1. Active: He plucks a flower. Passive: ?
a) A flower was plucked by him.
b) A flower is plucked by him.
c) A flower has been plucked by him.
d) A flower is plucking by him.
Answer: A flower is plucked by him.
2. Active: The boy is flying a kite. Passive: ?
a) A kite is flown by the boy.
b) A kite was being flown by the boy.
c) A kite is being flown by the boy.
d) A kite has been flown by the boy.
Answer: A kite is being flown by the boy.
3. Active: I have written a letter. Passive: ?
a) A letter has been written by me.
b) A letter was written by me.
c) A letter had been written by me.
d) A letter is written by me.
Answer: A letter has been written by me.
4. Active: She killed a bird. Passive: ?
a) A bird is killed by her.
b) A bird was killed by her.
c) A bird had been killed by her.
d) A bird was being killed by her.
Answer: A bird was killed by her.
5. Active: They were playing football. Passive: ?
a) Football is being played by them.
b) Football was played by them.
c) Football was being played by them.
d) Football had been played by them.
Answer: Football was being played by them.
6. Active: We had dug the canal. Passive: ?
a) The canal was dug by us.
b) The canal has been dug by us.
c) The canal had been dug by us.
d) The canal had dug by us.
Answer: The canal had been dug by us.
7. Active: I shall help you. Passive: ?
a) You will be helped by me.
b) You shall be helped by me.
c) You would be helped by me.
d) You will helped by me.
Answer: You will be helped by me.
8. Active: Do it. Passive: ?
a) Let it do.
b) Let it be done.
c) Let it be do.
d) You are requested to do.
Answer: Let it be done.
9. Active: Do not open the door. Passive: ?
a) Let the door not open.
b) Let not the door be opened.
c) Let not the door opened.
d) The door should not be opened.
Answer: Let not the door be opened.
10. Active: Never tell a lie. Passive: ?
a) Let a lie be never told.
b) Let not a lie ever be told.
c) Let never a lie be told.
d) Let a lie never be told.
Answer: Let not a lie ever be told.
11. Active: Shut the window. Passive: ?
a) Let the window be shut.
b) Let the window shut.
c) The window should be shut.
d) Let the window be shutted.
Answer: Let the window be shut.
12. Active: Who did this? Passive: ?
a) By whom this was done?
b) By whom was this done?
c) By who was this done?
d) Whom was this done by?
Answer: By whom was this done?
13. Active: Whom do you want? Passive: ?
a) Who is wanted by you?
b) Who was wanted by you?
c) Whom is wanted by you?
d) Who wants you?
Answer: Who is wanted by you?
14. Active: What do you want? Passive: ?
a) What is wanted by you?
b) What was wanted by you?
c) What has been wanted by you?
d) What you want?
Answer: What is wanted by you?
15. Active: Panic seized the writer. Passive: ?
a) The writer was seized by panic.
b) The writer was seized with panic.
c) The writer was seized in panic.
d) The writer had been seized with panic.
Answer: The writer was seized with panic.
16. Active: Rome was not built in a day. Passive form of this sentence requires an active voice. What is the Active form?
a) The Romans did not build Rome in a day.
b) They did not build Rome in a day.
c) People did not build Rome in a day.
d) Rome did not build in a day.
Answer: They did not build Rome in a day.
17. Active: Honey tastes sweet. Passive: ?
a) Honey is sweet when it tastes.
b) Honey is sweet when it is tasted.
c) Honey is tasted sweet.
d) Honey was sweet when it tasted.
Answer: Honey is sweet when it is tasted.
18. Active: He made me drive his car. Passive: ?
a) I was made to drive his car by him.
b) I was made drive his car by him.
c) I am made to drive his car.
d) He was made to drive his car by me.
Answer: I was made to drive his car by him.
19. Active: Fire burnt the house. Passive: ?
a) The house was burnt by fire.
b) The house was burnt with fire.
c) The house is burnt by fire.
d) The house was being burnt by fire.
Answer: The house was burnt by fire.
20. Active: Give the order. Passive: ?
a) Let the order be given.
b) Let the order give.
c) Let you give the order.
d) The order should be given.
Answer: Let the order be given.
21. Direct: He said, "I am unwell." Indirect: ?
a) He said that he is unwell.
b) He said that he was unwell.
c) He said that I was unwell.
d) He told that he was unwell.
Answer: He said that he was unwell.
22. Direct: She said, "I wrote a letter." Indirect: ?
a) She said that she wrote a letter.
b) She said that she had written a letter.
c) She said that she has written a letter.
d) She told that she had written a letter.
Answer: She said that she had written a letter.
