Voice Change Exercise: Active and Passive of Wh Questions

Active Voice to Passive Voice Exercise for Wh Questions:

Sentences beginning with what

1. Active: What makes you angry?

Passive: By what are you made angry?

2.Active: What does not make you angry?

Passive: By what are you not made angry?

3. Active: What causes an earthquake?

Passive: By what is an earthquake caused?

4. Active: What do you want?

Passive: What is wanted by you?

5. Active: What do you like?

Passive: What is liked by you?

6. Active: What do you not play?

Passive: What is not played by you?

7. Active: What does this book contain?

Passive: What is contained in this book?

8. Active: What are you writing?

Passive: What is being written by you?

9. Active: What are you doing?

Passive: What is being done by you?

10. Active: What are you thinking of?

Passive: What is being thought of by you?

11. Active: What have you done?

Passive: What has been done by you?

12. Active: What did they do?

Passive: What was done by them?

13. Active: What did they not do?

Passive: What was not done by them?

14. Active: What did they kill in the forest?

Passive: What was killed by them in the forest?

15. Active: What was he saying?

Passive: What was being said by him?

16. Active: What will the boy draw?

Passive: What will be drawn by the boy?

17. Active: What will the boy not draw?

Passive: What will not be drawn by the boy?

Sentences Beginning with Which

18. Active: Which girl do you blame?

Passive: Which girl is blamed by you?

19. Active: Which book do you need?

Passive: Which book is needed by you?

20. Active: Which shop do you not know?

Passive: Which shop is not known to you?

21. Active: Which man are you talking of?

Passive: Which man is being talked of by you?

22. Active: Which game are you playing?

Passive: Which game is being played by you?

23. Active: Which city have you visited?

Passive: Which city has been visited by you?

24. Active: Which city have you not visited?

Passive: Which city has not been visited by you?

25. Active: Which girl helped you?

Passive: By which girl were you helped?

26. Active: Which girl did not help you?

Passive: By which girl were you not helped? 

27. Active: Which school were you attending?

Passive: Which school was being attended by you?

28. Active: Which girl will accompany you?

Passive: By which girl will you be accompanied?

29. Active: Which girl will not accompany you?

Passive: By which girl will you not be accompanied?

Sentences Beginning with Who

30. Active: Who discovered America?

Passive: By whom was America discovered?

31. Active: Who teaches you English?

Passive: By whom are you taught English?

32. Active: Who does not teach you English?

Passive: By whom are you not taught English?

33. Active: Who wrote the letter?

Passive: By whom was the letter written?

34. Active: Who did this work?

Passive: By whom was this work done?

35. Active: Who posted the letter?

Passive: By whom was the letter posted?

36. Active: Who will do the work?

Passive: By whom will the work be done?

37. Active: Who will not do the work?

Passive: By whom will the work not be done?

38. Active: Who can trust a liar?

Passive: By whom can a liar be trusted?

39. Active: Who cannot trust an honest man?

Passive: By whom can an honest man not be trusted?

40. Active: Who can do this?

Passive: By whom can this be done?

41. Active: Who was doing this job?

Passive: By whom was this job being done?

42. Active: Who has broken the window pane?

Passive: By whom has the window pane been broken?

43. Active: Who did this work?

Passive: By whom was this work done?

44. Active: Who did not do this work?

Passive: By whom was this work not done?

45. Active: Who built the Taj Mahal?

Passive: By whom was the Taj Mahal built?

46. Active: Who did not build the Taj Mahal?

Passive: By whom was the Taj Mahal not built?

Sentences Beginning with Whom

47. Active: Whom do you recommend?

Passive: Who is recommended by you?

48. Active: Whom do you not recommend?

Passive: Who is not recommended by you?

49. Active: Whom are you teaching?

Passive: Who is being taught by you?

50. Active: Whom are you not teaching?

Passive: Who is not being taught by you?

51. Active: Whom did you meet?

Passive: Who was met by you?

52. Active: Whom did you not meet?

Passive: Who was not met by you?

53. Active: Whom will you inform?

Passive: Who will be informed by you?

54. Active: Whom will you not inform?

Passive: Who will not be informed by you?

