Passé continu (voix active et passive)

Passé continu (voix active et passive)

Cet article vous aide à apprendre à écrire des phrases à la voix active et passive au passé continu, et à transformer une phrase à la voix active en voix passive au passé continu.

Voix active et passive au passé continu

Au passé continu, également connu sous le nom de passé progressif, nous parlons d’actions qui se sont produites dans le passé à un moment précis.

When to use the active voice in Past continuous tense?

La voix active Passé continu est utilisée lorsque vous voulez vous concentrer sur la personne qui a fait l’action dans le passé. Lorsque vous voulez vous concentrer et parler de l’auteur de l’action, écrivez la phrase à la voix active.

Structure: Subject + was/were + V1+ing + object

Examples:

• J’entraînais Megha hier.
• Sam parlait à la classe.
• Jon faisait du vélo le matin.
• Ils jouaient au cricket quand je suis arrivé.
• Nous ne faisions rien en votre absence.
• Les garçons cuisinaient hier soir.

Quand utiliser la voix passive au passé continu ?

La voix passive continue du passé est utilisée lorsque vous souhaitez vous concentrer sur la personne ou la chose qui recevait l’action dans le passé ; qu’il agissait. Lorsque le récepteur de l’action (objet du verbe) est plus important que l’auteur lui-même, écrivez la phrase à la voix passive du Passé Continu.

Structure: Object+ was/were + being + V3 + (by + subject)

Past continuous tense passive voice examples:

• Les élèves recevaient un enseignement bizarre (par lui).
• Le match se jouait dans un immense stade.
• On m’a dit d’investir dans cette entreprise.
• Ces gars ont été brutalement battus hier soir.

NOTE : L’auteur de l’action à la voix passive n’est pas mentionné ou est séparé entre parenthèses car il est moins important ou est déjà compris à la voix passive. Mais vous pouvez toujours ajouter le sujet (doer) si vous le souhaitez.

Active and passive voice of past continuous tense

Active and passive voice of past continuous tense

Active voice:	Subject	was/were	V1+ing	object
Passive voice:	object	was/were + being	V3	(by + subject)

 

• Active: I was training Megha yesterday.
  (focusing on the doer of the action ‘I’)
• Passive: Megha was being trained (by me) yesterday.
  (focusing on the object that was receiving the action ‘Megha’)

More examples:

• Active: I was taking the class at that time.
• Passive: The class was being taken at that time (by me).
• Active: He was eating dinner at 9 pm.
• Passive: Dinner was being eaten at 9 pm by him.
• Active: My parents were watching that movie.
• Passive: That movie was being watched by my parents.
• Active: Jon was editing my video yesterday.
• Passive: My video was being edited yesterday by Jon.
• Active: Some boys were harassing your sister.
• Passive: Your sister was being harassed (by some boys).
• Active: They were discussing something in the class.
• Passive: Something was being discussed in the class (by them).
• Active: Jyoti was copying the answers.
• Passive: The answers were being copied (by Jyoti).
• Active: Everyone was hugging the kids at the party.
• Passive: The kids were being hugged at the party by everyone.
• Active: They were not feeding the cats.
• Passive: The cats weren’t being fed by them.

Negative sentences (Active and voice voice)

Active and passive voice of past continuous tense (negative sentences)

Active voice:	Subject	was/were	not	V1+ing	object
Passive voice:	object	was/were + not	being	V3	(by + subject)

Examples:

• Active: Monu was not doing the assignment.
• Passive: The assignment was not being done (by Monu).
• Active: They were not helping us.
• Passive: We were not being helped (by them).
• Active: We were not recording the video.
• Passive: The video was not being recorded by us.
• Active: She was not buying anything at the store.
• Passive: Nothing was being bought at the store (by her).

Nota: Si ‘cualquier cosa’ es el objeto del verbo en voz activa de una oración negativa, cambiará a ‘nada’ en voz pasiva.

Interrogative sentences (Active and voice voice)

Active and passive voice of past continuous tense (interrogative sentences)

Active voice:	Question words (if any)	was/were	subject	V1+ing	object?
Passive voice:	Question words	was/were	object	being + V3	(by + subject)

Examples:

• Active: Were you calling me last night?
• Passive: Was I being called by you last night?
• Active: Was he not helping you?
• Passive: Were you not being helped by him?
• Active: When were you taking the class?
• Passive: When was the class being taken by you?
• Active: Where were they making videos?
• Passive: Where were the videos being made by them?

Practice!

1. Mox was hitting me with a bat.
2. Someone was using you.
3. They were not helping her.
4. Why were you beating that boy?
5. Was he calling me last night?
6. I was making the next lesson.

Answers:

1. I was being hit with a bat by Mox.
2. You were being used by someone.
3. She was not being helped by them.
4. Why was that boy being beaten by you?
5. Was I being called last night by him?
6. The next lesson was being made by me.