23. Direct: The teacher said, "The earth moves round the sun." Indirect: ?
a) The teacher said that the earth moved round the sun.
b) The teacher said that the earth moves round the sun.
c) The teacher told that the earth moves round the sun.
d) The teacher said that the earth has moved round the sun.
Answer: The teacher said that the earth moves round the sun.
24. Direct: He said to me, "What are you doing?" Indirect: ?
a) He asked me what I was doing.
b) He asked me what was I doing.
c) He told me what I am doing.
d) He inquired of me what I did.
Answer: He asked me what I was doing.
25. Direct: She said to him, "Are you going to school?" Indirect: ?
a) She asked him if he was going to school.
b) She asked him if was he going to school.
c) She told him if he was going to school.
d) She asked him whether he is going to school.
Answer: She asked him if he was going to school.
26. Direct: He said to me, "Please help me." Indirect: ?
a) He requested me to help him.
b) He requested me please to help him.
c) He told me to help him.
d) He requested to help me.
Answer: He requested me to help him.
27. Direct: Father said to his son, "Do not run in the sun." Indirect: ?
a) Father advised his son not to run in the sun.
b) Father forbade his son not to run in the sun.
c) Father told his son to not run in the sun.
d) Father advised his son to run in the sun.
Answer: Father advised his son not to run in the sun.
28. Direct: The teacher said to the boy, "Leave the room." Indirect: ?
a) The teacher ordered the boy to leave the room.
b) The teacher told the boy to leave the room.
c) The teacher requested the boy to leave the room.
d) The teacher advised the boy to leave the room.
Answer: The teacher ordered the boy to leave the room.
29. Direct: He said, "Alas! I am undone." Indirect: ?
a) He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone.
b) He exclaimed with sorrow that I was undone.
c) He said with sorrow that he is undone.
d) He cried out that he was undone.
Answer: He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone.
30. Direct: She said, "What a beautiful bird it is!" Indirect: ?
a) She exclaimed with wonder that it was a very beautiful bird.
b) She exclaimed with wonder that it is a very beautiful bird.
c) She said that it was a very beautiful bird.
d) She told that what a beautiful bird it was.
Answer: She exclaimed with wonder that it was a very beautiful bird.
31. Direct: He said to me, "May you be happy." Indirect: ?
a) He wished that I might be happy.
b) He prayed that I might be happy.
c) He told me that I might be happy.
d) He wished me that I may be happy.
Answer: He wished that I might be happy.
32. Direct: The speaker said, "Good morning, my friends." Indirect: ?
a) The speaker wished his friends good morning.
b) The speaker said good morning to his friends.
c) The speaker bid his friends good morning.
d) The speaker told his friends good morning.
Answer: The speaker wished his friends good morning.
33. Direct: He said, "Let us go out for a walk." Indirect: ?
a) He proposed that they should go out for a walk.
b) He suggested that we should go out for a walk.
c) He told that they should go out for a walk.
d) He proposed to go out for a walk.
Answer: He proposed that they should go out for a walk.
34. Direct: She said, "Let me have some milk." Indirect: ?
a) She wished that she might have some milk.
b) She proposed that she should have some milk.
c) She told that she might have some milk.
d) She said that let her have some milk.
Answer: She wished that she might have some milk.
35. Direct: He said, "I shall go to Dhaka tomorrow." Indirect: ?
a) He said that he should go to Dhaka the next day.
b) He said that he would go to Dhaka the next day.
c) He said that he would go to Dhaka tomorrow.
d) He told that he would go to Dhaka the next day.
Answer: He said that he would go to Dhaka the next day.
36. Direct: "You had better leave the place," he said to me. Indirect: ?
a) He advised me to leave the place.
b) He told me that I had better leave the place.
c) He suggested me to leave the place.
d) He ordered me to leave the place.
Answer: He told me that I had better leave the place.
37. Direct: He said, "Thank you." Indirect: ?
a) He said thank you to me.
b) He thanked me.
c) He told me thank you.
d) He wished me thanks.
Answer: He thanked me.
38. Direct: He said to me, "I came here yesterday." Indirect: ?
a) He told me that he had gone there the previous day.
b) He told me that he came there the previous day.
c) He told me that he had come here the previous day.
d) He told me that he had come there the previous day.
Answer: He told me that he had come there the previous day.
39. Direct: She said, "Must I do the work?" Indirect: ?
a) She asked if she must do the work.
b) She asked if she had to do the work.
c) She asked if she would have to do the work.
d) She told if she had to do the work.
Answer: She asked if she had to do the work.
40. Direct: He said, "By Allah, I have not done this." Indirect: ?
a) Swearing by Allah he said that he had not done that.
b) He swore by Allah that he has not done this.
c) He said by Allah that he had not done that.
d) He swore by Allah that he did not do that.
Answer: Swearing by Allah he said that he had not done that.
