Important Exercise On Changing Voice (Active to Passive Voice)
1. I placed the proposal to him.
Pass: The proposal was placed to him by me.
2. A storm has uprooted the tree.
Pass: The tree has been uprooted.
Pass: Liars are hated by people.
4. How can you do this?
Pass: How can this be done by you?
5. What did they pay you for doing the job?
Pass: What were you being paid for doing the job by them?
6. Which book have you borrowed?
Pass: Which book has been borrowed by you?
7. Whom did you like?
Pass: Who was liked by you?
8. We ought to respect our teachers.
Pass: Our teachers ought to be respected by us.
9. I have to do it.
Pass: It has to be done by me.
10. You are to colour the picture.
Pass: The picture is to be coloured by you.
11. Who will help you?
Pass: By whom will you be helped?
12. Who gave you this book?
Pass: By whom was this book given to you?
13. By whom was this done?
Act : Who did this?
14. Who broke the pencil?
Pass: By whom was the pencil broken?
15 We should stop smoking.
Pass: Smoking should be stopped.
16. I offered him a job.
Pass: He was offered a job by me.
17. Badal offered me a seat.
Pass: I was offered a seat by Badul.
18. Did you take the therapy?
Pass: Was the therapy taken by you?
19. Do you see the bird?
Pass: Is the bird seen by you?
20. He made me understand the matter.
Pass: I was made to understand the matter by him.
21. He heard the baby cry for its food.
Pass: The baby was heard to cry for its food by him.
22. Let me do the sum.
Pass: Let the sum be done by me.
23. Let me have a cup of coffee.
Pass: Let a cup of coffee be had by me.
24. He decided to leave the job.
Pass: He decided the job to be left.
Or,
Pass: To leave the job was decided by him.
25. He wanted to draw a picture.
Pass: He wanted a picture to be drawn.
Or,
Pass: To draw a picture was wanted by him.
26. I know that he did not work.
Pass: That he did not work is known to me.
Or,
Pass: It is known to me that he did not work.
27. Please, do the work.
Pass: You are requested to do the work.
28. He said that he was ill.
Pass : That he was ill was said by him.
Or,
Pass : It was said by him that he was ill.
29. Please, do the work.
Pass: You are requested to do the work.
30. I did not know where she lived.
Pass : Where she lived was not known to me.
Or,
Pass : It was not known to me where she lived.
31. Honey tastes sweet.
Pass: Honey is tasted sweet.
Or,
Pass: Honey is sweet when it is tasted.
32. The bed felt hard.
Pass: The bed was felt hard.
Or,
Pass: The bed was hard when it was felt.
33. Go away.
Pass: You are ordered to go away.
34. Milk turns sour.
Pass : Milk is turned sour.
Or,
Pass: Milk is sour when it is turned
35. He killed himself.
Pass: He was killed by himself.
36) Keep you words.
Pass: Your words should be kept.
37. They thanked themselves
Pass: They were thanked by themselves.
38. Onions sell at high prices.
Pass: Onions are sold at high prices.
39. The book is printing.
Pass: The book is being printed.
40. Don't laugh at the poor.
Pass: Let not the poor be laughed at.
41. Never eat more than one thing for luncheon.
Pass: Let not more than one thing be ever eaten for luncheon.
42. Buy me a shirt.
Pass: Let a shirt be bought for me.
43. Give me your watch
Pass: Let your watch be given to me.
44. The house is building.
Pass: The house is being built.
45. Honesty is the best policy.
Pass : Honesty is called the best policy.
46. Open the door.
Pass: Let the door be opened.
47. He is a fool.
Pass : He is called a fool.
48. I was annoyed with him.
Act: He annoyed me.
49. The thief was caught.
Act: Someone / The police caught the thief.
50. His pen has been stolen.
Act: Someone has stolen his pen.
51. Tell me the tale.
Pass: Let the tale be told to me.
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