55. Active: Whom have you told?

Passive: Who has been told by you?

56. Active: Whom have you not told?

Passive: Who has not been told by you?

Sentences Beginning with Why

57. Active: Why are you making a noise?

Passive: Why is a noise being made by you?

58. Active: Why does he take a walk in the morning?

Passive: Why is a walk taken by him in the morning?

59. Active: Why does he not take a walk in the morning?

Passive: Why is a walk not taken by him in the morning?

60. Active: Why have you bought this?

Passive: Why has this been bought by you?

61. Active: Why do you dislike this boy?

Passive: Why is this boy disliked by you?

62. Active: Why do you not like the boy?

Passive: Why is the boy not liked by you?

63. Active: Why did he write such a letter?

Passive: Why was such a letter written by you?

64. Active: Why did your father refuse such an honourable job?

Passive: Why was such an honourable job refused by your father?

65. Active: Why has he abused you?

Passive: Why have you been abused by him?

66. Active: Why has he not abused you?

Passive: Why have you not been abused by him?

67. Active: Why do you eat rice?

Passive: Why is rice eaten by you?

68. Active: Why were you reading Science yesterday?

Passive: Why was Science being read by you yesterday?

69. Active: Why were you not reading maths yesterday?

 Passive: Why was maths not being read by you yesterday?

Sentences Beginning with When

70. Active: When do you take rice?

Passive: When is rice taken by you?

71. Active: When do you not take rice?

Passive: When is rice not taken by you?

72. Active: When are you writing the letter?

Passive: When is the letter being written by you?

73. Active: When have you called him?

Passive: When has he been called by you?

74. Active: When were you playing cricket?

Passive: When was cricket being played by you?

75. Active: When were you not playing cricket?

Passive: When was cricket not being played by you?

76. Active: When will he read the book?

Passive: When will the book be read by him?

77. Active: When did you call me?

Passive: When was I called by you?

78. Active: When did you not call me?

Passive: When was I not called by you?

Sentences Beginning with Where

79. Active: Where do you play football?

Passive: Where is football played by you?

80. Active: Where do you not play cricket?

Passive: Where is cricket not played by you?

81. Active: Where are you taking the book?

Passive: Where is the book being taken by you?

82. Active: Where have you taken dinner today?

Passive: Where has dinner been taken by you today?

83. Active: Where did you see him?

Passive: Where was he seen by you?

84. Active: Where did you not see him?

Passive: Where was he not seen by you?

85. Active: Where were you singing the song yesterday?

Passive: Where was the song sung by you yesterday?

86. Active: Where will you teach the child tomorrow?

Passive: Where will the child be taught by you tomorrow?

87. Active: Where will you not teach the child tomorrow?

Passive: Where will the child not be taught tomorrow?

Sentences Beginning with How

88. Active: How do you know it?

Passive: How is it known to you?

89. Active: How do you not know it?

Passive: How is it not known to you?

90. Active: How are contacting him?

Passive: How is he being contacted by you?

91. Active: How has he done it?

Passive: How has it been done by him?

92. Active: How has he not done it?

Passive: How has it not been done?

93. Active: How did you do it?

Passive: How was it done by you?

94. Active: How did you pass the exam?

Passive: How was the exam passed by you?

95. Active: How were you cleaning the room?

Passive: How was the room being cleaned by you?

96. Active: How will you reach the place?

Passive: How will the place be reached by you?

97. Active: How will you not reach the place?

Passive: How will the place not be reached by you?

Points to Remember:

If short forms of 'not' are used in the active voice, the passive voice too is written with the short forms.

Examples:

Active: Why don't you like him?

Passive: Why isn't he liked by you?

Active: Why aren't you eating rice?

Passive: Why isn't rice being eaten by you?

Active: Who hasn't  seen the boy?

Passive: By whom hasn't the boy been seen?

But if there is no short form, the voice is changed as follows:

Active: Why do you not like him?

Passive: Why is he not liked by you?

Active: Why are you not eating rice?

Passive: Why is rice not being eaten by you?

Active: Who has not seen the boy?

Passive: By whom has the boy not been seen?

Further, Sentences of the future continuous and the perfect continuous tenses do not have passive forms.  Hence they are not treated here.