[Grammar] ACTIVE PASSIVE

[NABADIP CHAKRAVARTY]

Dear Sir/Madam

I want to know the passive voice of the following two sentences.

1. What we can do.
2. What can be done?



Thanks

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forums. 1 is not a sentence.

We don't do your homework.

If it's not homework, why do you want to know, and why do you think they might have a passive voice?

Rover

 

[NABADIP CHAKRAVARTY]

Its not my homework. I think no 1 is a positive sentence and no 2 is an interrogative one. I am not clear about the formation of no 1 sentence. Why it is not a sentence? Why passive voice of the sentence cannot not be done. Please make it clear.

 

[Tdol]

They are both questions. The second is passive already. The first could have a passive form, but it wouldn't be very natural in most contexts.

 

[nado92]

Dear Sir/Madam

I want to know the passive voice of the following two sentences.

1. What we can do.
2. What can be done?

Thanks

what can we do?
but
what we can do is ...................so and so
do you agree with me?

 

[emsr2d2]

What can we do?
but
What we can do is ...................so and so
Do you agree with me?

I'm afraid I don't know what you're trying to say.

 

[nado92]

I'm afraid I don't know what you're trying to say.

I am trying to say that we can't say" what we can do" and stop.I think it is not a complete sentence and at the same time it is not a question.

 

[5jj]

These are all possible:

1. What can we do?
2. What can be done?
3. I don't know what we can do.
4. I asked Fred what we can/could do.
5. I don't know what we can do
6. I asked Fred what we can/could do.

If you are unsure about any of these, feel free to ask.

What we can do. - That is not natural English.

 

[nado92]

These are all possible:


What we can do. - That is not natural English.

Thank you .that is what I exactly meant.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you. That is [strike]what[/strike] [strike]I[/strike] exactly what I meant.

I'm glad you have the answer you were looking for.

Remember the rules of written English:

- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- Always capitalise the word "I".
- End every sentence with one punctuation mark.
- Do not put a space before a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Always put a space after a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.