b Definition of the Passive voice: In passive voice, the subject of a sentence receives the action rather than doing the action. The action is performed on the subject, not by the subject. Examples: The tea is made by my mother. The room is decorated by me. Nests are built by birds. The book is written by the poet. PastContinuous tense (Active and passive voice) by Ashish Sharma. This article helps you learn how to write sentences in the active voice and the passive of the Past continuous tense, and how to change a sentence from the active voice into the passive voice of the Past Continuous tense. Activevs Passive Voice for Present Continuous Tense. Active voice: S + am/is/are + V-ing; The passive: S + am/ is/ are + being + V3; Example: They are planting some trees. Active and Passive Voice for the Past Simple. Active voice: S + V2; Passive voice: S + was/ were + V3; Example: I visited my uncle last week. Thisis the active and passive voice rule for the past continuous tense. Hence , " Everyone was laughing at the hunchback " is the correct active voice. Verbs of passive format have a different set of tenses (*V3 - Past participle or Third form of the Verb) as given below in the table: Formsof passive The passive voice is not a tense itself. But for transitive verbs, each tense, as well as other verb forms such as infinitives and participles, can be produced in the passive voice. Some of the more complicated tenses (mostly perfect continuous) are rarely used in the passive, but they are possible. Readthe passive-voice sentence over to yourself to make sure it has the same tense as the former active-voice sentence. For example: Active voice, present tense: The cat kills the mice. Passive voice, present tense: The mice are killed by the cat. Active voice, past continuous tense: Some boys were helping the wounded men. Toform past continuous passive we use was / were + being + verb3 (past participle) See details, example sentences and free exercises online FormingSimple Past Passive. Affirmative Form. Object + was / were + verb3 (past participle) Question Form. Was / Were + Object + verb3 (past participle) ? Something was done by someone at sometime in the past. Active : The teacher corrected the mistakes. Passive: The mistakes were corrected by the teacher. Active : Did the little boy sell all Ifyou know what Past indefinite is then you can continure learning Past Passive ; If not then i suggest you to go Past Indefinite Tense First ; Now I assume you know Past indefinite; As you know In Past Indefinite The Structure Is - "Subject + V2foam + object" In Passive Voice The Subject comes at last; And Object Comes First Therefore the Activeand Passive Voice (Simple Present) Dec. 27, 2020 • 0 likes • 1,015 views. Download Now. Download to read offline. Education. Here is detailed explanation of what is active and passive voice. How you can change active voice into passive voice following five steps. Slide view of these slides will enable you to understand it in one go. oUS79.