VOICE WORKSHEET-1

1. Change the voice in the following sentences:

a) I shall broadcast the talk on Monday.

The talk shall be broadcast by me
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b) Alexander defeated Porus.
Porus was defeated by Alexander.
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c) The soldier stole the gun.
The gun was stolen by the soilder.
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d) The snake bit the man.
The man was bitten by the snake.
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e) I was invited by him to his house yesterday.
He invited me on home yesterday.
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f) He plays football every evening.
Football is played by him.
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g) He was sent to prison for theft.
Court sent him to prison for thief.
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h) The baby will be looked after by her grandmother.
Her grandmother look after the baby.
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i) He ate some raw fruit.
Same raw fruit eaten is eaten by him
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j) She writes a letter neatly.
A letter written by her neatly.
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k) Ali lit all the lamps in the house.
All the lamp was lit by ali in the house.
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l) The patients will be taken to the hospital.
Ambulance will take patients in hospital.
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m) Somebody opened that door a moment ago.
That door was opened a amount ago.
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n) My son painted the door.
The door was painted by my son.
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o) You will be seen.
Your mother will see you.
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2. Change the followings into passive voice: -
1. A cat killed a mouse.
A mouse killed by a cat.
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2. She sings a song.
A song is sung by her.
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3. They caught a thief.
A thief is caught by them.
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4. I shall write a letter.
A letter will be written by me.
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5. He is flying a kite.
A kite is being flown by him.
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6. He has just posted the letter.

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7. You kept me waiting for an hour.
I was kept working for an hour.
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8. He had not seen the lion before.
The lion had not been seen by him before.
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9. He is doing difficult sum.
Different sum is being done by him
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10. I have bought a new house.
A new house have been bought by me.
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11. Our team will win the match.
The match will be won by our team.
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12. She is writing a letter.
A letter is being written by her.
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13. Aslam has chosen a book.
A book have been chosen by asim.
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14. He is watching us.
We are being watched by him.
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15. Did he catch the noon train?
Was the noon train catched by him
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3. Complete the following passive voice sentences in the tenses suggested:

a) This book will publish (publish) next month. (Future)

b) This match was played (play) yesterday. (Past)

c) The cow was let (leave) in the field. ((Past)

d) My book have stolen (steal). (Present Perfect)

e) You will admit into the school tomorrow (admit) into the school tomorrow. (Future)

f) Not a sound heard (hear). (Past)

g) English speak (speak) all over the world. (Present)

h) This room is white washing (white-wash). (Present Continuous)

i) Wheat has sown (sow). (Present Perfect)

4. Change the followings into the passive voice: -

a) The officer offered him a job.
A job was offered to him by the officer.
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b) He gave us a watch.
A watch was given to us by him.
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c) I told him a story.
A story was told to him by me.
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d) Afzal will teach us poetry.
A poetry will be teached to us by poetry.
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e) She gave us some mangoes.
Some mangoes were given to us by her.
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f) My father taught me this trade.
This trade was taught me by my father.
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g) They made him captain.
He made captain by them.
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h) He sent me a basket of apples.
A basket of apple was sent to me by him.
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i) They call him Akbar.
He is call akbar by them.
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j) Our habits made us slaves.
We are made slaves by our habit.
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5. Change the followings into the passive voice:

 a) They jeered at him.
He was jeered by them.
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b) I wondered at his boldness.
His boldness was wondered by me.
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c) The spectators laughed at us.
We were laugh by the spectators.
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d) We shall look into the matter.
The matter shall be look by us.
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e) The headmaster objected to our proposal.
Are proposal was objected by the headmaster.
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f) We arrived at the decision.

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g) He carried out my orders.
My ordered was carried out by them.
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h) We must listen to his words.
His words must be listen by us.
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6. Change the followings into the active voice:

a) Tariq was beaten by Aslam.
Asim beat tariq.
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b) Such mistakes are made by beginners.
Beginners made such mistakes.
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c) A new coat is being made by a tailor.
A tailor is making a new coat.
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d) The slate was broken by me.
I broke the stale.
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e) The child was knocked down by a car.
A car knocked down the child.
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f) A new house has been bought by him.
He has bought a new house.
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g) This poem will be learnt by the class.
The class will learn this poem.
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h) Is this story written by him?
He wrote this story?
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i) Are mice caught by cats?
Cat caught mice.
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 j) This wounded man was being helped by some boys.
Some boys was helping this wounded man.
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7. Change the voice:

a) His books have been stolen.
My book has been stolen by someone.
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b) The city has been surrendered.

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c) Promises should be kept.
One should kept promises.
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d) He should be called at once.
Let he be called here.
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e) My pocket was picked.
My pocket has been picked.
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f) I was compelled to resign.
He was make to resign.
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g) You will be refused admission.

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h) The speaker was heard patiently.
The speaker by the audience patience.
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i) They were defeated and made slaves.
Subcontinent was defeated by English man and made slave.
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j) It is said but never practised.
He has never practice teacher which said to him.
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8. Change the voice in followings sentences: -

1. This pot contains ink.
Ink is contain by the pot.
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2. They know it.
I knew that you would come.
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3. One should do one’s duty.
One should do his duty.
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4. Do you repair pens?
Is the pens repaired by you?
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5. It is time to remove the luggage.
The luggage is to be removed by time.
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 6. Who has written this letter?
Is letter has been written by somebody.

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7. They say that you have stolen the book.
The book have been stolen by me said by them.
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8. I expected to finish the work by noon.
The work is to finshed in noon.
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9. Change the voice:

1. Jack built the house.
The house was build by jack.
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2. His loss has been felt by everybody.
Everybody have felt his loss.
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3. He is listening to your lecture.
Your lecture is being listen by him.
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4. A trick was played upon the crow by the fox.
The fox played a trick on the cow.
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5. The teacher asked me a question.
A question was asked by teacher to me.
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6. This fact is known to all.

All know his fact.
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7. No water should be wasted.
Water should not be wasted by anyone.
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8. She offered her brother a present.
A present was offered by her to her brother.
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9. My aunt has sent me a book of pictures.
A book of picture has been by my aunt.
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10. A prize will be given by the teacher to the best boy.
The teacher will be given a prize to the best boy.
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11. I am being troubled by them for nothing.
They are troubling me for nothing.
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12. The police will catch the thief.
The thief will be catched by the police.
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13. Young men respect old persons.
Old person Is respected by young men
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14. A little box was brought by her to the school.
 She broght a little box to the school.
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15. This lesson is still being learnt by him.
He is still learning this lesson
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10. Change the voice:

1. All the ministers will see him off at the airport.
he will be seen by all the minister at airport.
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2. Everyone looked up to him.
He was looked up by everyone.
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3. Her story did not take them in.
They were not taken in by her story.
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4. They had towed my car away. They had done this because I had parked it under a
“No Parking” sign.
My car away had been towed by them this had been done by them because it had been
parked by me under a no parking sign.
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5. You will have to pull down this skyscraper you have not complied with the town
planning regulations.
This skyscraper will have to by pulled down by you as the term planning regulation
have not been compiled by you.
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6. I hate people looking at me.
I had being looked at by people.
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7. People shan’t speak to me as if I were a child.
I shall not be spoken by people as if I were a child
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8. Didn’t they tell you to be here by 6 o’clock?

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9. He has seen the blueprint of the new office building.
The blueprint has been seen by him of the new office building.
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10. She visited Larkana in 1999.
Larkana was visited by her in 1999.
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11. These books have been read by Amira.
Amira has read the books.
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12. Many scholars have been invited by the headmaster of the school.
The headmaster of school has invited has many scholars
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