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Past Progressive Passive Forms Explained

The document summarizes how to form simple past progressive (continuous) passive sentences in English. It provides the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms using "was/were being" followed by the past participle. Examples are given to illustrate converting active voice sentences to their passive voice equivalents in the past continuous tense. The usage explains that the passive is used to describe something that was being done by someone at some time in the past for a period of time.

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Past Progressive Passive Forms Explained

The document summarizes how to form simple past progressive (continuous) passive sentences in English. It provides the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms using "was/were being" followed by the past participle. Examples are given to illustrate converting active voice sentences to their passive voice equivalents in the past continuous tense. The usage explains that the passive is used to describe something that was being done by someone at some time in the past for a period of time.

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Forming Simple Past Progressive

(continuous) Passive

Affirmative Form Object + was / were + being + (past participle)


Object + was not/ were not + being + (past participle)
Negative
(wasn’t/weren’t)
Was / Were + Object + being + (past participle)? (yes/not)
Question Form
Wh- word + was / were + Object + being + (past participle)?

USAGE: Something was being done by someone at sometime in the past for a
while.

Examples:
Active : The boy was throwing the stone.
Passive: The stone was being thrown by the boy.

Active : What was he writing on the desk?


Passive: What was being written by him on the desk?

Active : Was the suspect dragging you?


Passive: Were you being dragged by the suspect?

Active : Nobody was watching TV.


Passive: The TV wasn't being watched (by anybody). e :

PAST CONTINUOUS PASSIVE


ACTIVE VOICE PASIVE VOICE
Affirmative: Affirmative:
Dalia was cleaning up her house Dalia’s house was being cleaned up by her.

Negative: Negative:
Dalia wasn’t cleaning up her house Dalia’s house wasn’t being cleaned up by
her.

Interrogative: Interrogative:
Was Dalia cleaning up her house? Was Dalia’s house being cleaned up by
her?
ACTIVITY. Write 10 sentences as the example given, for practicing passive voice.

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