Question

Change the following sentence into passive voice.
When will Rehan purchase a laptop?
a. When will be laptop purchase by Rehan?
b. When will a laptop be purchased by Rehan?
c. When will a laptop been purchased by Rehan?
d. When a laptop will be purchased by Rehan?

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentences carefully and pay heed to the structure. Note the tense, person and placement of words in the sentences and then follow the rules of voice to convert them into passive voice.

Complete answer: In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of active voice. Active voice is the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb.
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'When will be laptop purchase by Rehan?', refers to ‘laptop’(subject) placed before the verb. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as it does not follow the correct grammatical order. The verb ‘be’ should be placed after the subject ‘laptop’.
Option (b.), ‘When will a laptop be purchased by Rehan?', is correct as it follows the right grammatical order of a sentence in the passive voice.
Option (c.), ‘When will a laptop been purchased by Rehan?', refers to ‘been’ for the helping verb. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as the verb ‘been’ is the past participle of ‘be’ and it is used incorrectly here. ‘Be’ is the verb to be used instead as it is in the present tense.
Option (d.), ‘When a laptop will be purchased by Rehan?', refers to ‘a’ placed before the verb. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as articles are never placed before the verb.
Therefore, option b is correct.

Note: To change active to passive voice, the sentence must have an object, that is, transitive verb. If there is no object then there must be a question word who asks the object. Also, the object in the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence.