Passive voice produces a sentence in which the subject receives an action.
For example, in “The ball was thrown by the pitcher,” the ball (the subject) receives the action of the verb.
If you are checking these and you don’t understand the active voice in English, you might find some problems understanding these types of questions
Learning how to make passive voice questions with all tenses can take some time. These are passive voice questions using different English tenses
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Passive Voice Questions: Simple Present
The simple present passive voice questions follow this structure:
| Structure | Example |
| Is/are | Are |
| Subject | these products |
| Past Participle | imported |
| Conditional | from China |
This is the other structure to make simple present passive voice questions
| Structure | Example |
| Wh-Question | Why |
| Is/are | Are |
| Subject | these products |
| Past Participle | sold |
| Conditional | so cheaply? |
These are some passive voice questions with the simple present
- What is imported by your country?
- What is exported by your country?
- Are US dollars accepted at Dubai airport?
- Is coffee served here?
- What is this pie made of?
- When are these items usually brought here?
- What are these shoes made of?
Passive Voice Questions: Simple Past
The simple past passive voice questions follow this structure:
| Structure | Example |
| Was/were | Were |
| Subject | these products |
| Past Participle | imported |
| Conditional | from China? |
This is the other structure to make simple past passive voice questions
| Structure | Example |
| Wh-Question | Why |
| Was/were | Were |
| Subject | these products |
| Past Participle | sold |
| Conditional | so cheaply? |
These are some passive-voice questions with the simple past
- Were you recognized by her?
- Was the book taken?
- Were the students taught English?
- When was the church built?
- Were all the candy bars sold by the little boy?
- When were the children taken on a trip?
- Was the book published before 1900?
Passive Voice Questions: Present Perfec
These are some passive voice questions with the present perfect
- Has the work been finished?
- Have they been invited?
- Has the house been built?
- Has the house been cleaned?
- Has the room been painted?
- Have the letters been delivered?
- Have the cars been washed?
Passive Voice Questions: Simple Future
These are examples of passive voice questions using the simple future.
- Will our listening comprehension skills be tested?
- Will my apology be accepted?
- Will workers be replaced by computers?
- Will the cars be fixed?
- Will the animals be kept in cages?
- Will the costs be reduced?
- Will the water be drinkable after the process?
Passive Voice Questions: Present Continuous
These are some examples of passive questions with the present continuous
- Are we being watched?
- Are they being reported?
- Are they being taken to prison?
- Are the boats being cleaned?
- Are the cars being fixed?
- Are the air conditioning being installed?
- Are these children being taught how to speak Japanese?
- Is she being promoted in her job?
Passive Voice Questions with the Modal Can
This is the structure to make passive voice questions with the modal can:
| Structure | Example |
| Can | Can |
| Subject | these products |
| Be | be |
| Past Participle | imported |
| Conditional | from China? |
This is the other structure to make passive voice questions with the modal can:
| Structure | Example |
| Wh-Question | Why |
| Can’t | Can’t |
| Subject | these products |
| Be | be |
| Past Participle | imported |
| Conditional | from China? |
These are some passive-voice questions with the modal can
- Can it be cured?
- Can this work be done?
- Can the car be fixed?
- Can these trees be cut down?
- Can these problems be solved?
- Can the site be restored?
- Can that WordPress website be cleaned of Malware?
- Can the apartment be remodeled in less than 24 hours?
Passive Voice Questions with Could
This is the structure to make passive voice questions with could:
| Structure | Example |
| Could | Could |
| Subject | the car |
| be | be |
| past participle | fixed |
| Question | ? |
These are some example of questions with the modal verb “could”
- Could the project be completed on time?
- Could the error be fixed by the team?
- Could the solution be implemented without additional resources?
- Could the report be submitted by the deadline?
- Could the package be delivered to the customer tomorrow?
- Could the data be securely stored in the cloud?
- Could the proposal be approved by the committee?
- Could the issue be resolved with a software update?
- Could the manuscript be edited for publication?
- Could the contract be renewed for another year?
