Question

Can you tell the answer ? (change the voice)

Answer 1

can the answer be told by you?

Answer 2

Answer:

Active Voice :

Can you tell the answer?

Passive Voice :

Can the answer be told by you?

Explanation:

The given sentence is in Active Voice. Hence, it is changed into Passive Voice.

The given sentence is a verbal question.

It is asking for the ability of our telling the answer.

Here, the helping verb is 'can' and main verb is 'tell'.

We know that, to change the voice of a verbal question, we have to use the following formula:

Changing voice of verbal question from Active to Passive:

Helping verb + Object + be + Third form of main verb + by + Accusative case of subject.

Examples of verbal question and their change the voice:

1. Can you give me a pen?

A. Can a pen be given to me by you?

2. Shall I open the door?

A. Shall the door be opened by me?

3. Will they help the poor?

A. Will the poor be helped by them.