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Verbs are words that are used with a subject to say what something\/someone does<\/strong> or what happens to them<\/strong>, or simply to inform the observer about their state of being<\/strong>. These verbs can be used with various tenses depending on the time that the action happens. The past continuous tense is a verb tense that shows an action or event that was going on or continuing for a short period of time in the past. The past continuous tense in passive voice is used when you want to focus on the person or the thing that was receiving the action in the past.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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How to Make Past Continuous Passive Sentences
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In the passive voice of the Past Continuous tense, we focus on who\/what was being acted upon or receiving the action at a certain time in the past. The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. To form a sentence in passive voice of past continuous tense, we use the following rules:<\/p>\n

We convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
\nWe use the auxiliary verb was\/were according to the subject of Passive Voice Sentence, which would be the object of the Active Voice Sentence.
\nWe use the additional auxiliary verb \u201cbeing\u201d with was\/ were, to show the continuous tense.
\nWe use the past participle form of the verb.
\nWe use the word \u201cby\u201d, to show the doer of the action.
\nWe convert the subject of the Active Voice Sentence into the object after that.
\nWe add the remaining words in the Active Voice sentence at last.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Past Continuous Passive Sentences
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When forming a sentence in the past continuous tense passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. To form a sentence in passive voice of past continuous tense, we use the following rules:<\/p>\n

We convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
\nWe use the auxiliary verb was\/were according to the subject of Passive Voice Sentence, which would be the object of the Active Voice Sentence.
\nWe use the additional auxiliary verb \u201cbeing\u201d with was\/ were, to show the continuous tense.
\nWe use the past participle form of the verb.
\nWe use the word \u201cby\u201d, to show the doer of the action.
\nWe convert the subject of the Active Voice Sentence into the object after that.
\nWe add the remaining words in the Active Voice sentence at last.<\/p>\n

The structure formula is:<\/p>\n

Object of Active Sentence + was\/were + being + past participle of main verb + by + Subject of Active Sentence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Positive Sentences<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Object<\/th>Auxiliary verb<\/th>Be<\/th>Main Verb<\/th>By + Subject<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>You<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>We<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>They<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>He<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>She<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>It<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Active voice:<\/strong> I (Subject) + was (auxiliary verb) + buying (V+ -ing) + two sandwiches (Object).
\nPassive voice:<\/strong> Two sandwiches (Object) + were (Auxiliary verb) + being (V + -ing) + bought (V3) + by me (By + subject)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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h2 Past Continuous Tense Positive Passive Examples:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here are some positive sentence examples in Past Continuous Tense Passive voice:<\/p>\n

Active voice: I was writing an amazing book.
\nPassive voice: An amazing book was being written (by me).
\nActive voice: I was helping Jim a lot .
\nPassive voice: Jim was being helped a lot (by me).
\nActive voice: She was buying two apples.
\nPassive voice: Two apples were being bought by her.
\nActive voice: My mother was baking the food.
\nPassive voice: The food was being baked by my mother.
\nActive voice: The teacher was reading the book.
\nPassive voice: The book was being read by the teacher.
\nActive voice: I was preparing pizza for everyone in the house.
\nPassive voice: Pizza was being prepared for everyone in the house (by me).
\nActive voice: Luke was buying a bike recently.
\nPassive voice: A bike was being bought recently (by Luka).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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Past Continuous Tense Negative Passive Sentences
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We use Past Continuous Tense Negative Passive Sentences to deny situations that were occurring and ongoing in the past. To form a negative sentence in passive voice of past continuous tense, we follow these steps:
\nWe convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
\nWe use the auxiliary verb was\/were according to the subject of Passive Voice Sentence, which would be the object of the Active Voice Sentence.
\nWe add \u201cnot\u201d to make the sentence negative.
\nWe use the additional auxiliary verb \u201cbeing\u201d with was\/ were, to show the continuous tense.
\nWe use the past participle form of the verb.
\nWe use the word \u201cby\u201d, to show the doer of the action.
\nWe convert the subject of the Active Voice Sentence into the object after that.
\nWe add the remaining words in the Active Voice sentence at last.<\/p>\n

