Question

Choose the most appropriate passive construction of the sentence: 'He is doing his job well.'

• A. His job is done well by him.
• B. His job is being done well.
• C. He has been doing his job well.
• D. His job is being well done.

Hint:

Keep the tense the same: present continuous active needs "is/are + being + past participle" in the passive, not simple present.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Converting active to passive voice means changing which noun is the grammatical subject, but the tense of the sentence has to stay exactly the same. Let's test each option by checking two things: is it truly passive, and does it keep the present continuous tense of the original?

1. His job is done well by him: This is passive, but it uses "is done", the simple present passive form. The original sentence uses "is doing", present continuous, describing an action happening now or currently, so switching to simple present changes the sense from an ongoing action to a general fact or habit. This makes the tense wrong.
2. His job is being done well: This uses "is being done", which is the correct present continuous passive form, matching "is doing" in the original. The adverb "well" sits naturally after the participle "done", which is the normal word order for a manner adverb in English.
3. He has been doing his job well: This keeps "he" as the doer and the verb in active form, only changing the tense to present perfect continuous. Since the subject and voice have not changed at all, this is not a passive sentence.
4. His job is being well done: This gets the tense right, using "is being done", but it squeezes the adverb "well" in between "being" and "done", which sounds forced. Native usage keeps the participle and its adverb together as "done well", not split apart.

Between the two grammatically valid passive options with the right tense, option 2 places the adverb in its natural position, making it the most appropriate passive construction. Option 4 is technically passive but reads unnaturally because of the misplaced adverb.

Let's summarize:

• Passive voice for the present continuous tense always uses "is/am/are + being + past participle", never the simple present passive.
• A manner adverb like "well" belongs right after the past participle, not squeezed before it.

So the most appropriate passive form of "He is doing his job well" is "His job is being done well."