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Active to passive: simple past (verb-ed -> was/were + past participle)

This type of question, asked 22 times: 14 Jul 2023 S3, 17 Jul 2023 S1, 17 Jul 2023 S4, 18 Jul 2023 S3, 19 Jul 2023 S3, 20 Jul 2023 S1, 24 Jul 2023 S1, 24 Jul 2023 S4, 25 Jul 2023 S1, 25 Jul 2023 S4, 9 Sep 2024 S1, 13 Sep 2024 S3, 19 Sep 2024 S2, 23 Sep 2024 S1, 23 Sep 2024 S2, 23 Sep 2024 S3, 24 Sep 2024 S1, 26 Sep 2024 S1, 26 Sep 2024 S2, 26 Sep 2024 S3, 18 Sep 2025 S2, 22 Sep 2025 S1. All 22 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    14 Jul 2023 S3

    76
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The little boy called up his best friend on his birthday.

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  2. Question 2

    17 Jul 2023 S1

    80
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Joseph opened the Bible.

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  3. Question 3

    17 Jul 2023 S4

    95
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The audience loved her performance.

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  4. Question 4

    18 Jul 2023 S3

    78
    Describe how you will tell everyone that Mr. Akhil opened the gate in passive voice.

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  5. Question 5

    19 Jul 2023 S3

    89
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The Mesopotamians invented the decimal system.

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  6. Question 6

    20 Jul 2023 S1

    82
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. He didn't eat a single morsel of food at his daughter's wedding.

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  7. Question 7

    24 Jul 2023 S1

    79
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Myra installed the new software on her computer.

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  8. Question 8

    24 Jul 2023 S4

    88
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Authorities denied his simple request.

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  9. Question 9

    25 Jul 2023 S1

    93
    Identify how will you say that “The doctor treated the victims of the violence very carefully”, in the passive voice.

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  10. Question 10

    25 Jul 2023 S4

    81
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Each member of the literary club submitted various literary works for the magazine.

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  11. Question 11

    9 Sep 2024 S1

    83
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Ishika saw the tiger in the forest.

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  12. Question 12

    13 Sep 2024 S3

    83
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Martha made pancakes yesterday.

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  13. Question 13

    19 Sep 2024 S2

    93
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Inayat did not greet her.

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  14. Question 14

    23 Sep 2024 S1

    92
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The teenager delivered the speech.

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  15. Question 15

    23 Sep 2024 S2

    88
    Select the option that correctly expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Mr. Amar refused him admittance.

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  16. Question 16

    23 Sep 2024 S3

    92
    Select the option that expresses the following sentence in passive voice. The baker baked the cake.

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  17. Question 17

    24 Sep 2024 S1

    94
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. He wrote an inspiring speech for the event.

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  18. Question 18

    26 Sep 2024 S1

    77
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Rohit did not slap Kunal.

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  19. Question 19

    26 Sep 2024 S2

    93
    Select the option that expresses the following sentence in passive voice. Gill scored 3 centuries in Tata IPL 2023

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  20. Question 20

    26 Sep 2024 S3

    93
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. A famous company conducted the workshop for its customers.

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  21. Question 21

    18 Sep 2025 S2

    86
    Change the following from active to passive: The storm damaged many houses.

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  22. Question 22

    22 Sep 2025 S1

    92
    Change the following from active to passive: Historians considered the reforms emblematic of the regime’s insecurity.

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