OOPT Passive Voice — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence is correctly written in the passive voice?
- The report has been submitted by the committee. (Correct answer)
- The committee has submitted the report.
- The committee submitted the report by itself.
- The report submitted by the committee.
Correct answer: The report has been submitted by the committee.
The passive voice uses 'be' + past participle. 'Has been submitted' is present perfect passive, correctly showing the action was performed on 'the report'. Option B is active voice. Option C is active. Option D is a noun phrase fragment with no finite verb.
Question 2: Choose the correct passive form: 'Someone is fixing the car right now.'
- The car is being fixed right now. (Correct answer)
- The car is fixed right now.
- The car has been fixed right now.
- The car was being fixed right now.
Correct answer: The car is being fixed right now.
'Is being fixed' is present continuous passive, matching the ongoing action of the original active sentence. 'Is fixed' is present simple passive. 'Has been fixed' is present perfect passive. 'Was being fixed' is past continuous passive — all three misrepresent the timeframe.
Question 3: The new bridge _______ by the end of next year.
- will have been completed (Correct answer)
- will be completing
- is being completed
- has been completed
Correct answer: will have been completed
'By the end of next year' signals a future perfect timeframe. The future perfect passive is 'will have been + past participle'. The other options do not match a deadline in the future.
Question 4: They were told _______ until further notice.
- to wait (Correct answer)
- waiting
- wait
- waited
Correct answer: to wait
After passive reporting verbs like 'were told', 'were asked', and 'were advised', an infinitive with 'to' follows. 'To wait' is correct. The bare infinitive, gerund, and past participle are all grammatically impossible here.
Question 5: Which sentence correctly transforms 'The teacher explained the rule to us' into the passive?
- The rule was explained to us by the teacher. (Correct answer)
- The rule was explained us by the teacher.
- We were explained the rule by the teacher.
- The rule has been explained us.
Correct answer: The rule was explained to us by the teacher.
With verbs like 'explain', only the direct object ('the rule') can become the passive subject. The indirect object ('us') must keep its preposition 'to'. Option B drops 'to'. Option C wrongly promotes the indirect object. Option D lacks 'to' and has no agent phrase.
Question 6: The famous painting _______ from the museum last night.
- was stolen (Correct answer)
- had stolen
- is stolen
- stolen
Correct answer: was stolen
'Last night' sets a completed past event, so past simple passive ('was stolen') is correct. 'Had stolen' is past perfect active. 'Is stolen' is present simple passive, wrong for a completed past event. 'Stolen' alone is a participle, not a finite verb.
OOPT Passive Voice
Which sentence is correctly written in the passive voice?