UNACH

6TH SEMESTER
STUDENTS:
DIANA MENDOZA
ELVIS GUARANGA

USES OF THE PAST PROGRESSIVE

PASSIVE
Past actions that progressed in
time in the past,
Past actions that ended from an
interruption including specific
times,
Past actions that occurred
simultaneously, and
Past actions or states that are
repetitive and irritating.

PAST CONTINUOUS IN PASSIVE

VOICE
STRUCTURE WITH THE VERB
TO BE
The structure of the sentences in
past participle in passive voice is:
S + (be: was or were) + being
+ past participle

examples
First person singular was + being +
past participle:
I was being put on hold by the operator.
Second person singular were + being +
past participle:
You were being trained for battle.
Third person singular was + being +
past participle:
Lunch was being ordered for us.

 First person plural were + being +

past participle:
We were being described as monsters.
Second person plural were + being +
past participle:
You were being prepared for college.
Third person plural were + being +
past participle:
Resources were being decreased
incrementally.

STRUCTURE WITH THE VERB

GET
Other form that we can form the
past continuous in passive voice:
Subject+verb to be+getting+past
participle+complement

 First person singular was + getting +

past participle:
I was getting thanked by the
committee.
Second person singular were +
getting + past participle
You were getting protected by
bodyguards.
Third person singular was + getting
+ past participle
The envelope was getting sent to the
leader.

 First person plural were + getting +

past participle
We were getting awarded at the
ceremony.
Second person plural were + getting
+ past participle
You were getting informed about the
changes tonight.
Third person plural were + getting +
past participle
The computers were getting
connected yesterday.

QUESTION STRUCTURE

Question Form

Was / Were +
Object + being +
verb3 (past
participle) ?

EXAMPLE:
Active: What was he writing on the
desk?
Passive: What was being written
by him on the desk?
Active: Was the suspect dragging
you?
Passive: Were you being dragged
by the suspect?

CHANGING A NEGATIVE SENTENCE

INTO THE PASSIVE

S+was/were+not+past participle
Active: She was not preparing
dinner.
Passive: Dinner was not being
prepared by her.
Active: He was not making a speech.
Passive: A speech was not being
made by him.

EXERCISES
CHANGE THIS SENTENCES IN PASSIVE
VOICE
Active: Is she writing a letter?
Passive: Is a letter being written by her?

Active: Why were you cheating me?

Passive: Why was I being cheated by you?

Active: Which book were you reading?

Passive: Which book was being read by
you?

Active: Why was she beating the

child?
Passive: Why was the child
being beaten by her?

Active: For what were you making

such a noise?
Passive: For what was such a
noise being made by you?

 We were talking about Francis.

Francis was being talked about by us.
He was playing the guitar.

The guitar was being played by him.

She was watching a film.

A film was being watched by her.

I was repairing their bikes.
Their bikes were being repaired by
me

We were not painting the gate.

The gate was not being painted by us.

You were not driving him home.

He
- was not being driven home by you.
He was not feeding the dogs.

The dogs were not being fed by him.

Were
Was she
reading
theseread
lines?
these
lines being
byher?

Were they carrying bags?

Were bags being carried by them?

They were not eating dinner.

Dinner was not being eaten by them.

The meat wasn't being cooked by the chef

All the blinds were being cleaned by the women

The newest videos were being watched

By whom was the baby being taken

care of

Why were the flowers being

picked
Was the room being painted by them
when the accident happened

Thank
you