Voice Change Interrogative Sentence

Interrogative Sentence

am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Auxiliary verb +S + verb+ object+ question mark	Auxiliary verb +S +be/being/been+ V3 + by+ object+ question mark.

Examples:

Is he reading a book?	Is a book being read by him?
Will Jamal help me?	Will/Shall I be helped by Jamal?
Has he eaten the mangoes?	Have the mangoes been eaten by him?
Was Suzan writing homework?	Was homework being written by Suzan?
Was Simran learning English?	Was English being learnt by Simran?
Was Sumi playing cricket?	Was cricket being played by Sumi?
Were they solving the problems?	Were the problems being solved by them?

Note : be is used in the simple future, being is used in all the continuous tenses and been is used in all the perfect tenses.

do/does

Interrogative sentence beginning with "do/does".

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Do/does + subject + verb + object+?	Am/is/are + subject + V3 + by + agent+?

Examples:

Does Shubham write homework?	Is homework written by Shubham?
Does Simran learn English?	Is English learnt by Simran?
Does Sachin play cricket?	Is cricket played by Sachin?
Does he help me?	Am I helped by him?

N. B. am is used before I, is is used before he/she/it/any subject of third person singular number and are is used before we, you, they and all other plural subjects.

Did

Interrogative sentence beginning with 'did'.

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Did + subject + verb + object +?	Was/were + subject + V3 + by + agent+ ?

Examples:

Did they play football?	Was football played by them?
Did you do the work?	Was the work done by you?
Did she buy the mangoes?	Were the mangoes bought by her?
Did Hary take the decision?	Was the decision taken by Hary?

N.B. Was is used before any singular subject and were is used before any plural subject.

modals

Interrogative sentence beginning with modals.

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Modal + subject + verb + object+?	Modal + subject + be + V-3 + by + agent+?

Examples:

Should Shubham write homework?	Should homework be written by Shubham?
Would Simran learn English?	Would English be learnt by Simran?
May Sachin play cricket?	May cricket be played by Sachin?

Wh’ questions

Questions starting with when, where, how, why

Active Voice	Passive Voice
when, where, how, why + auxiliary + subject + verb + object+ ?	when, where, how, why + auxiliary +subject+ (be/being/been)+ V3 + by+ agent+ ?

Examples:

When are you giving her the key?	When is the key being given to her by you?
Why did he do the work?	Why was the work  done by him?
When will you return the book?	When will my book be returned  by you?
Why do you disturb me?	Why am I disturbed by you?

what

Interrogative sentence beginning with 'what'.

Questions starting with when, where, how, why

Active Voice	Passive Voice
what + auxiliary verb + subject + verb + ?	what + auxiliary verb +be/being/been+ V3 + by+ agent+ ?

Examples:

What is he eating?	What is being eaten by him?
What have you done?	What has been done by you?
What will you buy?	What will be bought buy you?

'what/which/whose+ noun'.

Interrogative sentence beginning with 'what + noun'.

Active Voice	Passive Voice
What/which/whose+ noun + auxiliary verb + subject + verb + ?	What/which/whose +noun+ auxiliary verb +be/being/been+ V3 + by+ agent+ ?

Examples:

What things do you like?	What things are liked by you?
What book is he reading?	What book is being read by him?
What type of dress have you bought?	What type of dress has been bought by you?
What food will you take?	What food will be taken by you?
Which car did you hire?	Which car was hired by you?
Which book do you like?	Which book is liked by you?
Whose car did you hire?	Whose car was hired by you?
Whose book do you want?	Whose book is wanted by you?

Who

Interrogative sentence beginning with 'who'.

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Who +(auxiliary verb)+verb + object +?	By whom+ auxiliary verb + object + (being/been) +V3 + ?

Examples:

Who teaches you?	By whom are you taught?
Who is calling me?	By whom am I being called?
Who has broken the pencil?	By whom has the pencil been broken?
Who is doing it?	By whom is it being done
Who lent you this book?	By whom were you lent this book?

Whom

Interrogative sentence beginning with 'whom'

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Whom +auxiliary verb+ subject+ verb +?	who+ auxiliary verb + be/being/been +V3 +by+object+ ?

Examples:

Whom has the principal honored?	Who has been honored by the principal?
Whom has the police arrested?	Who has been arrested by police?
Whom have the people elected?	Who has been elected by the people?
Whom have the selectors selected?	Who has been selected by the selectors?
Whom has she called?	Who has been called by her?
Whom are you teaching?	Who is being taught by you?

