ACTIVE TO PASSIVE OF INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE
Level: Beginner
Interrogative Sentence
To change the voice of an interrogative sentence, we can follow two processes-
(i) Interrogative > Assertive > Interrogative Process
&
(ii) Structure Process
The goal is same. So, you can go any way you like.
Examples of Interrogative > Assertive > Interrogative Process
In this process, firstly, we change the Interrogative Active into Assertive Active. Secondly, we change the Assertive Active into Assertive Passive. Finally, we make the sentence Interrogative again.
(1) Interrogative Active: Do you want it? → Assertive Active: You want it. → Assertive Passive: It is wanted by you. → Interrogative Passive: Is it wanted by you? (2) Interrogative: Did she help me? → Assertive: She helped me. → Passive: I was helped by her. → Answer: Was I helped by her?
(ii) Examples of Structure Process
Interrogative—Present Indefinite
Examples:
Active: Do you like it?
Passive: Is it liked by you?
Active: Does she help us?
Passive: Are we helped by them?
Change the voice. (a) Do you like this? (b) Does the boy read books? (e) Does she write English? (d) Do we need it? (e) Does he call you?
Interrogative—Past Indefinite
Structure: Was/ Were + Object + Past Participle of the Main Verb + by + Agent?
Examples
Active: Did they say this?
Passive: Was this said by them?
Active: Did you tell me?
Passive: Was I told by you?
Change the voice. (a) Did you like this? (b) Did the boy read books? (c) Did she write English? (d) Did he call you? (e) Did you break my glass?
Interrogative—Continuous
Structure: Am/ Is/ Are/ Was/ Were + Object + being + Past Participle of the Main Verb
+ by + Agent?
Examples:
Active: Are you playing cricket?
Passive: Is cricket being played by you?
Active: Was he digging field?
Passive: Was field being dug by him?
Change the voice. (a) Is she writing a letter? (b) Was it disturbing you? (c) Were they doing the sum? (d) Are we helping the man? (e) Am I getting the money?
Interrogative—Perfect
Structure: Have/ Has/ Had + Object + been + Past Participle of the Main Verb
+ by + Agent?
Examples:
Active: Have you called him?
Passive: Has he been called by you?
Active: Has she done the sum?
Passive: Has the sum been done by her?
Change the voice. (a) Have I helped him? (b) Has he invited you? (c) Has he called us? (d) Have they finished the work in time? (e) Had we written it?
Interrogative—Modal
Structure: Modal + Object + be +Past Participle of the Main Verb
+ by + Agent?
Examples:
Active: Can you do the sum?
Passive: Can the sum be done by you?
Active: Will you help me?
Passive: Shall I be helped by you?
Change the voice. (a) Will you help me? (b) Shall we read the book? (c) Would you sell vegetables? (d) Can you do the sum? (e) Could they solve the problem?
Interrogative—Yes/No Questions (Mixed)
Examples:
Active: Are you doing the sum?
Passive: Is the sum being done by you?
Active: Do you help me?
Passive: Am I be helped by you?
Change into passive. (a) Shall I ever forget those happy days? (b) Do you know them? (c) Did the boy catch a bird? (d) Does he speak English well? (e) Can you help us?
Interrogative—beginning with Who
Structure: By whom + Auxiliary Verb + Object + V3 ?
Examples:
Active: Who are doing the work?
Passive: By whom is the work being done?
Active: Who helps me?
Passive: By whom am I helped?
Change the voice. (a) Who killed the bird? (b) Who has made the cage? (c) Who gave you the watch? (d) Who has broken the plates? (e) Who teaches you English?
Interrogative—beginning with Whom
Structure: Who + Auxiliary Verb + V3 + by + Subject?
Examples:
Active: Whom are you calling?
Passive: Who is being called by you?
Active: Whom did he help?
Passive: Who was helped by him?
Change the voice. (a) Whom can you recognize? (b) Whom did you meet? (c) Whom did you give the book? (d) Whom should we help? (e) Whom are you talking to?
Interrogative—beginning with What
Structure: What + Auxiliary Verb + V3 + by + Subject?
Examples:
Active: What are you doing?
Passive: What is being done by you?
Active: What did he eat?
Passive: What was eaten by him?
Change the voice. (a) What does he want? (b) What are you doing? (c) What can you say? (d) What did they want? (e) What should we learn?
Interrogative—beginning with Which
Structure: Which + Auxiliary Verb + V3 + by + Subject?
Examples:
Active: Which pen do you like?
Passive: Which pen is liked by you?
Active: Which boy pelts the stones?
Passive: By which boy are the stones pelt?
Change the voice. (a) Which book does he want? (b) Which book do you want? (c) Which pen has he bought? (d) Which one will you choose? (e) Which people did she like?
Interrogative—beginning with When/ Where/ Why/ How
Structure: When/ Where/Why/ How + Auxiliary Verb + V3 + by + Subject?
Examples:
Active: When are you doing the sum?
Passive: When is the sum being done by you?
Active: Why do you help me?
Passive: Why am I be helped by you?
Change the voice. (a) Where did you find him? (b) When will you write the letter? (c) Why did he beat the boy? (d) When will you return my book? (e) Where did you find him?
Interrogative—Wh-questions
Examples:
Active: Who did you see?
Passive: Who was seen by you?
Active: When did you help me?
Passive: When was I be helped by you?
Change the voice. (a) Who stole the pen? (b) Who defied the order? (c) Who taught you such tricks as these? (d) What can you do for me? (e) Who has broken the glass? If you think you have learnt the voice of interrogative sentences well, try the following online self-test and justify your progress. You must login to take the test.