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Type I: When what is used as the subject of a WH question:

Active – What motivates you?


Passive – By what are you motivated?
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) + ?

Active – What is annoying you?


Passive – By what are you being annoyed?

For a sentence of Perfect 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) + ?

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 to be a doctor?


Passive – By what had she been inspired to be a doctor?

Active – What hadn’t stopped him to raise his voice?


Passive – By what hadn’t he been stopped to raise his voice?

Type II: When What is Used as the Object:

Active – What doesn’t he demand?


Passive – What is not demanded by him?

Active – What is Ravi cutting?


Passive – What is being cut by Ravi?

Active – What have you done?


Passive – What has been done by you?

Active – What will she take?


Passive – What will be taken by her?

Active – What will not they do?


Passive – What will not be done by them?

Active – What shall we eat?


Passive – What shall be eaten by us?

Active – What will not he say?


Passive – What will not be said by him?

Active – What shall we be writing?


Passive – What will be being written by us?
Active – What will you be doing?
Passive – What will be being done by you?

Active 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 the meeting be started (by us)?

Active – When shall we be watching movies?


Passive – When will movies be being watched?

Active – When will Rafiq have told them everything?


Passive – When will have everything been told by Rafiq.

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 accepted your offer?


Passive – Why hasn’t your offer been accepted by her?

Active – Why will she take medicine?


Passive – Why will medicine be taken by her?
Where :

Active – Where do you read books?


Passive – Where are books read by you?

Active – Where did you send him?


Passive – Where was he sent by you?

Active – Where didn’t they spread the rumour?


Passive – Where wasn’t the rumour spread (by them)?

Active – Where are they building a hospital?


Passive – Where is the hospital being built by them?

Active – Where is not she teaching History?


Passive – Where is History not being taught by her?

Active – Where was she buying chicken?


Passive – Where was chicken being bought by her?

Active – Where have you made that silly mistake?


Passive – Where 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?

How :

Active – How do you read books?


Passive – How are books read by you?

Active – How did you send him?


Passive – How was he sent by you?

Active – How shall we start the meeting?


Passive – How will meeting be started (by us)?

Active – How is Mahi writing the letter?


Passive – How is the letter being written by Mahi?

Active – How was she buying chicken?


Passive – How was chicken being bought by her?

Active – How will you not be teaching the students?


Passive – How will the students not be being taught by you?

Active – How have you made that silly mistake?


Passive – How has that silly mistake been made by you?

Active – How will Sheamus have shown his progress report phone?
Passive – How will have his progress report been shown by Sheamus?

How Much:
Active – How much oil does the dish require?
Passive – How much oil is required for the dish?
Active – How much money have you spent to buy the t-shirt?
Passive – How much money has been spent by you to buy the t-shirt?

Active – How much milk has your father sell this month?
Passive – How much milk has been sold by your father this month?

Active – How much distance did you cover on foot today in the morning?
Passive – How much distance was covered on foot by you today in the morning.
On foot means walking.

Active – How much electricity will it generate?


Passive – How much electricity will be generated by it?

Active – How much water can the dam store?


Passive – How much water can be stored by/in the dam?

Active – How much might she need?


Passive – How much money is needed by her?

How Many:

Active – How many chocolates do you eat a day?


Passive – How many chocolates are eaten a day by you?

Active – How many ppt files did Aman prepare?


Passive – How many ppt files were prepared by Aman?

Active – How many tickets are you buying?


Passive – How many tickets are being bought by you?

Active – How many matches have you played?


Passive – How many matches have been played by you?

Active – How many mails has she written today?


Passive – How many have been written by her today?

Active – How many laptops can you target to sell this month?
Passive – How many laptops can be targeted to be sold by you this moth?

Active – How many toys shall we make?


Passive – How many toys will be made by us?

Active – How many oranges will she take?


Passive – How many oranges will be taken by her?

Active and Passive Voice of WH Questions -


In Indefinite Tenses:

Active – When do you play chess?


Passive – When is chess played by you?

Active – Why did she read books?


Passive – Why were books read by her?
In case of Future Indefinite Tense:
Active – When will she take medicine?
Passive – When will medicine be taken by her?

Active – How will not they attend the prayer?


Passive – How will the prayer not be attended by them?

In Continuous Tenses:

Active – How is Kamal writing the letter?


Passive – How is the letter being written by Kamal?

Active – Why was he buying art-papers?


Passive – Why were art-papers being bought by him?

In Perfect Tenses:
Active – Why have you made this silly mistake?
Passive – Why has this silly mistake been made by you?

Active – When had they promoted her?


Passive – When had she been promoted (by them)?

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