Active and passive voice MCQ — 3 Practice Questions with Answers

Explanation

The sentence is in the simple present active voice: "They feed the seals." In passive voice, the object "the seals" becomes the subject, and the verb changes to "are fed" because the subject is plural and the tense remains simple present. The zoo and frequency phrase remain as place and time details. "The zoo feeds" is still active voice. "They feed" simply rearranges the original active sentence. "Are being fed" changes the tense to present continuous, which is not faithful to the printed sentence.

Explanation

The active sentence is in the simple past: "The interviewer asked me my name." In passive voice, the object "me" becomes the subject "I," and the verb changes to "was asked." "I had been asked" uses the past perfect passive, which adds an earlier-past meaning not present in the sentence. "I have been asked" is present perfect passive and changes the time reference. "The interviewer had been asked my name by me" reverses the roles incorrectly and also uses the wrong tense. The simple past passive form is correct.

Explanation

In the passive voice, the object me becomes the subject I, and made is followed by the to-infinitive: was made to laugh. The sentence They were made to laugh by me reverses the roles and says that I caused them to laugh, which changes the meaning. They made too laugh by me is ungrammatical and misuses too. I were made to laugh by them has the right basic meaning, but I requires was, not were. Therefore, I was made to laugh is the correct passive form.