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Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past Continuous Tense
Active Voice Passive Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- was/were + being)
Subject + was/were + v1+ing+ object. Object+ was/were +being+V3+ by + subject
Subject +was/were+ not+v1+ing + object Object + was/were+ not +being+V3+ by Subject
Was/were+ Subject + V1+ing + object+? Was/were + Object+ being+v3+ by+ subject+?
Examples:
Active: Nitika was painting the wall. Active: Manish was repairing the car.
Passive: The wall was being painted by Nitika. Passive: The car was being repaired by Manish.
