NCERT Solutions Class 7th English Grammar (Short Composition) Active and Passive Voice

NCERT Solutions Class 7th English Grammar Active and Passive Voice

NCERT Solutions Class 7th English Grammar Active and Passive Voice

English Grammar

Active and Passive Voice

English Grammar With Answers

1. Consider the following sentences :

Lata sings a song – A song is sung by Lata.

There is practically no difference in the meanings of these two sentences. These are two different ways of presenting the same thing. But in the first sentence the Subject performs the action while in the second sentence, the Subject of the Verb is acted upon.Thus, the voice shows whether the Subject of a Verb acts or is acted upon.

Active Voice : When the Subject of a Verb acts, the Verb is said to be in the Active Voice ; as-
I made a mistake.

Passive Voice : When the object of the Active Voice becomes the Subject, the Verb is said to be in the Passive Voice.

Passive Voice : A mistake was made by me.
The Subject dominates in Active Voice but the Object dominates in Passive Voice.

Note. It is only the form of the verb in a sentence which shows whether the subject is the doer or the receiver of the action. A sentence in passive voice may or may not have the ‘by’ phrase attached. Thus in the above sentences, ‘A mistake was made’ is a complete sentence.

1. The object of the Active Verb is made the Subject of the Passive Verb.

2. The Subject of the Active Verb is made the object of some Preposition (generally ‘by’).

3. The Verb of the Active Voice gets the Past Participle form of the Finite Verb and some form of the verb ‘to be’ (be, is, am, are, has been, have been, was, were, had been, will be, is being, will have been, etc.) will be used before it in the passive voice.

4. Some vague and indefinite subjects like ‘everyone’, ‘they’, ‘people’, ‘someone’, ‘somebody’, ‘everybody’, ‘anybody’, etc. are dropped if they are the subjects of the active voice. If so, the preposition ‘by’ is also not used.

5. The Tense of the Verb does not change.

Example: He has done his work. (Active)
His work has been done by him. (Passive)

2. The Pronouns (when these act as subject) are changed as given below:

Exercise 1 (Solved)

I. Rewrite the following sentences putting the Verbs given against them in the appropriate Passive Voice form :

1. She ……………… up by her aunt. (bring)
2. Invitation cards ……………… to all her friends. (send)
3. You will ……………… to the feast. (incite)
4. The result ……………… on Monday. (declare)
5. They ……………… at the report of the gun. (alarm)
8. We ……………… at his failure. (shock)

Answer:
1. was brought
2. have been sent
3. be invited
4. was declared/will be declared
5 were alarmed
6. were shocked

II Change the voice of the following sentences :

1. She sings a sweet song.
2. Do you not play hockey ?
3 Does he sell lottery tickets ?
4.1 am bending the branch.
5. Is she boiling potatoes ?
6. Are the servants bringing tea ?

Answer:
1. A sweet song is sung by her.
2. Is hockey not played by you ?
3. Are lottery tickets sold by him ?
4. The branch is being bent by me.
5. Are the potatoes being boiled by her ?
6. Is tea being brought by the servants ?

Exercise 2 (Solved)

Rearrange the following into meaningful sentences :

1. this novel / Premchand / was / by / written
2. the brave / admired / everywhere / are
3. a doll / the baby / given / was
4. them / I / known / am / to
5. by / the door / whom / opened / was ?
8. him / a reward / to / given / was
7. one / one’s / keep / should / promise
8. kept / be / should / promise

Answer:
1. This novel was written by Premchand.
2 The brave are admired everywhere.
3. The baby was given a doll.
4. I am knovT1 them.
5 By whom was the door opened ?
6. A reward was given to him.
7. One should keep one’s promise.
8. Promise should be kept.

Exercise 3 (Solved)

Fill in the blanks in the following choosing one word each for every blank.

was, endured, be, opened, was opened, offered, considered, has, being

1. I ……………… the door.
2 The gate ……………… by the gatekeeper.
3. My pocket ……………… been picked.
4. The work is ……………… done.
5. I ……………… taught to read English.
6. He is ……………… a wise man.
7. What cannot ……………… cured must be
8. He was ……………… a chair.

Answer:
1. opened
2. was opened
3. has
4. being
5. was
6. considered
7. be, endured
8. offered.

Exercise 4 (Solved)

The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line. Find the missing word and write it along with one word that comes before it and the one that comes after it. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.  

He asked to go down to the end of (a) _______
the garden. He was also to wash himself in water of the river there. The same (b) _______
water was and sprinkled over everything (c) _______
which had changed into gold by Midas’ (d) _______
touch. The king felt a weight had lifted (e) _______
front his heart. He freed of the golden touch. (f) _______

Answer:
(a) He was asked
(b) also told to
(c) was brought and
(d) had been changed
(e) had been lifted
(f) He was freed

Exercise 5 (Solved)

The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line. Find the missing word and write it along with one word that comes before it and the one that comes after it. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.  

I elected to the Committee of the society. (a) _______
I was in advance that I was supposed to attend (b) _______
every meeting. But I was not much to speaking. My friends called me a drone. (c) _______
The banter appreciated. A drone is (d) _______
generally to be a thorough idler. Not that (e) _______
I was not to speak but the words failed me. (f) _______

Answer:
(a) I was elected
(b) was told in
(c) much used to
(d) banter was appreciated
(e) generally thought to
(f) not willing to

Exercise 6 (For Practice)

Say whether the following are Active or Passive Voice sentences.

1. They have not come yet.
2. Papers are thrown all over.
3. The earthquake destroyed the entire city.
4. The dogs are not allowed here.
5. You could do it easily.
6. The book is written in Hindi.
7. They guard that house.
8. The minority rights are protected.

Answer:
1.Active
2.Active
3.Active
4.Passive
5.Passive
6.Passive
7.Active
8.Active

Exercise 7 (For Practice)

Change the Voice of the following sentences :

1. This ticket will be given to you by the manager.
2. Why have you done this ?
3. A car ran over the dog.
4. We must obey the laws of the land.
5. By whom was the fair inaugurated ?
6. Gopal stole her butter..

Answer:
1. the manager will give you the ticket
2. why is this done by you?
3. the dog was ran over by a car
4. the laws of the land must be obeyed by us
5. who inaugurated the fair?
6. her butter was stolen by gopal

Multiple Choice Questions

Read the statements given below and choose the correct option

I. Identify as directed :

Question 1. The Active Voice :

(i) The farmer grows coffee
(ii) Coffee fs grown by the farmer
(iii) The coffee is grown
(iv) Coffee is not grown

Answer: (i) The farmer grows coffee

Question 2. The Passive Voice :

(i) I sing a song
(ii) She wifi heip me
(iii) Lata is cooking the food
(iv) I will be helped

Answer: (iv) I will be helped

Question 3. In the News headlines, we generally use :

(i) Active voice
(ii) Passive voice
(iii) Present tense
(iv) Past tense

Answer: (ii) Passive voice

CBSE/NCERT Class 7th English Grammar

• Unseen Passages Type I
• Unseen Passages Type II
• Message Writing
• Notice Writing
• Postcard Writing
• Paragraph Writing
• Paragraph Writing Based on Verbal Input
• Paragraph Writing Based on Visual Input
• Article Writing
• Speech Writing
• Letter Writing
• Application Writing
• Email Writing
• Story Writing
• The Sentence
• Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
• The Parts Of Speech
• Verb
• Tenses
• Articles
• Agreement of Verb and Subject
• Active and Passive Voice
• Reported Speech
• Word Power
• Modals
• Grammar Modals
• Integrated Exercises

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