Exercise

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE

1. Does SMC Bank treat women equally?

2. Shouldn't an examinee read the whole question?

3. Is it surrounded by a beautiful garden?

4. How did the Grameen Shikkah help Feroza ?

5. Who founded Nirmol Hirdoy?

6. Who founded a Muslim colony in Bagerhat?

7. Don't the Maghs build their houses on high platforms?

 8. Do you play football?

9. Did the boy catch a bird?

10. Does she write a letter?

11. Don't you like tea?

12. Doesn't Rumi prepare his lessons daily?

13. Didn't Lucy sing a song?

14. Will they help the poor?

15. Shall I catch fish?

16. Is he doing the work?

17. Are they making a noise in the class?

18. Has he taken the book from the table?

19. Were you calling me?

20. Who gave you the watch?

21, Who has broken the plates?

22. Whom did you meet?

23. Whom has he seen in the room?

24. Whom will he teach?

 25. Whom did you lend the pen?

26. What did he do yesterday?

27. What are you reading?

28. When did you meet him?

29. Where did you find him?

30. Doesn't Eid-ul-Fitr teach us moral values?

31. Who designed the statue of liberty?

32. How many strikers were killed by the police?

33. Can you change your handwriting?

34. What does "intermingle'' mean?

35. Do women face less discrimination in medical profession?

36. Doesn't dangerous bacteria pollute surface water?

37. Didn't Masum ourcome his fear?

38. Didn't the plane journey amaze Masum?

39, Didn't Neela and Becky accompany Masum?

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE with Answer

1. Does SMC Bank treat women equally?

Are the women treated equally by SMC Bank?

2. Shouldn't an examinee read the whole question?

Shouldn’t the whole question be read by an examinee?

3. Is it surrounded by a beautiful garden?

Does a beautiful garden surround it?

4. How did the Grameen Shikkah help Feroza ?

How was Feroza helped by Grameen Shikkah?

5. Who founded Nirmol Hirdoy?

By whom was Nirmol Hridoy founded?

6. Who founded a Muslim colony in Bagerhat?

By whom was a Muslim colony in Bagerhat founded?

7. Don't the Maghs build their houses on high platforms?

Aren’t the Maghs’ houses built on high platforms by them?

 8. Do you play football?

Is football played by you?

9. Did the boy catch a bird?

Was a bird caught by the boy?

10. Does she write a letter?

Is a letter written by her?

11. Don't you like tea?

Isn’t tea liked by you?

12. Doesn't Rumi prepare his lessons daily?

Aren’t Rumi’s lessons prepared by him/her daily?

13. Didn't Lucy sing a song?

Wasn’t a song sung by Lucy?

14. Will they help the poor?

Will the poor be helped by them?

15. Shall I catch fish?

Will fish be caught by me?

16. Is he doing the work?

Is the work being done by him?

17. Are they making a noise in the class?

Is a noise in the class being made by them?

18. Has he taken the book from the table?

Has the book from the table been taken by him?

19. Were you calling me?

Was I being called by you?

20. Who gave you the watch?

By whom was the watch given to you?

21. Who has broken the plates?

By whom has the plates been given to you?

22. Whom did you meet?

Who was met by you?

23. Whom has he seen in the room?

Who has been seen in the room by him.

24. Whom will he teach?

Who was taught by him?

 25. Whom did you lend the pen?

  Who was lent the pen by you?

26. What did he do yesterday?

What was done yesterday by him?

27. What are you reading?

What is being read by you?

28. When did you meet him?

When was he met by you?

29. Where did you find him?

Where was he found by you?

30. Doesn't Eid-ul-Fitr teach us moral values?

Aren’t we taught moral values by Eid-ul-Fetr?

31. Who designed the statue of liberty?

By whom was the statue of liberty designed?

32. How many strikers were killed by the police?

How many strikers the police killed?

33. Can you change your handwriting?

Can your handwriting be changed by you?

34. What does "intermingle'' mean?

What is meant by "intermingle''?

35. Do women face less discrimination in medical profession?

Is less discrimination is faced by women in medical profession?

36. Doesn't dangerous bacteria pollute surface water?

Isn’t surface water polluted by dangerous bacteria.

37. Didn't Masum overcome his fear?

Wasn’t Masum’s fear overcome by him?

38. Didn't the plane journey amaze Masum?

Wasn’t Masum amazed by the plane journey?

39, Didn't Neela and Becky accompany Masum?

Wasn’t Masum accompanied by Neela and Becky?