Worksheet of Active & Passive Voice : Past Continuous Tense (With Answers)

    In this article we are going to talk about how to change an active voice sentence to passive voice based on Past continuous / Past progressive tense.

    We have already published several articles on voice change which teaches you how you can change the voice of different sentences of different tenses including - Present Indefinite, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Past Indefinite.

    But, before directly going to the above topic let's discuss how we can transform an active voice (of past continuous tense) to a passive voice (of past continuous tense).

    The structure active voice sentence based on present indefinite or simple past tense- 

Subject + was/were (according to subject) + Present (V₁) form of verb+ing + object + remaining.

But, when it is changed into passive voice the structure transforms into -

Object (of active voice) + was/were (according to subject of this sentence (in this case it is according to object of active voice) + being + Past Participle (V₃ form) form of the principle verb + by/at/... + subject (of active voice sentence) + remaining

E.g. - Active Voice: He was playing football. (He - Subject, was - Auxilary Verb, playing - principle verb, football - object)

        Passive Voice: Football was being played by him in the ground. (Football - Subject, was - auxiliary verb, played - past participle form of verb, him - object).

In the first section we have given the questions. To know the answers of the questions, simply scroll the page down to see the question with answers!

Change the voice of the following verbs/sentence:

1. The boy was eating a pancake.

2. I was looking at the flowers.

3. They were cleaning the garbage.

4. The man was clicking an image of a tiger.

5. The boy was having his lunch.

6. Children were playing a board game.

7. A group of scientist was doing a research.

8. When I was playing outside my mother was cooking dinner.

9. They were helping the poor.

10. A poor young artist was drawing a portrait of a football player in the street.

Questions & Answers of the above questions:

1. The boy was eating a pancake.

Answer: A pancake was being eaten by the boy.

2. I was looking at the flowers.

Answer: The flowers were being looked at by me.

3. They were cleaning the garbage.

Answer: The garbage was being cleaned by them.

4. The man was clicking an image of a tiger.

Answer: An image of a tiger was being clicked by the man.

5. The boy was having his lunch.

Answer: His lunch was being had by the boy.

6. Children were playing a board game.

Answer: A board game was being played by the children.

7. A group of scientist was doing a research.

Answer: A research was being done by a group of scientist.

8. When I was playing outside my mother was cooking dinner.

Answer: Dinner was being cooked by my mother when I was playing outside.

9. They were helping the poor.

Answer: The poor were being helped by them.

10. A poor young artist was drawing a portrait of a football player in the street.

Answer: A portrait of a football player was being drawn by a poor young artist in the street.

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