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61 Mohammad Mahfooz HussainType II: How much:It is an interrogative adjective that attaches itself to an uncountable noun (like money, water, time, or information). It means it is used to ask about the quantity of an uncountable noun.CASE %u2013 1: %u201cHow much + Noun%u201d as the Subject:Active: How much water damaged the servers?Passive: By how much water were the servers damaged?Syntax:Active How much + Noun (Subject) + Main Verb + Object?Passive By how much + Noun (Agent) + Auxiliary Verb + New Subject (Object) + Main Verb (3rd form)?Now understand this step-wise:Active Voice: How much water damaged the servers?Step 1: Create a standard declarative sentence using a placeholder.%u2192 A lot of water damaged the servers.Step 2: Change this normal sentence into the passive voice. Notice the concord shift here: %u201cservers%u201d is plural, so we use %u201cwere%u201d.%u2192 The servers were damaged by a lot of water.Step 3: Make it an interrogative sentence by bringing the auxiliary verb to the front.%u2192 Were the servers damaged by a lot of water?Step 4: Swap the temporary placeholder back to the original question phrase.