Worksheet Solutions: Active and Passive Voice | English Grammar Class 8 PDF Download

Q.1. Rewrite the following sentences putting the Verbs given against them in the appropriate Passive Voice form :
(i) She ____ up by her aunt. (bring)

was brought

(ii) Invitation cards ____ to all her friends. (send)

have been sent

(iii) You will ____ to the feast. (invite)

be invited

(iv) The result ____ on Monday. (declare)

was declared/will be declared

(v) They ____ at the report of the gun. (alarm)

were alarmed

(vi) We ____ at his failure. (shock)

were shocked

Q.2. Change the voice of the following sentences :
(i) She sings a sweet song.

A sweet song is sung by her.

(ii) Do you not play hockey?

Is hockey not played by you?

(iii) Does he sell lottery tickets?

Are lottery tickets sold by him?

(iv) I am bending the branch.

The branch is being bent by me.

(v) Is she boiling potatoes?

Are the potatoes being boiled by her?

(vi) Are the servants bringing tea?

Is tea being brought by the servants?

Q.3. Rearrange the following into meaningful sentences :
(i) this novel / Premchand / was / by / written

This novel was written by Premchand.

(ii) the brave / admired / everywhere / are

The brave are admired everywhere.

(iii) a doll / the baby / given / was

The baby was given a doll.

(iv) them / I / known / am / to

I am known to them.

(v) by / the door / whom / opened / was?

By whom was the door opened?

(vi) him / a reward / to / given / was

A reward was given to him.

(vii) one / one’s / keep / should / promise

One should keep one’s promise.

(viii) kept / be / should / promise

Promise should be kept.

Q.4. Fill in the blanks in the following choosing one word each for every blank.
was, endured, be, opened, was opened, offered, considered, has, being
(i) I ____ the door.

opened

(ii) The gate ____ by the gatekeeper.

was opened

(iii) My pocket ____ been picked.

has

(iv) The work is ____ done.

being

(v) I ____ taught to read English.

was

(vi) He is ____ a wise man.

considered

(vii) What cannot ____ cured must be

be, endured

(viii) He was ____ a chair.

offered

Q.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.
(i) He asked to go down to the end of (a) _______

He was asked

(ii) the garden. He was also to wash himself in water of the river there. The same (b) _______

also told to

(iii) water was and sprinkled over everything (c) _______

was brought and

(iv) which had changed into gold by Mida’s (d) _______

had been changed

(v) touch. The king felt a weight had lifted (e) _______

had been lifted

(vi) from his heart. He freed of the golden touch. (f) _______

He was freed

Q.6. 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.
(i) I elected to the Committee of the society. (a) ______

I was elected

(ii) I was in advance that 1 was supposed to attend (b) _______

was told in

(iii) every meeting. But I was not much to (c) _______

much used to

(iv) speaking. My friends called me a drone. The banter appreciated. A drone is (d) _______

banter was appreciated

(v) generally to be a thorough idler. Not that (e) _______

generally thought to

(vi) I was not to speak but the words failed me. (f) _______

not willing to

Q.7. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences using one of the options from the brackets :
(i) A snake ____ (kill/killed/was killed/has been killed) by him yesterday.

was killed

(ii) We ____ (shock/shocked/are shocked/is shocked) at his failure.

are shocked

(iii) This could be ____ (do/did/does/done) by you easily.

done

(iv) The dog was ____ (run/ran/running/had run) over by a car.

run

Q.8. underlined words in the following sentences have been wrongly used. Supply the correct word/words from the options given below each sentence :
(i) The speaker be cheered loudly when he had finished.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) was
(d) being

(c) was

(ii) She give a reward by the minister.
(a) gives
(b) gave
(c) was given
(d) was giving

(c) was given

(iii) He ask to go away by his boss yesterday.
(a) is asked
(b) was asked
(c) will be asked
(d) had been asked

(b) was asked

(iv) Ram elect the president of the union by the students.
(a) election
(b) was elected
(c) were elected
(d) elected

(b) was elected

Q.9. Complete the following passage by choosing the correct passive forms of the verbs given in brackets from the alternatives given below the passage :
It (i) …………….. (decide) to change the pattern of question paper. It (ii) …………….. hope) that the new pattern (iii) …………….. (like) by the students.
(i)
(a) is decided
(b) will be decided
(c) has been decided
(d) is being decided

(c) has been decided

(ii)
(a) has been hoped
(b) was hoped
(c) will be hoped
(d) is hoped

(d) is hoped

(iii)
(a) has been liked
(b) will be liked
(c) was liked
(d) had been liked

(b) will be liked