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.