Active and Passive Voice

Active and Passive Voice MDCAT MCQs with answers

6 past paper MCQs on Active and Passive Voice, from the Formal and Lexical Aspect of Language unit of MDCAT English. The year each question appeared is shown where known; tap “Show answer” for the correct option and a short solution.

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1.She completed the task with great difficulty. Identify the CORRECT usage of passive voice. (KMU MDCAT 2025)

  1. The task was completed with great difficulty by her.
  2. The task has been completed with great difficulty by her.
  3. The task was been completed with great difficulty by her.
  4. The task was being completed with great difficulty by her.
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Correct answer: (a) The task was completed with great difficulty by her.

The simple past active becomes the simple past passive: the task was completed by her.

2.The book was written by Rashid Khan. Identify the correct usage of voice. (SZABMU MDCAT 2025)

  1. Rashid Khan writes the book.
  2. Rashid Khan wrote the book.
  3. Rashid Khan written the book.
  4. Rashid Khan has write the book.
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Correct answer: (b) Rashid Khan wrote the book.

The passive past becomes the active past: Rashid Khan wrote the book.

3.Q.180 Fill in the blank with the correct word. The shepherd ploughed this mountain with cattle the first time it ....... ever ploughed. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. was
  2. was been
  3. had
  4. had been
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Correct answer: (d) had been

The passive of the past perfect is had been ploughed.

4.Identify the sentence, out of the following, that is error free: (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. I do not enjoy being laughed at by other people
  2. I did not enjoy laughing by other people
  3. I am not enjoying laughing by other people
  4. I do not enjoying being laughed at by other people
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Correct answer: (a) I do not enjoy being laughed at by other people

The idiom is to be laughed at, and after do not enjoy the verb takes the gerund being.

5.A few years ago, it _________ that human beings do not belong to this earth. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Found
  2. Was found
  3. Were found
  4. Had found
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Correct answer: (b) Was found

The finding was done to us, so the verb is passive: it was found.

6.A white ball ______ for the first time in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. (PMC MDCAT 2022)

  1. Used
  2. Was used
  3. Had used
  4. Has been used
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Correct answer: (b) Was used

The ball was used, so the verb is passive in the simple past.

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