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For each active sentence, four choice (a, b, c, d) are given in passive voice. You are directed to find out the correct one.
Q. 1 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Has Asif not called you?
A
Have you not been called by Asif?
✓ Correct
B
Have you not called Asif?
C
Have you being not called by Asif?
D
Has you not called by Asif?
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Present perfect passive: "Have/Has + subject + not + been + past participle".
Q. 2 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
I shall not face this difficulty?
A
This difficulty shall not be face by I.
B
This difficulty will not face by me.
C
This difficulty will be not faced by me.
D
This difficulty will not be faced by me.
✓ Correct
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Future simple passive: "Will/Shall + be + past participle".
Q. 3 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Chief Minister has inaugurated the exhibition.
A
Exhibition was inaugurated by Chief Minister
B
Exhibition had been inaugurated by Chief Minister
C
Exhibition has been inaugurated by Chief Minister
✓ Correct
D
Exhibition has been inaugurated Chief Minister
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Present perfect passive: "Object + has been + past participle".
Q. 4 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
They had not misguided anyone.
A
Any one had not misguided them.
B
Any one had not been misguided by them.
✓ Correct
C
Any one has not been misguided by them.
D
Any one had not misguided by them.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Past perfect passive: "Object + had not been + past participle".
Q. 5 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
They should avoid any error.
A
Any error should avoid them.
B
Any error should be avoid by them.
C
Any error ought to be avoid by them.
D
Any error should be avoided by them.
✓ Correct
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Modal passive: "Modal + be + past participle".
Q. 6 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
He is not asking questions?
A
Questions are not been asked by them.
B
Questions is not being asked by him
C
Questions are not being asked by him.
✓ Correct
D
Questions are not being ask by him.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Present continuous passive: "Object + are being + past participle".
Q. 7 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Did the criminals confess their crimes?
A
Did the crimes confessed by the criminals?
B
Were the crimes confessed by the criminals?
✓ Correct
C
Did crimes confessed the criminals?
D
Were the crimes confessed by the criminals?
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Past simple passive question: "Were + object + past participle".
Q. 8 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
She was motivating her friends.
A
Her friends was being motivated by her.
B
Her friends were motivated by her.
C
Her friends were being motivated by her.
✓ Correct
D
Her friends were motivating by her.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Past continuous passive: "Object + were being + past participle".
Q. 9 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Do not beat this boy.
A
Let this boy not be beaten
✓ Correct
B
Let that boy not be beat
C
Let this boy not be beat
D
Let this boy have not be beaten
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Imperative passive: "Let + object + not be + past participle".
Q. 10 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Shall we have occupied this room?
A
Shall this room has occupied by us?
B
Will this room have been occupied by us?
✓ Correct
C
Will this room has occupied by us?
D
Will this room have been occupied us?
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Future perfect passive question: "Will + object + have been + past participle".
Q. 11 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
The Police caught the thief.
A
The thief was caught by the police
✓ Correct
B
The thief had been caught by the police
C
The thief was catch by the police
D
The thief was being catch by the police
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Past simple passive: "Object + was/were + past participle".
Q. 12 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Did Mr. Akbar give a gift to his mother?
A
Was a gift given to his mother by Mr. Akbar?
✓ Correct
B
Had a gift given to his mother by Mr. Akbar?
C
will a gift given to his mother by Mr. Akbar?
D
Was a gift had given to his mother by Mr. Akbar?
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Identify the Tense: The active sentence ("Did Mr. Akbar give a gift...?") is an interrogative sentence in the Simple Past Tense (indicated by the helping verb "Did").

