Active and Passive Voice of Why : Active – Why do you read books? Passive – Why are books read by you? Active – Why did you send him? Passive – Why was he sent by you? Active – Why did they spread the rumour? Passive – Why was the rumour spread (by them)? Active – Why are they decorating the hall? Passive – Why is the hall being decorated by them? Active – Why is not he drinking milk? Passive – Why is milk not being drunk by him? Active – Why was she buying chicken? Passive – Why was chicken being bought by her? Active – Why have you made that silly mistake? Passive – Why has that silly mistake been made by you? Active – Why hasn’t she thrown the stone? Passive – Why hasn’t the stone been thrown by her? Active – Why will she take medicine? Passive – Why will medicine be taken by her? Also Read: 150+ examples of voice changing of WH questions. “What is eaten by you?”Īctive and Passive Voice of When : Active – When do you read books? Passive – when are books read by you? Active – When will she take medicine? Passive – When will medicine be taken by her? Active – When will not they attend the prayer? Passive – When will the prayer not be attended by them? Active – When is Ravi writing the letter? Passive – When is the letter being written by Ravi? Active – When shall we start the meeting? Passive – When will meeting be started (by us)? Active – When shall we be doing our tasks? Passive – When will our tasks be being done? Active – When will Rafiq have shown his new mobile phone? Passive – When will have his new mobile phone been shown by Rafiq. (Actually a WH word is singular and plural both, so, any be-verb is correct here.) “What is.” / "What are." Step 3:
Other examples: Active – What doesn’t help them? Passive – By what are they not helped? For a sentence of Continuous Tense, the structure is – Active – What + be verb + (main verb +ing) + object + ? Passive – By what + be verb + passive subject + being + main verb (3rd form) + ? E.g.- Active – What is annoying you? Passive – By what are you being annoyed? For a sentence of P erfect Tense, the structure is – Active – What + have verb + main verb (3rd form) + object + ? Passive – By what + have verb + passive subject + been + main verb (3rd form) + ? E.g.- Active – What has encouraged Jerry for this competition? Passive – By what has Jerry been encouraged for this competition? Active – What have not diverted her mind from study? Passive – By what has her mind not been diverted from study? Active – What had inspired her? Passive – By what had she been inspired? Active – What hadn’t push him to raise his voice? Passive – By what hadn’t he been pushed to raise his voice? Type II: When What is Used as the Object, not as the Subject: Active – What do you eat?