Correct option is B
Active Voice Sentence:
Why should I criticise you?
· Subject:
I
· Modal verb:
should
· Main verb:
criticise
· Object:
you
Passive Voice Rule with Modal Verbs:
Active: Modal + base verb
Passive: Modal +
be + past participle (V3)
Structure Conversion:
·
Active: Why should
I (subject)
criticise
you (object)?
·
Passive: Why should
you (new subject)
be criticised by
me (agent)?
Correct Passive Form:
Why should you be criticised by me?
Explanation of Options:
(a)
You were criticised by me, but why? – Incorrect
· Changes tense from
modal (should) to
past simple
· Does not maintain the original question format
(b)
Why should you be criticised by me? – Correct
· Follows the correct passive structure with modal verb
· Meaning is intact and structure is grammatically correct
(c)
Why would you be criticised by me? – Incorrect
· Modal
would changes the meaning
· Original uses
should, not
would
(d)
Why should I be criticised by you? – Incorrect
· Subject and object are reversed
· Changes the speaker’s role from criticiser to being criticised
Conclusion:
Option
(b) is the correct passive voice transformation of the given sentence, preserving both
meaning and
grammatical structure.