Apply the Passive Formula: The rule for turning a Simple Past question into the passive voice is:

Was/Were + New Subject Past Participle (V3)+ by + Agent?
Q. 13 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
We will have finished the task by next week.
A
The task will have finished by next week.
B
The task will have been finished by us by next week.
✓ Correct
C
By next week we will finish the task.
D
The task is finished by next week by us.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Future perfect passive: "Object + will have been + past participle".
Q. 14 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Does he invite all his friends?
A
All his friends are invited by him?
B
Are all his friends invited by him?
✓ Correct
C
Are all his friends being invited by him?
D
Have all his friends been invited by him?
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Present simple question passive: "Are + object + past participle".
Q. 15 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
I make cakes every week.
A
Cakes make by me every week.
B
Cakes will be made by me every week.
C
Cakes were made by me every week.
D
Cakes are made by me every week.
✓ Correct
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Present simple passive: "Object + am/is/are + past participle".
Q. 16 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
She found her watch.
A
Her watch is found by her.
B
Her watch was found by her.
✓ Correct
C
Her watch was being found by her.
D
Her watch has been found by her.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Past simple passive: "Object + was + past participle".
Q. 17 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Will you have planted a tree?
A
Will a tree had been planted you?
B
Will a tree be planted by you?
C
Will a tree have been planted by you?
✓ Correct
D
Would a tree have been planted by you?
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Future perfect question passive: "Will + object + have been + past participle".
Q. 18 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
They haven't stamped the letter.
A
The letter hasn't stamped them.
B
The letter hasn't been stamped by them.
✓ Correct
C
The letter isn't stamped by them.
D
The letter hasn't been stamped by they.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Present perfect negative passive: "Object + has/have + not + been + past participle".
Q. 19 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
The government has called out troops.
A
Troops are called out by the government.
B
Troops had been called out by the government.
C
Troops have been called out by the government.
✓ Correct
D
Troops has been called out by the government.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Present perfect passive: "Plural object + have been + past participle".
Q. 20 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
He met me yesterday.
A
I was met by him yesterday.
✓ Correct
B
I had been met by him the other day.
C
I have been met by him the other day.
D
I had met by him yesterday.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Past simple passive: "I + was + past participle".
Q. 21 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Some boys were helping the wounded man.
A
The wounded man is helped by few boys.
B
The wounded man was being helped by some boys.
✓ Correct
C
Some boys helped the wounded man.
D
The wounded man were helped by some boys.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Past continuous passive: "Object + was/were + being + past participle".
Q. 22 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
He will finish the work in a fortnight.
A
The work will be finished by him in a fortnight.
✓ Correct
B
In a fortnight he will finish the work.
C
The work will have to be finished in a fortnight by him.
D
The work must be finished by him in a fortnight.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Future simple passive: "Object + will be + past participle".
Q. 23 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
Why did your brother write such a letter?
A
Why is such a letter written by your brother?
B
Why had your brother written such a letter?
C
Why was such a letter written by your brother?
✓ Correct
D
Why should such a letter be written by your brother?
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Past simple question passive: "Wh-word + was/were + object + past participle".
Q. 24 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
I have invited someone to the party.
A
Someone has been invited by me to the party.
✓ Correct
B
Someone has been invited by me to party.
C
Someone was invited by me to party.
D
Someone have been invited by me to party.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Present perfect passive: "Object + has/have + been + past participle".
Q. 25 English Language Comprehension
Difficulty: Hard (1 Mark)
The Romans expected to conquer Egypt.
A
It was expected by the Romans that they will conquer Egypt.
B
It was expected by the Romans to conquer Egypt.
C
Egypt was expected to be conquered by the Romans
✓ Correct
D
Egypt was to be conquered by Romans.
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Double Passive Structure: The active sentence contains two verbs: a main verb ("expected") and an infinitive verb ("to conquer"). When converting it to the passive voice, the target object ("Egypt") is brought forward, and both actions must be adjusted structurally:
The past simple verb "expected" shifts to "was expected".
The active infinitive "to conquer" shifts to its passive infinitive form, "to be conquered".

Grammatical Logic: It cleanly transfers the focus from what the Romans were doing to what was anticipated to happen to Egypt, accurately preserving the past tense and meaning.
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