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.
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Food was being eaten by me. |
(He) as a subject
Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was being eaten by him. |
(She) as a subject
Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was being eaten by her. |
(It) as a subject
Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was being eaten by it. |
(You) as a subject
Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was being eaten by you. |
(We) as a subject
Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was being eaten by us. |
(They) as a subject
Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was being eaten by them. |
Negative sentence
(I) as a subject
Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was not being eaten by me. |
(He) as a subject
Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was not being eaten by him. |
(She) as a subject
Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was not being eaten by her. |
(It) as a subject
Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was not being eaten by it. |
(You) as a subject
Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was not being eaten by you. |
(We) as a subject
Object + was + not + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was not being eaten by us. |
(They) as a subject
Object + was + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Food was not being eaten by them. |
Interrogative sentence
(I) as a subject
Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Was food being eaten by me? |
(He) as a subject
Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Was food being eaten by him? |
(She) as a subject
Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Was food being eaten by her? |
(It) as a subject
Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Was food being eaten by it? |
(You) as a subject
Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Was food being eaten by you? |
(We) as a subject
Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Was food being eaten by us? |
(They) as a subject
Was + food + being + 3rd form of verb + by + subject.
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Was food being eaten by them? |
