Active to Passive Voice of Interrogative Sentences ;

Negative-Interrogative Sentences ; Imperative Sentences

and Optative Sentences have been discussed here with
Rules and Examples.
 Rules : Active to Passive Voice Interrogative Sentences.
Rule 1
Find out Subject ,Verb ,Object of the given sentences.
Example 1 : Do you eat rice?
Subject : you
Verb : eat
Object : rice

Example 2 : Was he playing football?

Subject : he
Verb : was ( Auxiliary Verb) ; Play ( main Verb)
Object : Football

Example 3 : Had Harris written a letter?

Subject : Harris
Verb : had ( Auxiliary Verb) ; write ( main Verb)
Object : a letter

Example 4 : Will the farmer have been catching fish?

Subject : the farmer
Verb : will ( Modal Auxiliary Verb) ; have( have verb) been ( be past-participle) catch ( main Verb)
Object : fish
 Rule 2
Identify the Tense and Form and Voice of the given sentences.
Example 1 : Do you eat rice?
Tense : Present
Form :Indefinite / Simple
Voice : Active

Example 2 : Was he playing football?

Tense : Past
Form : Continuous
Voice : Active

Example 3 : Had Harris written a letter?

Tense : Past
Form : Perfect
Voice : Active

Example 4 : Will the farmer have been catching fish?

Tense : Future
Form : Perfect Continuous
Voice : Active
 Rule 3
Decide the structure of Passive / Active Interrogative Sentences according to Tense, Form or
Voice of the given sentences.
Example 1 : Do you eat rice? ( Active)
Passive Structure : Am/Is/Are + Subject+ V(Past participle)+by+ Object?
Is rice eaten by you? ( Passive)

Example 2 : Was he playing football?( Active)

Passive Structure :was/were + Subject+ being +V(Past-participle)+by+ Object?
was football being played by him?(Passive)

Example 3 : Had Harris written a letter?(Active)

Passive Structure :Had + Subject+ been+ V(past-participle)+ by +Object?
Had a letter been written by Harris?(Passive)

Example 4 : Will the farmer have been catching fish?(Active)

Passive Structure :Shall/Will + Subject + have ++ been + being +V(past-participle) +by+ Object?
Will fish have been being caught by farmer?(Passive)
 Active Sentence : Do you eat rice?(Present Indefinite)

Passive Structure : Am/Is/Are + Subject+ V(Past-participle)+by+ Object?

Passive Sentence: Is rice eaten by you?

Active Sentence : Did you eat rice?(Past Indefinite)

Passive Structure : Was/Were + Subject+ V(Past-participle)+by+ Object?

Passive Sentence: Was rice eaten by you?

Active Sentence : Will you eat rice?(Future Indefinite)

Passive Structure : Shall/Will + Subject be++ V(Past-participle)+by+

Object?

Passive Sentence: Will rice be eaten by you?

 Active Sentence : Is he playing football?(Present Continuous)

Passive Structure : Am/Is/Are + Subject+ being +V(Past-participle)+by+ Object?

Passive Sentence: Is football being played by him?

Active Sentence : was he playing football?(Past Continuous)

Passive Structure : was/were + Subject+ being +V(Past-participle)+by+ Object?

Passive Sentence: was football being played by him?

 Active to Passive Voice Interrogative Sentences Wh-Words

Rules of changing Active Voice into Passive Voice into

Interrogative sentence with “Wh-Word”.
The Rules and Structure are same as of Passive Interrogative
Sentence. Only “Wh-word” will be placed at the beginning of the
Passive Sentence
 Active Voice
Passive Voice
1.What does he want ?
1.What is wanted by him?
2.When did you write the letter?
2.When was the letter written by you?
3.Where did Anil find the back?
3.where was the bag found by Anil?
4.Who has insulted you?
4.By whom have you been insulted?
5.Who can do the work?
5.By whom can the work be done?
6.Which pen has he lost?
6.Which pen has been lost by him?
7.Why did you beat him?
7.Why was he beaten by you?
8.Whom did you see ?
8.who was seen by you?
Rules: Active to Passive Imperative Sentences with Examples
Imperative sentences can be converted into Passive Voice
with this rule.
Rule
If the Imperative sentence has object, the process of
converting Active Voice to Passive Voice will be as follows .
Structure : Let + Object +be + Past Participle of Main Verb.
 Active Voice
Passive Voice
Do it.
Let it be done .
Put out the light.
Let the light be put out.
Let me do my duty.
Let my duty be done by me.
Don't spoil the game .
Let not the game be spoiled.
Let the girl sing a song .
Let a song be sung by the girl .
Let me tell the truth
Let the truth be told by me /I may be allowed to tell the truth.
Let him work out the sum accordingly.
Let the sum be work out accordingly by him.
Rules: Active to Passive Optative Sentences with Examples
 Active Voice
Passive Voice
May God grant you a long life.
May you be granted a long life by God.
May God bless you.
May you be blessed by God.
May India win the test series.
May the test series be won by India.
May they begin life from the beginning.
May life from the beginning be begun by them.
May we maintain the system.
May the systems be maintained by us.