How to make Past Continuous Passive Voice With Examples.

 PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE PASSIVE VOICE

 (in Urdu we say: aa ja ra tha, ee ja rahi thi, ay ja rahy thy wagera.)

FORMULA:

SUBJECT+ WAS, WERE + BEING + VERB (3^RD FORM) + BY + OBJECT

Remember:

1. IN PASSIVE VOICE WE ALWAYS USE VERB TO BE

2. PAST PARTICIPLE (3^RD FORM)

3. BY BEFORE OBJECT

4. TRANSITIVE VERB

5. WHEN YOU ARE CHANGING THE SENTENCES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE      CHANGE THE PLACES OF THE SUBJECTS.

For example:

• I was teaching English (active)
• English was being taught by me. (Passive)

You can see in the above given sentences the subject “I” of the active sentence becomes the object “me” of passive sentence.

NOTE THE CHANGES:

ACTIVE SUBJECTS	PASSIVE OBJECTS
I	ME
WE	US
YOU	YOU
THEY	THEM
HE	HIM
SHE	HER

 

ACTIVE POSITIVE SENTENCES	PASSIVE POSITIVE SENTENCES
I WAS PLAYING CRICKET	CRICKET WAS BEING PLAYED BY ME
WE WERE TYPING LETTERS	LETTERS WERE BEING TYPED BY US
YOU WERE CHECKING THE FILES	THE FILES WERE BEING CHECKED BY YOU
THEY WERE RECEIVING THE GUESTS	THE GUESTS WERE BEING RECEIVED BY THEM
HE WAS DRIVING A CAR	A CAR WAS  BEING DRIVEN BY HIM
SHE WAS MAKING TEA	TEA WAS BEING MADE BY HER

 

ACTIVE NEGATIVE  SENTENCES	PASSIVE NEGATIVE SENTENCES
I WASN’T PLAYING CRICKET	CRICKET WASN’T BEING PLAYED BY ME
WE WEREN’T  TYPING LETTERS	LETTERS WEREN’T BEING TYPED BY US
YOU WEREN’T CHECKING THE FILES	THE FILES WEREN’T BEING CHECKED BY YOU
THEY WEREN’T RECEIVING THE GUESTS	THE GUESTS WEREN’T BEING RECEIVED BY THEM
HE WASN’T DRIVING A CAR	A CAR WASN’T BEING DRIVEN BY HIM
SHE WASN’T MAKING TEA	TEA WASN’T BEING MADE BY HER

 

ACTIVE POSITIVE QUESTION SENTENCES	PASSIVE POSITIVE QUESTION SENTENCES
WAS I PLAYING CRICKET?	WAS CRICKET BEING PLAYED BY ME?
WERE WE TYPING LETTERS?	WERE LETTERS BEING TYPED BY US?
WERE YOU CHECKING THE FILES?	WERE THE FILES BEING CHECKED BY YOU?
WERE THEY RECEIVING THE GUESTS?	WERE THE GUESTS BEING RECEIVED BY THEM?
WAS HE DRIVING A CAR?	WAS A CAR BEING DRIVEN BY HIM?
WAS SHE MAKING TEA?	WAS TEA BEING MADE BY HER?

 

ACTIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION SENTENCES	PASSIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION SENTENCES
WASN’T I PLAYING CRICKET?	WASN’T CRICKET BEING PLAYED BY ME?
WEREN’T WE TYPING LETTERS?	WEREN’T LETTERS BEING TYPED BY US?
WEREN’T YOU CHECKING THE FILES?	WEREN’T THE FILES BEING CHECKED BY YOU?
WEREN’T THEY RECEIVING THE GUESTS?	WEREN’T THE GUESTS BEING RECEIVED BY THEM?
WASN’T HE DRIVING A CAR?	WASN’T A CAR BEING DRIVEN BY HIM?
WASN’T SHE MAKING TEA?	WASN’T TEA BEING MADE BY HER?

 

NOTE: “BY” IS NOT NECESSARY FOR EVERY PASSIVE SENTENCE WHEN THE AGENT OR DOER IN NOT IMPORTANT.

WHAT WAS HAPPENING YESTERDAY?

The venue was being decided. The invitation cards were being printed. The guests were being invited. The cake was being ordered. It was being decorated. The sitting arrangement was being made. Candle was being lighted. The cake was being cut. The birthday song was being sung. The gifts were being given. The cake was being served with other refreshment etc.

THERE ARE MANY MORE SENTENCES SHOW THE PROGRESSIVE PAST ACTIVITY USING PASSIVE VOICE WITHOUT BY LIKE:

THE PATIENTS WERE BEING TREATED IN THE HOSPITALS.

THE FOOD WAS SERVED BEING IN THE RESTAURANTS.

THE LAWS WERE MADE BEING IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

THE CLASSES WERE BEING TAKEN IN THE COLLEGE.