The structure formula is:<\/p>\n

Object of Active Sentence + was\/were not + being + past participle of main verb + by + Subject of Active Sentence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Object<\/th>Auxiliary verb
\nNot<\/th>		Be<\/th>Main Verb<\/th>By + Subject<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were + not<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were + not<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>You<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were + not<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>We<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were + not<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>They<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were + not<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>He<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were + not<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>She<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Object<\/td>Was\/were + not<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the verb (V3)<\/td>It<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Active voice:<\/strong> I (Subject) + was + not + buying + two sandwiches (Object).
\nPassive voice:<\/strong> Two sandwiches (Object) + were (Auxiliary verb) + not + being + bought (V3) + by me (By + subject).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Past Continuous Tense Negative Passive Examples:
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Active voice: I was not writing an amazing book.
\nPassive voice: An amazing book was not being written (by me).
\nActive voice: I was not helping Jim a lot .
\nPassive voice: Jim was not being helped a lot (by me).
\nActive voice: She was not buying two apples.
\nPassive voice: Two apples were not being bought by her.
\nActive voice: My mother was not baking the food.
\nPassive voice: The food was not being baked by my mother.
\nActive voice: The teacher was not reading the book.
\nPassive voice: The book was not being read by the teacher.
\nActive voice: I was not preparing pizza for everyone in the house.
\nPassive voice: Pizza was not being prepared for everyone in the house (by me).
\nActive voice: Luke was not buying a bike recently.
\nPassive voice: A bike was not being bought recently (by Luka).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Passive Questions in Past Continuous Tense
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To form passive questions in past continuous tense, we can follow these steps:
\nWe use the auxiliary verb was\/were according to the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
\nWe convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
\nWe use the additional auxiliary verb \u201cbeing\u201d with was\/were, to show the continuous tense.
\nWe use the past participle form of the verb.
\nThen we use the word \u201cby\u201d, to show the doer of the action.
\nThen we convert the subject of the Active Sentence into the object of the Passive Voice sentence.
\nWe then put the remaining words if there are any.
\nAt last, we use the sign of interrogation \u201c?\u201d.<\/p>\n

For example:
\nActive:<\/strong> Was she eating the burger?
\nPassive:<\/strong> Was the burger being eaten by you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Auxiliary verb<\/th>Object<\/th>Be<\/th>Main Verb<\/th>By + Subject<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the main verb<\/td>I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the main verb<\/td>You<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the main verb<\/td>We<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the main verb<\/td>They<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the main verb<\/td>He<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the main verb<\/td>She<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Being<\/td>Past participle of the main verb<\/td>It<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Past Continuous Tense Passive Interrogative Examples:
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Here are some positive passive interrogative examples in Past Continuous Tense:<\/p>\n

Active Voice: Were they stopping him there?
\nPassive Voice: Was he being stopped by them there?
\nActive Voice: Were you drinking cold tea?
\nPassive Voice: Was cold drink being drunk by you?
\nActive Voice: Was she lighting two torches?
\nPassive Voice: Were two torches being lit by her?
\nActive Voice: Why was he not inviting her to the party?
\nPassive Voice: Why was she not being invited by him to the party?
\nActive Voice: Were they firing him at night?
\nPassive Voice: Was he being fired by them at night?
\nActive Voice: Was she divorcing him?
\nPassive Voice: Was he being divorced from her?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Negative Passive Interrogative Sentences in Past Continuous Tense
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To form passive questions in past continuous tense, we can follow these steps:
\nWe use the auxiliary verb was\/were according to the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
\nWe convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
\nWe add \u201cnot\u201d to make the sentence negative.
\nWe use the additional auxiliary verb \u201cbeing\u201d with was\/were, to show the continuous tense.
\nWe use the past participle form of the verb.
\nThen we use the word \u201cby\u201d, to show the doer of the action.
\nThen we convert the subject of the Active Sentence into the object of the Passive Voice sentence.
\nWe then put the remaining words if there are any.
\nAt last, we use the sign of interrogation \u201c?\u201d.<\/p>\n

For example:
\na) Active Voice:<\/strong> Weren\u2019t you eating a sandwich?
\nb) Passive Voice:<\/strong> Was the sandwich not being eaten by you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Auxiliary verb<\/th>Object<\/th>Not + Be<\/th>Main Verb<\/th>By + Subject<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Not
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\nBeing<\/td>		Past participle of the main verb<\/td>I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Not
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\r\nBeing<\/td>		Past participle of the main verb<\/td>You<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Not
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\r\nBeing<\/td>		Past participle of the main verb<\/td>We<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Not
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\r\nBeing<\/td>		Past participle of the main verb<\/td>They<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Not
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\r\nBeing<\/td>		Past participle of the main verb<\/td>He<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Not
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\r\nBeing<\/td>		Past participle of the main verb<\/td>She<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Not
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\r\nBeing<\/td>		Past participle of the main verb<\/td>It<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n
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Past Continuous Tense Negative Passive Interrogative Examples:
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Here are some negative passive interrogative examples in Past Continuous Tense:<\/p>\n

