18. Active Passive of Past Continuous Tense by AG Ahmad

Active Passive of

Past Continuous Tense

Recognition in Urdu: رہا تھا، رہی تھی، رہے تھے،

Method of Making/Changing into P.V

Active: Subject + was, were + 4^th form + Object.

They were learning English.

He was teaching us English. (Double object)

Passive: Object + was, were + being + 3^rd form + by + Subject.

English was being learnt by them.

We were being taught English by him.

I, He, She, It and Singular noun-------- was

We, They, You and Plural noun ------ were

Method of Negative Making

Active: Subject + was, were + not + 4^th form + Object.

They were not learning English.

Passive: Object + was, were + not + being + 3^rd form + by + Subject.

English was not being learnt by them.

Method of Interrogative Making

Active: Was, Were + Subject + 4^th form + Object?

Were they learning English?

Passive: Was, Were + Object + being + 3^rd form + by + Subject?

Was English being learnt by them?

Solved Exercise of Past Continuous Tense

Sr.	Active Voice Sentences	Passive Voice Sentences
1.	Simp: We were flying kites.	Kites were being flown by us.
2.	Simp: Gardener was watering the plants.	The plants were being watered by gardener.
3.	Simp: Doctor was operating the patient.	The patient was being operated by doctor.
4.	Simp: Government was releasing him.	He was being released by government.
5.	Simp: They were taking bath in the river.	Bath was being taken by them in the river.
6.	Neg: Aslam was not playing cricket.	Cricket was not being played by Aslam.
7.	Neg: Boys were not making a noise in the class.	A noise was not being made by boys in the class.
8.	Neg: Father was not reading the newspaper.	The newspaper was not being read by father.
9.	Neg: They were not decorating the school.	The school was not being decorated by them.
10.	Neg: We were not taking exams.	Exams were not being taken by us.
11.	Int: Were we flying kites?	Were kites being flown by us?
12.	Int: Was doctor operating the patient?	Was the patient being operated by doctor?
13.	Int: Was government releasing him?	Was he being released by government?
14.	Int: Was Aslam playing cricket?	Was cricket being played by Aslam?
15.	Int: Were we taking exams?	Were exams being taken by us?
16	Int: Who was reading a story?	By whom was a story being read?
17	Int: Who were playing hockey?	By whom was hockey being played?

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