Voice - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

This question is based on the concept of Active and Passive Voice. Understanding the voice is crucial to transforming sentences correctly while maintaining their original meaning and tense.

Voice: In grammar, voice refers to the form of a verb that shows whether the subject performs the action (active voice) or receives the action (passive voice).

Passive Voice Structure:
In passive voice, the focus is on the action or the recipient of the action rather than the doer. The structure generally follows:
Object + had been + past participle (V3) + (by + subject)

Original Sentence (Passive Voice): Our task had been completed before sunset.

Step-by-step Conversion to Active Voice:
1. Identify the subject: Implicit in passive voice. Likely "we".
2. Change "our task" to the object.
3. "Had been completed" is the past perfect passive. The active form of this is "had completed".
4. Keep the time expression "before sunset" as it is.

Correct Transformation:
We had completed our task before sunset.

Correct Answer: Option D: We had completed our task before sunset.

Other Options:
Option A: We completed our task before sunset. — ❌ Incorrect. Changes the tense from past perfect to simple past.
Option B: We have completed our task before sunset. — ❌ Incorrect. Changes the tense to present perfect, which is not equivalent.
Option C: We complete our task before sunset. — ❌ Incorrect. Changes the tense to simple present, which alters the meaning entirely.

Conclusion: The correct active voice form that maintains the original tense and meaning is Option D.

This question is based on the transformation of a sentence from Active Voice to Passive Voice, which is a common topic in competitive English.

Voice: In grammar, voice refers to the form of a verb that indicates whether the subject performs the action (active voice) or receives the action (passive voice).

Active Voice Structure: Subject + Verb + Object
Passive Voice Structure: Object + appropriate form of "to be" + past participle (V3) + by + Subject

Original Sentence (Active Voice): The boy laughed at the beggar.

Step-by-step Breakdown:
1. The object "the beggar" becomes the subject in the passive sentence.
2. The verb phrase is "laughed at", which is a phrasal verb. In passive voice, the entire phrase must be preserved.
3. The correct tense is simple past, so the passive form uses "was" + past participle ("laughed").
4. Maintain the preposition "at" with the verb.
5. The subject "the boy" comes after "by".

Correct Transformation:
The beggar was laughed at by the boy.

Correct Answer: Option D: The beggar was laughed at by the boy.

Other Options:
Option A: The beggar was laughed by the boy. — ❌ Incorrect. Omits the necessary preposition "at", making it grammatically incorrect.
Option B: The beggar was being laughed by the boy. — ❌ Incorrect. Incorrect tense ("was being" indicates past continuous) and missing "at".
Option C: The beggar was being laughed at by the boy. — ❌ Incorrect. Wrong tense; this changes simple past into past continuous.

Conclusion: The sentence that correctly follows the passive voice structure while preserving the meaning and tense is Option D.

Cricket was being played by the boys.

The given sentence is in Past Continuous Tense and it is in active voice. We need to change it into Passive voice.

Rule :
Subject + (was /were) + being + V³ + Optional Agents.

A circle was drawn by them in the morning.

Given sentence is in Past simple tense and it is in active voice, we need to change it into passive voice.

Rule :
Subject + (was / were) + V³ + Optional Agents.

The entire block will be demolished.

The given sentence contains one of Model verb (Model Verb = will, shall, can, may, might, could, might, must, would). It is in active voice.

Rule :
Subject + Model verb + be + V³ + Optional Objects.

Several items in the room were destroyed by the burglar. Even the carpet was torn.

Above it contains two sentence one is in Past Simple sentence (Active Voice) and Second sentence is in Present Perfect tense (Passive Voice). We change First sentence according to voice rule and second sentence also be change according to same rule but tense of both sentence become same.

The elders must be respected.

The given sentence contains one of Model verb (Model Verb = will, shall, can, may, might, could, might, must, would). It is in active voice.

Rule :
Subject + Model verb + be + V3 + Optional Objects.

You have been warned.

Given sentence is in Present Perfect tense and It is in active Voice.

Rule :
Subject + (has / have) + been +V³ + Optional Agents.

Let's look at the options:

Option A: Your question has been answered?
This is grammatically incorrect as a passive voice question. It's missing a helping verb.

Option B: Anybody has answered your question?
This is still in the active voice. It's just a rephrasing of the original question.

Option C: Has your question been answered?
This is the correct answer! It's in the passive voice and is grammatically correct. "Your question" is the subject, and it's *receiving* the action of being answered. The helping verb "has been" indicates passive voice for a present perfect tense.

Option D: Have you answered your question?
This changes the meaning of the sentence completely. It's asking if *you* did the answering, not if your question was answered. And it is in Active voice.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option C: Has your question been answered?

The prices were lowered by shopkeeper.

Given sentence is in Past simple tense and it is in active voice, we need to change it into passive voice.

Rule :
Subject + (was / were) + V3 + Optional Agents.