Question

Find the passive voice of 'When did you buy the boat?'

• A. When the boat was bought?
• B. When was the boat bought?
• C. When did the boat bought?
• D. When did bought the boat?

Answer 1

Answer:

B. When was the boat bought?

• Identify the tense and auxiliary verb: The original sentence "When did you buy the boat?" is in the simple past tense, and the auxiliary verb is 'did'.

• Identify the object of the active sentence: The object is 'the boat'. This will become the subject of the passive sentence.

• Identify the subject of the active sentence: The subject is 'you'. This will become the object of the passive sentence (often omitted or placed after 'by').

• Use the correct form of 'to be' for the passive voice: For simple past, it's 'was' or 'were'. Since 'the boat' is singular, we use 'was'.

• Use the past participle of the main verb: The past participle of 'buy' is 'bought'.

• Maintain the question word: 'When' remains at the beginning.