was he reading a book ?
change voice
Answers
Was a book being read by him ?
What's the need of changing a sentence from active voice to passive voice ?
Passive voice is used to stress the thing done by doer than the doer.
The change of tenses when a sentence is changed from active voice to passive voice :
1. Simple present
Active : Make
Passive : are / am / is made
2. Present continuous
Active : is / am / are baking
Passive : is / am / are being baked
3. Past simple
Active : Write
Passive : Was / were written
4. Past continuous
Active : was / were watching
Passive : was / were being watched
5. Present Perfect
Active : have / has cleaned
Passive : have / has been cleaned
6. Past Perfect
Active : had read
Passive : had been read
7. Future simple
Active : will write
Passive : will be written
Some more things to remember while changing a sentence from active to passive one :
I → me
We → us
You → You
He → Him
She → Her
It → It
They → Them
Answer:
Was a book being read by him?