PASSIVE QUESTION

PASSIVE QUESTION
( to be + past participle )


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

ACTIVE PASSIVE
*Can he operate the machine ? *Can the machine be operated (by him)?
*Are you writing the program ? *Is the program being written (by you)?
*Did he wait for me ? *Was I waited (by him)?
*May I borrow your car ? *May your car be borrowed (by me)?
*Must I listen to him ? *Must he be listened (by me)?

Informative initialized with question words : who, whom, whose, where, when, what, which, why, how .

ACTIVE PASSIVE
*Who writes the letter? *By whom is the letter witten?
*Whom are you waiting for? *Who is being waited for (by you)?
*whose sister writes it? *By whose sister it is written?
*Where did you see him? *Where was he seen (by you)?
*when will you buy a car? *When will a car be bougth (by you)?

Transform into passive as the example 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 studied?
3. How long have you been solving the problem?
How long has the problem been being?
4. Does the electronic engineer maintain the machine?
Is the machine maintain?
5. Why didn’t you listen to their advice?
Why was their advice listen?
6. Can the programmer operate the machine?
Can the machine be operated?
7. Who teaches you accounting?
By whom is accounting thought?
8. When will you visit him?
When will is he visited?
9. Why didn’t you study the lesson?
Why wasn’t the lesson studied?
10. where can you get the capital?
where can the capital he got?
11. What will you do to overcome the problem?
What will he done?
12. Must I pay your account?
Must your account be payed?
13. Which employee will you promote?
Which emplyed will he promote?
14. Who must pay the victims of Lapindo?
by whom must the victim of Lapindo payed?
15. Do you understand the lesson?
is the lesson understood?