Question

Change the following statement into passive voice.

Has a dog ever bitten you?

• A. Has a dog ever bites you?
• B. Have you ever been bitten by a dog?
• C. Are you bitten by a dog?
• D. Have you ever being bitten by a dog?

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Have you ever been bitten by a dog?

The ground rules to change active voice in passive voice are:

• The places of subject and object are interchanged.
• 3rd form of the verb (past participle) is always used as the main verb in the passive voice. This applies to all tenses.
• The word 'by' is generally used before the subject.

The given sentence is an example of the present perfect tense. The formula to convert a present perfect tense sentence in passive voice is an object of the active sentence + has/have +been + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence.

Thus, the passive voice for the given sentence - Have you ever been bitten by a dog?

Hence, option B is the correct answer according to the rules.