CHANGE OF VOICE IN CASE OF PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

 

At the time of changing active voice into passive voice, subject and object are interchanged. Helping verbs ‘was’/ ‘were’ are respectively replaced with ‘was being’/ ‘were being’. Using 3^rd form of verb, subject follows ‘by’.

1.  Affirmative:

Active voice  : Subject + was/were + ing with 1st form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + was/were + being + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject.

a.  Active voice     :  Gita was making dolls.

              Passive voice   :  Dolls were being made by Gita.

b.  Active voice     :  You were holding a stick.

              Passive voice   :  A stick was being held by you.

2.  Negative:

Active voice  : Subject + was/were +not + ing with 1st form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + was/were+ not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject.

a.  Active voice     :  He was not helping us.

              Passive voice   :  We were not being helped by him.

b.  Active voice     :  They were not hunting wild animals.

              Passive voice   :  Wild animals were not being hunted by them.

3.  Interrogative:

Active voice  : Was/Were + subject + ing with 1st form of Verb + object? Passive voice: Was/Were + object + being + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject?

a.  Active voice     :  Were the boys singing a song?

              Passive voice   :  Was a song being sung by the boys?

b.  Active voice     :  Why were you shouting at me?

Passive voice   :  Why was I being shouted at by you?