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Originally Posted by duygu_m How can I ask a question to this sentence in passive?
"Our trip had to be put off because my sister got sick "
*Why was your trip had to be put off ? OR
*Why did your trip have to be put off?
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Active: We put off our trip because my sister got sick.
Passive: Our trip was put off
because my sister got sick.
Question Formation
1. Replace 'because my sister got sick' with 'Why?':
Our trip was put off Why?
2. WH-Movement: Move 'Why' to the front of the sentence:
Why our trip was put off?
3. Subject-Aux Inversion: Switch the positions of the subject and the auxiliary:
Why
was our trip put off?
Optional
4. Pronoun agreement (Semantics): Replace 'our' with 'your':
Why was
your trip put off?
Question: Why was your trip put off?
Answer: Because my sister got sick.