Past Continuous Passive
Forming Simple Past Progressive Passive
Affirmative Form | Object + was / were + being + verb3 (past participle) |
Question Form | Was / Were + Object + being + verb3 (past participle) ? |
Something was being done by someone at sometime in the past for a while.
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).
Quick Exercise
Put the following sentences into passive voice. (past continuous)
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