PASSIVE OUESTIONS

PASSIVE QUESTIONS
(to be + past participle)

Yes / No Initialized with auxiliaries : do/does, did; is, am, are, was, were; have/has, had; can, could; may, might, shall, should; must, ought..to.

Active
Can he operate the machine?
Are you writing the program?
Did he wait for me?
May I borrow your car?
Must I listen to him?

Passive
- Can the machine be operated (by him)?
- Is the program being written (by you)?
- Was I waited (by him)?
- May your car be borrowed (by me)?
- Must he be listened (by me)?


Informative, Initialized with questions words : who, whom, whose, where, when, what, which, why, how.


Active
Who writes the letter?
Whom are you waiting for?
Whose sister writes it?
Where did you see him?
When will you buy a car?

Passive
- By whom is the letter written?
- Who is being waited for (by you)?
- By whose sister it is written?
- Where was he seen (by you)?
- When will a car be bought (by you)?


Transform into passive as the examples above.

1. Did SBY defeat Kalla and Mega ?
Were Kalla and Mega defeated by SBY?

2. Do you also study analyzing the system?
Is analyzing the system also studied by you?

3. How long have you been solving the problem?
How long has the problem been being solved?

4. Does the electronics engineer maintain the machine?
Is the machine maintained by the electronic engineer?

5. Why didn’t you listen to their advice?
Why wasn’t their advice wasn’t listened by you?

6. Can the programmer operate the machine?
Can the machine be operated by the programmer?

7. Who teaches you accounting?
By whom is accounting tought to you?

8. When will you visit him?
When will he be visited by you?

9. Why didn’t you study the lesson?
why wasn’t the lesson studied by you?

10. Where can you get the capital?
Where can the capital being got by you?

11. What will you do to overcome the problem?
What will be done by you to overcome the problem?

12. Must I pay your account?
Must your account be paid by me?

13. Which employee will you promote?
Which employee will be promoted by you?

14. Who must pay the victims of Lapindo?
By whom the victim of Lapindo must be paid?

15. Do you understand the lesson?
Is the lesson understood by you?