Passato progressivo (attivo e passivo)

Passo continuo (voce attiva e passiva)

Questo articolo ti aiuta a imparare a scrivere frasi con la voce attiva e passiva del passato continuo e come cambiare una frase con la voce attiva nella voce passiva del passato continuo.

Voce attiva e passiva tesa continua passata

Al passato continuo, noto anche come passato progressivo, parliamo di azioni che stavano accadendo in passato in un momento specifico.

When to use the active voice in Past continuous tense?

La voce attiva Past Continuous viene utilizzata quando vuoi concentrarti sulla persona che ha eseguito l’azione in passato. Quando vuoi concentrarti e parlare dell’autore dell’azione, scrivi la frase con la voce attiva.

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

Examples:

• Ieri stavo allenando Megha.
• Sam stava parlando in classe.
• Jon stava andando in bicicletta al mattino.
• Stavano giocando a cricket quando sono arrivato lì.
• Non stavamo facendo nulla in tua assenza.
• Ieri sera i ragazzi stavano cucinando.

Quando usare la voce passiva al passato continuo?

Passato La voce passiva continua viene utilizzata quando vuoi concentrarti sulla persona o cosa che ha ricevuto l’azione in passato; che stava recitando. Quando il destinatario dell’azione (oggetto del verbo) è più importante dell’agente stesso, scrivi la frase con la voce passiva del Past Continuous.

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

Past continuous tense passive voice examples:

• Agli studenti veniva insegnato in un modo strano (da lui).
• La partita si stava svolgendo in uno stadio enorme.
• Mi è stato detto di investire in quella società.
• Quei ragazzi sono stati picchiati brutalmente la scorsa notte.

NOTA: L’autore dell’azione nella voce passiva non è menzionato o è separato tra parentesi perché è meno importante o è già compreso nella voce passiva. Ma puoi sempre aggiungere il soggetto (agente) se vuoi.

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.