Level beginner The past continuous is made from the past tense of the verb be and the -ing form of a verb: We use the past continuous to talk about the past: for something which happened before and after another action: The children were doing their homework when I got home. Compare: The children did their homework when (= after) I got home. Sentences Active Voice. Passive Voice. Affirmative / Positive Sentence. Subject + was/were + V 4 (verb + ing) + Object. S ( convert object to subject) + was/were + being + V 3 + by +O ( convert subject to object) + Remaining. The teacher was teaching us. We were being taught by the teacher. She was writing a letter. convertan active sentence to a passive sentence in the past tenses. Move the object to the first position in the sentence. Check what tense is used in the original active sentence. We need to conjugate the "to be verb" with the object and according to the tense. Add the main verb in past participle form (V3). PassiveVoice of Past Indefinite Tense; Sentences Active Voice Passive Voice; Affirmative / Positive Sentence: Subject + V 2 + Object: S (convert object to subject) + was / were + V 3 + by + O (convert subject to object) + Remaining: He bought a car. A car was bought by him. She wrote the letters. The letters were written by her. You helped me ACTIVEVOICE: PASSIVE VOICE: PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE: VERB FORM: Was/were + ing form of the verb: VERB FORM: was/were + being + Past Participle form of the Verb Go through the following example sentences in Future Continuous Tense-He will be reading a book tomorrow. They will be playing football tomorrow. She will be planning her marriage sxJMqLk.

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