Worksheet - Active and Passive Voice | English An Alien Hand Class 7 PDF Download

1. Consider the following sentences:

Lata sings a song.
A song is sung by Lata.

There is practically no difference in the meanings of these two sentences. These are two different ways of presenting the same thing. But in the first sentence the Subject performs the action while in the second sentence, the Subject of the Verb is acted upon.
Thus, the voice shows whether the Subject of a Verb acts or is acted upon.

• Active Voice: When the Subject of a Verb acts, the Verb is said to be in the Active Voice; as -
  I made a mistake.
• Passive Voice: When the object of the Active Voice becomes the Subject, the Verb is said to be in the Passive Voice; as -
• A mistake was made by me.
• The Subject dominates in Active Voice but the Object dominates in Passive Voice.

2. Rules for changing a Verb from the Active Voice into the Passive Voice:

Example: He has done his work. (Active)
His work has been done by him. (Passive)

3. The Pronouns (when these act as subjects) are changed as given below:

4. The following table gives the form of the verb ‘see’ in Passive Voice in the various Tenses:
Tense Chart (Passive Voice’)

Exercise - 1

Q.1. Rewrite the following sentences putting the Verbs given against them in the appropriate Passive Voice form :
A. She _______ up by her aunt. (bring)
Ans. Was brought

B. Invitation cards _______ to all her friends. (send)
Ans. Have been sent

C. You will _______ to the feast. (incite)
Ans. Be invited

D. The result _______ on Monday. (declare)
Ans. Was declared/will be declared

E. They _______ at the report of the gun. (alarm)
Ans. Were alarmed

F. We _______ at his failure. (shock)
Ans. Were shocked

Q.2. Change the voice of the following sentences :
A. She sings a sweet song.
Ans. A sweet song is sung by her.

B. Do you not play hockey?
Ans. Is hockey not played by you?

C. Does he sell lottery tickets?
Ans. Are lottery tickets sold by him?

D.1 am bending the branch.
Ans. The branch is being bent by me.

E. Is she boiling potatoes?
Ans. Are the potatoes being boiled by her?

F. Are the servants bringing tea?
Ans. Is tea being brought by the servants?

Exercise - 2

Rearrange the following into meaningful sentences :
A. This novel / Premchand / was / by / written
Ans. This novel was written by Premchand.

B. The brave / admired / everywhere / are
Ans. The brave are admired everywhere.

C. A doll / the baby / given/was
Ans. The baby was given a doll.

D. Them / I / known / am / to
Ans. I am known to them.

E. By / the door / whom / opened/was?
Ans. By whom was the door opened?

F. Him / a reward / to / given/was
Ans. A reward was given to him.

G. One / one’s / keep / should / promise
Ans. One should keep one’s promise.

H. Kept / be / should / promise
Ans. The promise should be kept.

Exercise - 3

Fill in the blanks in the following choosing one word each for every blank.

A. I _______ the door.
Ans. opened

B. The gate _______ by the gatekeeper.
Ans. was opened

C. My pocket _______ has been picked.
Ans. has

D. The work is _______ done.
Ans. being

E. I _______ taught to read English.
Ans. was

F. He is _______ a wise man.
Ans. considered

G. What cannot _______ cured must be
Ans. be, endured

H. He was _______ a chair.
Ans. offered

Exercise - 4

The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line. Find the missing word and write it along with one word that comes before it and the one that comes after it.
Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.
He asked to go down to the end of (a) _______the garden. He was also to wash himself in the water of the river there. The same (b) _______water was sprinkled over everything (c) _______which had changed into gold by Midas’ (d) _______touch. The king felt a weight had lifted (e) _______front of his heart. He freed of the golden touch. (f) _______
Ans.
(a) He was asked
(b) also told to
(c) was brought and
(d) had been changed
(e) had been lifted
(f) He was freed

Exercise - 5

The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line. Find the missing word and write it along with one word that comes before it and the one that comes after it. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.
I was elected to the Committee of the society. (a) _______I was in advance that I was supposed to attend (b) _______every meeting. But I was not much to speak. My friends called me a drone. (c) _______the banter appreciated. A drone is (d) _______generally to be a thorough idler. Not that (e) _______I was not to speak but the words failed me. (f) _______
Ans.
(a) I was elected
(b) was told in
(c) much used to
(d) banter wa$ appreciated
(e) generally thought to
(f) not willing to

