Active And Passive Voice Worksheet | Present Continuous Tense

Form

Active: is/am/are + -ing form of the verb

Passive: is/am/are + being + past participle form of the verb

Study the following sentences.

We have already learned that the object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb. Therefore when we change this sentence into the passive, a story becomes the subject. The continuous verb is writing becomes is being written in the passive voice.

Note that the basic rules of subject-verb agreement are applicable in this case as well.

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More examples are given below.

Exercise

Change the following active sentences into the passive.

1. She is writing a letter.

2. He is watering the plants.

3. I am writing a story.

4. Mother is making a cake.

5. Rohan is building a toy car.

Answers

1. A letter is being written by her.

2. The plants are being watered by him.

3. A story is being written by me.

4. A cake is being made by mother.

5. A toy car is being built by Rohan.

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