Past Continuous Tense-Passive Voice

The Passive Voice of Past Continuous Tense can be made by applying the following procedures depending on the specific type of sentence.

Passive Voice of Assertive Sentences of Past Continuous Tense

The Passive Voice of Assertive Sentence of Past Continuous Tense can be made by applying the following rules:

1. Convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
2. Use the helping verb was/were according to the subject of Passive Voice Sentence, which would be the object of the Active Voice Sentence.
3. Use the additional helping verb “being” with was/ were, to show the continuous tense.
4. Use 3^rd form of the verb.
5. Use the word “by”, to show the doer.
6.  After that convert the subject of the Active Voice Sentence into the object.
7. In the end, add the remaining words if there are any in the Active Voice sentence. 

Examples of passive Voice of Assertive Sentences of Past Continuous Tense

1. I was reading that book.
   • That book was being read by me.
2. They were selecting apples.
   • Apples were being selected by them.
3. We were feeling some pain.
   • Some pain was being felt by us.
4. He was looking at them.
   • They were being looked at by him.
5. She was knocking at the door.
   • The door was being knocked at by her.
6. You were giving her a test in English.
   • A test in English was being given to her by you.
   • She was being given a test in English by you.
7. I was painting a picture.
   • A picture was being painted by me.
8. She was writing a letter.
   • A letter was being written by her.
9. I was learning my lesson.
   • My lesson was being learned by me.
10. He was doing his duty.
    • His duty was being done by him.
11. They were keeping pigeons.
    • Pigeons were being kept by them.
12. I was posting the letter.
    • The letter was being posted by me.
13. They were catching a bird.
    • A bird was being caught by them.
14. He was repairing my shoes.
    • My shoes were being repaired by him.
15. A bad character was chasing him.
    • He was being chased by a bad character.
16. We were flying kites.
    • Kites were being flown by us.
17. I was milking the cow.
    • The cow was being milked by me.
18. Our parents were sending us to Abbottabad.
    • We were being sent to Abbottabad by our parents.
19. She was washing your clothes.
    • Your clothes were being washed by her.
20. He was ringing the bell.
    • The bell was being rung by him.
21. She was posting these letters.
    • These letters were being posted by her.
22. The president was giving away prizes.
    • Prizes were being given away by the president.
23. He was polishing my shoes.
    • My shoes were being polished by him.
24. Our father was teaching us Urdu these days.
    • We were being taught Urdu by our father these days.
    • Urdu was being taught us by our father these days.
25. He was building a house.
    • A house was being built by him.
26. We were learning that poem by heart.
    • That poem was being learned by us by heart.
27. She was milking the cow.
    • The cow was being milked by her.
28. The cow was eating grass.
    • The grass was being eaten by the cow.
29. She was using my pen.
    • My pen was being used by her.
30. I was feeding my son.
    • My son was being fed by me.
31. I was writing a letter.
    • A letter was being written by me.
32. They were blaming me.
    • I was being blamed by them.
33. I was using my pen.
    • My pen was being used by me.

Passive Voice of Negative Sentences of Past Continuous Tense

The Passive Voice of Negative Sentence of Past Continuous Tense can be made by applying the following rules:

1. Convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
2. Use the helping verb was/were according to the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence, which would be the object in the Active Voice Sentence.
3. Then add the word “not”, to show the negativity of the sentence.
4. Then use the additional helping verb “being”, to show the continuous tense.
5. Use 3rd form of the verb.
6. Use the word “by”, to show the doer.
7.  After that convert the subject of the Active Voice Sentence into the object.
8. In the end, add the remaining words if there are any in the Active Voice Sentence.

Examples of Passive Voice of Negative Sentences of Past Continuous Tense

1. He was not taking a bath.
   • A bath was not being taken by him.
2. She was not speaking the truth.
   • The truth was not being spoken by her.
3. You were not playing at the cards.
   • The cards were not being played by you.
4. He was not driving this car.
   • This car was not being driven by him.
5. They were not clearing the road.
   • The road was not being cleared by them.
6. They were not chaining the dogs.
   • The dogs were not being chained by them.
7. He was not sending a telegram.
   • A telegram was not being sent by him.
8. I was not polishing that chair.
   • That chair was not being polished by me.
9. I was not transferring him to Gujrat.
   • He was not being transferred to Gujrat by me.
10. The police were not arresting them.
    • They were not being arrested by the police.
11. I was not knocking at the door.
    • The door was not being knocked at by me.
12. The villagers were not beating the thief.
    • The thief was not being beaten by the villagers.
13. She was not dusting the room.
    • The room was not being dusted by her.
14. The headmaster was not punishing him.
    • He was not being punished by the headmaster.
15. She was not telling a lie.
    • A lie was not being told by her.

