This question checks your understanding of passive voice in interrogative sentences. Choose the correct passive version of "Should you have interrupted me while I was speaking?".

Introduction / Context:
This question involves converting a modal perfect interrogative sentence from active to passive voice. The original sentence, Should you have interrupted me while I was speaking?, expresses criticism about an action that has already occurred and suggests that it was not appropriate. In the passive version the focus shifts from you, the doer of the action, to I, the person affected by the interruption. The key is to handle the modal should together with the perfect form have interrupted correctly in passive voice while preserving the sense of a completed but questionable action.

Given Data / Assumptions:
The information in the sentence can be summarised as follows.

• Original sentence: Should you have interrupted me while I was speaking?
• Modal plus perfect construction: should have interrupted.
• Subject: you (the person who performed the interruption).
• Object: me (the person who suffered the interruption).
• Time clause: while I was speaking, which must remain the same.

Concept / Approach:
When a sentence with a modal and perfect aspect is changed into passive voice, the structure generally becomes: modal + have been + past participle. The object of the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence. Thus, me changes to I in the subject position. The phrase have interrupted becomes have been interrupted. The rest of the clause, while I was speaking, is kept as it is because it describes the background activity during which the interruption took place. The sentence remains in question form, so the modal should appears at the beginning of the sentence in both active and passive constructions.

Step-by-Step Solution:

Verification / Alternative check:
To verify, mentally transform the passive sentence back to active voice. Starting from Should I have been interrupted while I was speaking?, we return to Should you have interrupted me while I was speaking? by reversing the subject and object roles and converting have been interrupted back to have interrupted. The meaning is the same, and the interrogative form with should remains unchanged. This shows that we have chosen the correct passive transformation.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Option B, Should I be interrupted while I am speaking?, describes an ongoing or general situation rather than a completed action and changes the aspect from modal perfect to simple modal. Option C introduces by them, which changes the agent from you to an unspecified group, so it no longer corresponds directly to the original sentence. Option D, Should I not be interrupted while I am speaking?, expresses a demand or rule rather than criticism of a past action and completely changes the meaning. Option E reverses the roles and becomes another active sentence in which I interrupt you, which is the opposite of what the original sentence says. Therefore only option A is correct.

Common Pitfalls:
Students often struggle with combining modals and perfect aspect in passive voice and sometimes forget the word been, writing forms like should have interrupted instead of should have been interrupted. Another common issue is changing the time reference or background clause, which must remain intact. When facing such questions, always identify the modal, the auxiliary have, and the main verb. Then apply the pattern modal + have been + past participle when forming the passive. Finally, check that the sentence still refers to a completed action that is being questioned or criticised, as in this example.

Final Answer:
The correct passive form is: Should I have been interrupted while I was speaking?