In passive voice of continuous present tense of affirmative sentence, we use auxiliary verb am /is / are with being and past participle that is third form of verb.
Passive Voice of Continuous Present Tense- Formation
In this, we use helping verb according to the subject that is-
- if subject of passive voice is first person and singular number that is ‘I’, helping verb ‘am’ is used
- for subject of third person and singular number that is ‘he, she or it’, helping verb ‘is’ is used
- if subject is plural or second person, helping verb ‘are’ is used.
In passive voice of continuous present tense– positive, negative, interrogative and negative interrogative, we use past participle (third form)of verb.
Keep in mind that we should arrange the sentence in the following form-
- Active sentence- subject + am / is/ are + present participle (- ing form ) of the verb + object
- Passive sentence- object of the active sentence + am / is / are + being + past participle ( third form ) of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence
Example of Continuous Present Tense- Transformation
Now we shall see an example of passive voice of present continuous tense-
Active: She is drawing a picture today. (drawing- present participle of draw)
Above sentence is in the form-
- Subject + is + present participle of ‘draw’ + object
Passive: A picture is being drawn by her today. (drawn-past participle of draw)
Passive voice of this sentence is in the form-
- Object in active + is + being + past participle of ‘draw’+ by + subject in active + remaining word.
In above sentence, we can see the changes in the transformation of active to passive voice as:
- Object of active form (picture) became subject.
- Subject ‘she’ became object- ‘her’.
- Form of ‘to be- is’ and being is added
- Past participle of verb ‘draw’ that is drawn is taken.
More Examples
All of these are affirmative sentences-
Active: They are watching a movie.
- Passive: A movie is being watched by them.
Active: A mason is building a wall.
- Passive: A wall is being built by a mason.
Active: A teacher is delivering a lecture.
- Passive: A lecture is being delivered by a teacher.
Active: The students are obeying orders of their physical trainer.
- Passive: Orders of their physical trainer are being obeyed by the students.
You may also like passive voice of the tenses-
- Simple Present
- Perfect present
- Simple Past
- Past Continuous
- Perfect past
- Simple Future
- Future Perfect