Passive Voice of Interrogative Sentences of Past Continuous Tense

The Passive Voice of Interrogative Sentence of Past Continuous Tense can be made by applying the following rules:

1. Use the helping verb was/were according to the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
2. Convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject.
3. Use the additional helping verb “being” with was/were, to show the continuous tense.
4. Use 3rd form of the verb.
5. Use the word “by”, to show the doer.
6. After that convert the subject of the Active Voice Sentence into the object.
7. Then, put the remaining words if there are any in the Active Voice Sentence.
8. In the end, use the sign of interrogation “?”, to show the interrogative nature of the sentence.

Examples of Passive Voice of Interrogative Sentences of Past Continuous Tense

1. Was she sewing my shirt?
   • Was my shirt being sewn by her?
2. Was I taking his side?
   • Was his side being taken by me?
3. Was the dog barking at them?
   • Were they being barked at by the dog?
4. Were you closing the door?
   • Was the door being closed by you?
5. Were you plucking flowers?
   • Were flowers being plucked by you?
6. Were they chasing the thieves?
   • Were the thieves being chased by them?
7. Was her sister punishing her?
   • Was she being punished by her sister?
8. Was he remitting your fine?
   • Was your fine being remitted by him?
9. Were they importing television sets from Japan?
   • Were television sets being imported by them from Japan?
10. Was she typing this story?
    • Was this story being typed by her?
11. Was he building the house?
    • Was the house being built by him?
12. Were their parents sending them to London?
    • Were they being sent to London by their parents?
13. Were they playing a match against our school?
    • Was a match being played by them against our school?
14. Was she knocking at the door?
    • Was the door being knocked at by her?
15. Were they rowing the boat?
    • Was the boat being rowed by them?

Passive Voice of Negative-Interrogative Sentences of Past Continuous Tense

The Passive Voice of Negative-Interrogative Sentence of Past Continuous Tense can be made by applying the following rules:

1. Use the helping verb was/were according to the subject of Passive Voice Sentence.
2. Convert the object of the Negative-Interrogative Sentence into the subject.
3. Then add the word “not”, to show the negativity of the sentence.
4. Use the additional helping verb “being” with was/were, to show the continuous tense.
5. Use 3rd form of the verb.
6. Use the word “by”, to show the doer.
7.  After that convert the subject of the Active Voice Sentence into the object.
8. In the end, add the remaining words if there are any in the Active Voice Sentence

Examples of Passive Voice of Negative-Interrogative Sentences of Past Continuous Tense

1. Was she not sewing my shirt?
   • Was my shirt not being sewn by her?
2. Was I not taking his side?
   • Was his side not being taken by me?
3. Was the dog not barking at them?
   • Were they not being barked at by the dog?
4. Were you not closing the door?
   • Was the door not being closed by you?
5. Were you not plucking flowers?
   • Were flowers not being plucked by you?
6. Were they not chasing the thieves?
   • Were the thieves not being chased by them?
7. Was her sister not punishing her?
   • Was she not being punished by her sister?
8. Was he not remitting your fine?
   • Was your fine not being remitted by him?
9. Were they not importing television sets from Japan?
   • Were television sets not being imported by them from Japan?
10. Was she not typing this story?
    • Was this story not being typed by her?
11. Was he not building the house?
    • Was the house not being built by him?
12. Were their parents not sending them to London?
    • Were they not being sent to London by their parents?
13. Were they not playing a match against our school?
    • Was a match not being played by them against our school?
14. Was she not knocking at the door?
    • Was the door not being knocked at by her?
15. Were they not blaming me?
    • Was I not being blamed by them?
16. Were they not rowing the boat?
    • Was the boat not being rowed by them?

Past Continuous Tense-Active Voice:

Active Voice Sentences of the Past Continuous Tense, use “was/ were” as helping verbs with their respective pronouns and number nouns. The following article has full rules for making Active Voice Sentences of Past Continuous Tense:

• Past Continuous Tense