ইংরেজি ভাষা ও সাহিত্যEnglish LanguageGrammar — Voice Transformation (Interrogative)
৩১. Who will help you? The passive form is —
কBy whom will you be helped?✓
খBy whom you will be helped?
গBy whom will you helped?
ঘBy whom would be helped?
ব্যাখ্যা
Correct Answer: (A) By whom will you be helped?
Passive transformation of interrogative sentences is a key area in NTRCA English grammar.
Steps to convert "Who will help you?" to Passive:
— Active: Who will help you?
— Identify: Subject = Who, Verb = will help, Object = you
— In passive, object becomes subject: "you" → "you"
— "Who" (subject of active) becomes "By whom" (agent in passive)
— Tense: Future Simple Active → Future Simple Passive (will be + V3)
— Passive: By whom will you be helped?
Interrogative Passive Rule:
— Questions starting with "Who" → change to "By whom" in passive
— Auxiliary verb comes before subject in questions (inverted order)
— Structure: By whom + auxiliary (will) + subject (you) + be + past participle (helped)?
Why other options are wrong:
✗ By whom you will be helped? → Word order is wrong; auxiliary must come before subject
✗ By whom will you helped? → Missing 'be' before past participle
✗ By whom would be helped? → Subject 'you' is missing; tense change is incorrect
Source: Wren & Martin English Grammar; Murphy's English Grammar in Use; Past NTRCA Question Bank.