TENSE AND VOICE EXERCISES

ENGLISH: GRADE IX
5th November, 2020
2. VOICE
A. Complete the following table.
TENSE ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE

Simple Present S/he rings the bell. The bell was rung by him/her

They solve the problem. The problem was solved by them..

Present Continuous S/he is ringing the bell. The bell is rung by him/her.

They are solving the The problem is being solved by

problem. them.

Present Perfect S/he has rung the bell. The bell has been rung by her/him.

They have solved a problem. The problem has been solved by

them.

Simple Past S/he rang the bell. The bell was rung by her/him.

They solved a problem. The problem was solved by them.

Past Continuous S/he was ringing the bell. The bell was being rung by her/him.

They were solving a The problem was solved by them.

problem.

Past Perfect S/he had rung the bell. The bell was rung by her/him.

They had solved a problem. The problem had been solved by

them.

Simple Future S/he will ring the bell. The bell will be rung by her/him.

They will solve a problem. The problem will be solved by them.

 Future Perfect S/he will have rung the bell. The bell will have been rung by
her/him.

They will have solved a

problem. The problem will have been solved
by them.

B. Change the voices of the following sentences as indicated in the brackets.

a. They often listen to music. (into passive)

Music is listened to by them.

b. She is reading the a horror story now. (into passive)

A horror story is being read by her.

c. These cosmetics are produced in London. (into passive)

People in London produce these cosmetics.

d. My mom teaches Economics. (into passive)

Economics is taught by my mom.

e. Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands. (into active)

The people in Netherlands speak Dutch.

f. English is spoken all over the world. (into active)

People all over the world speak English.

g. Lots of houses were destroyed by the earthquake in Nepal. (into active)

The earthquake destroyed lots of houses in Nepal.

h. The bus driver was hurt yesterday. (into active)

Someone hurt the bus driver yesterday.

i. You should revise your lessons. (into active)

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C. Change the following into passive voice.

a. Do the children play football?

Is football played by children?

b. The police caught the thief.

The thief was caught by the police.

c. The girl was painting the picture.

A picture was being painted by the girl.

d. They have not opened the doors yet.

The doors had not been open by them.

e. Someone violated the rule.

The rules were violated.

f. People say that tortoises live longer than elephants.

Tortoises live longer than elephants is said.

g. They will show me the cathedral.

The cathedral will be shown to me by them

h. Draw a picture.

A picture should be drawn.

i. Obey your elders.

Elders should be obeyed.

j. Do not paint the picture.

The picture should not be painted.

D. Change the following into active voice.

a. It is said that she works hard.

They say she works hard.

b. English is spoken all over the world.

 People all over the world speak English.

c. An essay cannot be written by her.

She cannot write an essay.

d. God will be worshipped in every country.

Every country will worship god.

e. Was the dog being chased?

Was someone chasing the dog?

f. Anup has not been invited by Sumi.

Sumi did not invite Anup.

g. Traffic rules should be followed by drivers as well as pedestrians.

Drivers as well as pedestrians should follow the traffic rules.

h. His portrait is being painted.

Someone is painting his portrait.

i.The first Nepali Republic Day was celebrated on 29th May, 2009.

Nepalese people celebrated the first Nepali Republic Day on 29th May 2009.

j. Write the title of you essay on the top line.

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TENSE

A. Change the tenses of the following sentences as indicated in the brackets.

a. I will be presenting a paper at this time tomorrow. ( into past continuous)

I was presenting a paper at this time yesterday.

b. She will be waiting for us at the railway station. ( into present continuous)

She is waiting for us at the railway station.

c. I know about rocket science. (into simple past)

I knew about rocket science.

d. She will have brought the groceries. (into present perfect)

She has brought the groceries.

e. They wanted to know about the board examination. (into simple present)

They wanted to know about the board examinations.

f. The teachers are leaving for their trip tomorrow. (into future continuous)

The teachers will be leaving for their trip tomorrow.

g. Ram hadn’t taken that matter into account. (into simple past)

Ram didn't take that matter into account.

h. The opposition party will not accept the proposal. (into simple past)

The opposing party did not accept the proposal.

I. The candidates will not pass the interview. (into future perfect )

The candidates will not have passed the interview.

j. I always wanted to be a government officer. (into present perfect )

I have always wanted to be a government officer.

k. Someone broke the window. (present perfect continuous)

Someone has been breaking the window.