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1811SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Choose the correct active voice form of the sentence: The message may not be delivered by the soldiers.
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Correct option: A — The soldiers may not deliver the message.
The soldiers may not deliver the message. (Correct) (b) The soldiers may deliver the message. (‘Not’ is Missing) (c) The message may deliver the soldiers. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (d) The soldiers might have delivered the message. (Incorrect Modal)
1812SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Change the following from active to passive: The space agency was supposed to have launched the satellite before the storm hit the coast.
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Correct option: B — The satellite was supposed to have been launched by the space agency before the storm hit the coast.
The satellite was supposed to have been launched by the space agency before the storm hit the coast. (Correct) (a) The satellite was supposed to have launched by the space agency before the storm hit the coast. (‘Been’ is Missing) (c) The satellite was being supposed to have been launched by the space agency before the storm hit the coast. (Incorrect Tense) (d) The satellite was supposed to being launched by the space agency before the storm hit the coast. (Incorrect Tense)
1813SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The book was read by the student in just two days.
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Correct option: D — The student read the book in just two days.
The student read the book in just two days. (Correct) (a) The student was reading the book in just two days. (Incorrect Tense) (b) The book is read by the student in just two days. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (c) The student has read the book in just two days. (Incorrect Tense)
1814SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Select the correct active form of the given sentence. "The book is being read by him."
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Correct option: B — He is reading the book.
He is reading the book. (Correct) (a) He was reading the book. (Incorrect Tense) (c) He has read the book. (Incorrect Tense) (d) He reads the book. (Incorrect Tense)
1815SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. "He will submit the report by Friday."
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Correct option: D — The report will be submitted by him by Friday.
The report will be submitted by him by Friday. (Correct) (a) The report is submitted by him by Friday. (Incorrect Tense) (b) The report will have been submitted by him. (Incorrect Tense) (c) The report submitted by him by Friday. (Helping verb is missing)
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1816SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Change the following from active to passive: By the time the team arrived, the technicians had already repaired the control panel and tested all functions twice.
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Correct option: A — By the time the team arrived, the control panel had already been repaired, and all functions had been tested twice by the technicians.
By the time the team arrived, the control panel had already been repaired, and all functions had been tested twice by the technicians. (Correct) (b) All functions were being tested by the time the team arrived. (Sentence is incomplete) (c) Everything was fixed before the team reached the site. (Meaning has changed) (d) The technicians repaired and tested everything twice before the team arrived. (Incorrect Sentence Structure)
1817SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Select the correct active form of the given sentence. "The window had been broken by the boy."
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Correct option: D — The boy had broken the window.
The boy had broken the window. (Correct) (a) The boy has broken the window. (Incorrect Tense) (b) The boy is breaking the window.(Incorrect Tense) (c) The boy broke the window.(Incorrect Tense)
1818SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. "She is painting the wall."
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Correct option: B — The wall is being painted by her.
The wall is being painted by her. (Correct) (a) The wall has painted. (Incorrect Tense) (c) The wall was being painted. (Incorrect Tense) (d) The wall is painted by her. (‘Being’ is missing)
1819SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure. The poem was composed by the student during the literature class.
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Correct option: A — The student composed the poem during the literature class.
The student composed the poem during the literature class.(Correct) (b) The student had composed the poem during the class.(Incorrect Tense) (c) The poem is being composed by the student during the class.(Incorrect Tense) (d) The student is composing the poem during the literature class.(Incorrect Sentence Structure)
1820SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The emergency steps had been taken by the authorities before the storm hit.
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Correct option: A — The authorities had taken the emergency steps before the storm hit.
The authorities had taken the emergency steps before the storm hit. (Correct) (b) The storm was faced with emergency steps. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (c) The authorities took emergency steps. (Sentence is Incomplete) (d) The emergency steps were taken before the storm hit. (Incorrect Sentence Structure)

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English Language MCQ practice free online · page 182

Choose the correct active voice form of the sentence: The message may not be delivered by the soldiers.

Change the following from active to passive: The space agency was supposed to have launched the satellite before the storm hit the coast.

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The book was read by the student in just two days.

Select the correct active form of the given sentence. "The book is being read by him."

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. "He will submit the report by Friday."

Change the following from active to passive: By the time the team arrived, the technicians had already repaired the control panel and tested all functions twice.

Select the correct active form of the given sentence. "The window had been broken by the boy."

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. "She is painting the wall."

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure. The poem was composed by the student during the literature class.

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The emergency steps had been taken by the authorities before the storm hit.

English Language practice — common questions