Passive voice- Past continuous tense rules




Passive voice – Past continuous tense rules and application

 

Active voice sentence: I eat food.

Passive voice sentence: Food is eaten by me.

In the above sentence I is the subject, eat is the verb and food is the object.

 

1st form of verb or present tense:    eat

2nd form of verb or past tense:         ate

3rd form of verb or past participle:  eaten

 

Positive sentence

(I) as a subject

Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was being eaten by me.

(He) as a subject

Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was being eaten by him.

(She) as a subject

Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was being eaten by her.

(It) as a subject

Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was being eaten by it.

(You) as a subject

Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was being eaten by you.

(We) as a subject

Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was being eaten by us.

(They) as a subject

Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was being eaten by them.

Negative sentence

(I) as a subject

Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was not being eaten by me.

(He) as a subject

Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was not being eaten by him.

(She) as a subject

Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was not being eaten by her.

(It) as a subject

Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was not being eaten by it.

(You) as a subject

Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was not being eaten by you.

(We) as a subject

Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was not being eaten by us.

(They) as a subject

Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Food was not being eaten by them.

Interrogative sentence

(I) as a subject

Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Was food being eaten by me?

(He) as a subject

Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Was food being eaten by him?

(She) as a subject

Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Was food being eaten by her?

(It) as a subject

Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Was food being eaten by it?

(You) as a subject

Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Was food being eaten by you?

(We) as a subject

Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Was food being eaten by us?

(They) as a subject

Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.

Was food being eaten by them?





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