Active Voice: Were they not stopping him there?
\nPassive Voice: Was he not being stopped by them there?
\nActive Voice: Were you not drinking cold tea?
\nPassive Voice: Was cold drink not being drunk by you?
\nActive Voice: Was she not lighting two torches?
\nPassive Voice: Were two torches not being lit by her?
\nActive Voice: Why was he not inviting her to the party?
\nPassive Voice: Why was she not being invited by him to the party?
\nActive Voice: Were they not firing him at night?
\nPassive Voice: Was he not being fired by them at night?
\nActive Voice: Was she not divorcing him?
\nPassive Voice: Was he not being divorced from her?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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Short Answers in Past Continuous Tense Passive<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To form short answers in past continuous tense passive voice, we we can follow these steps:
\nWe use \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d according to the question.
\nWe use the needed subject.
\nWe use \u201cwas\u201d or \u201cwere\u201d according to the subject of the sentence..
\nWe use the past participle form of the verb.<\/p>\n

Positive Answers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Confirmation word<\/th>Subject<\/th>Auxiliary Verb<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Yes,<\/td>I<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yes,<\/td>You<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yes,<\/td>We<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yes,<\/td>They<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yes,<\/td>He<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yes,<\/td>She<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yes,<\/td>It<\/td>Was\/were<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Was the burger being eaten by you? \/ Yes, it was.<\/strong>
\nWas the homework being done by him? \/ Yes, it was.<\/strong>
\nWas the letter being sent? \/ Yes, it was.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Denial word<\/th>Subject<\/th>Auxiliary Verb<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
No,<\/td>I<\/td>Was\/were
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No,<\/td>You<\/td>Was\/were
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No,<\/td>We<\/td>Was\/were
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No,<\/td>They<\/td>Was\/were
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No,<\/td>He<\/td>Was\/were
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No,<\/td>She<\/td>Was\/were
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No,<\/td>It<\/td>Was\/were
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\r\nNOT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Was the burger being eaten by you? \/ No, it wasn\u2019t.<\/strong>
\nWas the homework being done by him? \/ No, it wasn\u2019t.<\/strong>
\nWas the letter being sent? \/ No, it wasn\u2019t.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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Wh- Questions in Past Continuous Tense Passive
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To ask for more specific information, we can include question words in our passive voice questions. These question words include \u201cwho, what, where, when, how etc.\u201d. To ask a passive question in Past Continuous Tense with these question words, we need to follow this simple formula:<\/p>\n

Wh- word + was\/were+ object + being + past participle form of the verb (V3) + by + subject + ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t
Question Word<\/th>Auxiliary Verb<\/th>Object<\/th>Be<\/th>Verb<\/th>By + Subject<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Who, what, where, when, how<\/td>Was\/Were<\/td>Object<\/td>Being<\/td>V3<\/td>He\/She\/It<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>You\/We\/They<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Here are some examples of Wh- question sentences in Past Continuous Tense Passive:<\/p>\n

What was being eaten by you?<\/p>\n

What was being drunk by him?<\/p>\n

Who was being bullied ?<\/p>\n

Who was being beaten?<\/p>\n

Why were you being kicked?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Frequently Asked Questions About Past Continuous Tense Passive Voice
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What are some examples of Past Continuous Passive Voice sentences?<\/strong>
\nHere are some examples for Past Continuous Passive voice sentences:
\nAn amazing book was being written.
\nThe kid was being bullied.
\nThe bananas were being eaten.<\/p>\n

What are some examples of negative Past Continuous Passive Voice sentences?<\/strong>
\nHere are some examples for negative Past Continuous Passive voice sentences:
\nMath was not being taught by Laura at high school.
\nHe was not being invited by them.
\nI was not being helped.<\/p>\n

What are some examples of interrogative Past Continuous Passive Voice sentences?<\/strong>
\nHere are some examples for interrogative Past Continuous Passive voice sentences:<\/p>\n

Was the burger being eaten by you?
\nWas the homework being done by him?
\nWas the letter being sent?<\/p>\n

What is the difference between active voice and passive voice?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an active voice, the subject is performing the action. It is always known who is doing the action. In a passive voice, the subject is the receiver of the action. It is not always clear who is doing the action. To give the information about the carrier of the action, we use the preposition \u201cby\u201d followed by the agent of the action.<\/p>\n