatre is being pulled down.

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