Multiple Choice Questions

Read the statements given below and choose the correct option
Ques 1: Identify as directed :
A. The Active Voice :
(i) The farmer grows coffee
(ii) Coffee is grown by the farmer
(iii) The coffee is grown
(iv) Coffee is not grown
Ans. (i) The farmer grows coffee

B. The Passive Voice :
(i) I sing a song
(ii) She wife helped me
(iii) Lata is cooking the food
(iv) I will be helped
Ans. (iv) I will be helped

C. In the News headlines, we generally use :
(i) Active voice
(ii) Passive voice
(iii) Present tense
(iv) Past tense
Ans. (ii) Passive voice

Q.2. Form the headlines for the sentences given below :
A. We require skilled workers.
(i) Skilled workers are required
(ii) Skilled workers required
(iii) Requirement of skilled workers
(iv) Both (i) and (ii)
Ans. (ii) Skilled workers required

B. Rewrite the sentence in another way :
Who were you discussing?
(i) Who was being discussed by you?
(ii) Who was being discussed by somebody?
(iii) By whom were you discussed?
(iv) Both (i) and (iii)
Ans. (i) Who was being discussed by you?

Q.3. Choose the correct option :
A. 
(i) My pocket has been picked by somebody
(ii) My pocket has been picked
(iii) My pocket has been picked by someone
(iv) Both (i) and (ii)
Ans. (ii) My pocket has been picked

B.
(i) The object of the verb in the active voice becomes the subject of the verb in the passive voice.
(ii) The subject of the verb in the active voice becomes the direct object of the verb
(iii) The subject becomes the object
(iv) Both (i) and (ii)
Ans. (i) The object of the verb in the active voice becomes the subject of the verb in the passive voice.

C.
(i) He was laughed at by me
(ii) He was laughed at by me
(iii) He laughed at me
(iv) Both (i) and (iii)
Ans. (i) He was laughed at by me

D. The relevant tense to form passive
(i) Present Perfect Continuous
(ii) Past Perfect Continous
(iii) Future Perfect Continuous
(iv) Past Continous
Ans. (iv) Past Continous

E. Passive form of ‘Please hurry up’
(i) I order you to hurry
(ii) You are requested to hurry up
(iii) I advise you to hurry
(iv) Both (i) and (ii)
Ans. (ii) You are requested to hurry up

Q. 4. Sentences are given in the active voice. Change them into the passive voice.
You can learn more about active and passive voice here.
(A) Rama loves Sita.
Ans. Sita is loved by Rama.

(B) My sister writes beautiful poems.
Ans. Beautiful poems are written by my sister.

(C) The carpenter is making a table.
Ans. A table is being made by the carpenter.

(D) The children are flying kites.
Ans. Kites are being flown by the children.

(E) I have sent the parcel.
Ans. The parcel has been sent by me.

(F) A girl from Tamil Nadu has won the first prize.
Ans. The first prize was won by a girl from Tamil Nadu.

(G) The watchman opened the gate.
Ans. The gate was opened by the watchman.

(H) The cat drank the milk.
Ans. The milk was drunk by the cat.

(I) The volunteers were helping the wounded people.
Ans. The wounded people were being helped by the volunteers.

(J) The children were singing a song.
Ans. A song was being sung by the children.

(K) They had challenged the verdict.
Ans. The verdict had been challenged by them.

(L) She had won the first prize.
Ans. The first prize had been won by her.

Q.5. Rewrite the following changing the active sentences to passive and passive sentences to active.
(A) The thieves have been arrested by the police.
Ans. The police have arrested the thieves.

(B) The marvelous performance delivered by the children enthralled us.
Ans. We were enthralled by the marvelous performance delivered by the children.

(C) He has been invited to their party.
Ans. They have invited him to their party.

(D) We have shipped your order.
Ans. Your order has been shipped by us.

(E) The girl recited the poem beautifully.
Ans. The poem was beautifully recited by the girl.

(F) The guests enjoyed the party.
Ans. The party was enjoyed by the guests.

(G) The child impressed everyone with his polite manners.
Ans. Everyone was impressed with the polite manners of the child.

(H) A girl from Chennai won the first prize.
Ans. The first prize was won by a girl from Chennai.

(I) The readers like the latest book of the writer.
Ans. The latest book of the writer is liked by the readers.

(J) They are painting the walls.
Ans. The walls are being painted by them.

(K) The car has been fixed by the mechanic.
Ans. The car mechanic has fixed the car.

(L) She accepted their invitation with pleasure.
Ans. Their invitation was accepted (by her) with pleasure.