Practice the passive voice with the following exercises. These exercises will help you practice changing sentences from active voice to passive voice and vice versa, as well as more advanced uses of this form.
4 Exercises
Exercise 1
Change these sentences from active voice to passive voice:
- He will ask a question.
- Her mother didn’t call the doctor.
- Paul has taken your keys.
- The postman is delivering the letters.
- The students must read this book.
- A question will be asked (by him).
- The doctor wasn’t called by her mother.
- Your keys have been taken by Paul.
- The letters are being delivered by the postman.
- This book must be read by the students.
Exercise 2
Change these sentences from passive voice to active voice :
- The dog wasn’t fed by my brother.
- Our homework has been done.
- A brownie is being baked by Annie.
- The report had been written by the manager.
- Who are laws signed by?
- My brother didn’t feed the dog.
- We have done our homework.
- Annie is baking a brownie.
- The manager had written the report.
- Who signs laws?
Exercise 3
Change these sentences from active voice to passive voice. Make the underlined part the subject:
- The storekeeper will show them the way.
- She told me a lie.
- He sends his aunt bouquets.
- Our family has lent them some money.
- Could you give her the benefit of the doubt?
- They will be shown the way by the storekeeper.
- I was told a lie by her.
- Bouquets are sent to his aunt by him.
- They have been lent some money by our family.
- Could she be given the benefit of the doubt (by you)?
Exercise 4
Change these sentences to the impersonal passive voice:
- They say she is pregnant.
- They thought I was on holiday.
- People believe he has worked in mines.
- They suppose the team will win the cup again.
- People knew that they were very rich.
- She is said to be pregnant.
- I was thought to be on holiday.
- He is believed to have worked in mines.
- The team is supposed to win the cup again.
- They were known to be rich.
