CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Active Passive Voice and Indirect Speech Revision Worksheet Set 05

Answer: 1. His son praised him.
2. His father will pardon her.
3. Who will save her?
4. All his friends loved him.
5. The Chief Minister will plant the tree.
6. All his friends laughed at him.
7. A car knocked down the small boy.
8. I will drive the car.
9. Who taught you French?
10. Everyone will blame us.
11. They will sell no rice in this shop.
12. The people welcomed the leader.
13. The earthquake destroyed the building.
14. All human beings make such mistakes.
15. All his friends praised him.

Teacher's Note: In the active voice the doer of the action becomes the subject.

Answer: 1. Harmeet said that he wanted to buy a house.
2. They said that they were in the capital.
3. Tanmay said that he had been reading.
4. Ayaz asked me what I was doing.
5. Aditya asked whether they would listen to such a man.
6. Yasmin asked where she was going.
7. Richa told Sikha to go away.
8. The teacher told the boys to sit down.
9. The teacher told him not to read so fast.
10. Riya exclaimed sadly that she was undone.
11. Sanjiv exclaimed with joy that he was very clever.
12. Jay applauded him, saying that he had done well.
13. Pooja said that she was going to Mumbai.
14. He told me that my friend was angry with him.
15. She exclaimed sadly that their foes were too strong.

Teacher's Note: In indirect speech the tense moves back and the pronouns and the reporting verb change to fit the new sentence.

Answer: 1. John sings but his brother does not.
2. Neither Reena nor Rebeca has come.
3. Ron speaks French and Spanish.
4. I love him because he is very honest.
5. He did not succeed although he worked hard.
6. She is ill but cheerful.
7. We decided to go out although it was raining.
8. The children danced while the piper played.
9. Aamir works hard but his brother is lazy.
10. I went to the shop and bought some fruits.
11. You must start at once or you will be late.
12. He must be tired because he has been working since morning.

Teacher's Note: Other correct connectors are acceptable.

Answer: 1. The man Ryan invited was late.
2. The doctor I wanted to see was sick.
3. The manager who works for my father's company was arrested.
4. I wrote to the friend you met last week.
5. The radio which is broken can't be fixed.
6. Julia made a copy of the photo I took.
7. I met a boy who was a clerk.
8. We called a doctor who works at a hospital in Mumbai.
9. We like the actor who was in a famous film.
10. I went to the mall I read about in the newspaper.
11. He bought a car his mother liked.
12. I often buy apples that are imported from China.
13. The teacher who has black hair was very good.
14. The child we often see is playing in the garden.
15. The manager who helped my father is in the office.

Teacher's Note: The pronoun can be dropped only when it is the object of the clause.