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How to change an interrogative sentence into the passive sentence??
Are you still confused change an interrogative sentence into the passive sentence, aren't you?? So read the following
sentences below, we'll teach you:
Active: Do the children play football?
Passive: Is football played by the children? (NOT Do football played by the
children?)
Active: Did Alice invite you?
Passive: Were you invited by Alice? (NOT Did you invited by Alice?)
Passive: Were you invited by Alice? (NOT Did you invited by Alice?)
Note:
As you may have noticed,
the auxiliaries do, does and did are not used in the passive.
Passive Sentences
Passive voice verbs are used in writing much more often than in speech, and they are used in some types of writing much more often than in others. Passives are used more in journalism (newspapers, magazines) than in fiction (novels, stories), but most journalists and fiction writers use far more active than passive sentences. However, passives are very common in all types of scientific and technical writing. Scientific articles often contain more passive than active sentences. You should not use passive voice verbs unless you have a good reason.
