Passado progressivo (ativo e passivo)

Passado contínuo (voz ativa e passiva)

Este artigo ajuda você a aprender como escrever frases na voz ativa e passiva do passado contínuo e como mudar uma frase na voz ativa para a voz passiva no passado contínuo.

Passado contínuo da voz ativa e passiva

No passado contínuo, também conhecido como passado progressivo, falamos sobre ações que estavam acontecendo no passado em um momento específico.

When to use the active voice in Past continuous tense?

A voz ativa Past Continuous é usada quando você deseja focar na pessoa que estava fazendo a ação no passado. Quando você quiser se concentrar e falar sobre o autor da ação, escreva a frase na voz ativa.

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

Examples:

• Eu estava treinando Megha ontem.
• Sam estava falando com a turma.
• Jon estava andando de bicicleta pela manhã.
• Eles estavam jogando críquete quando cheguei lá.
• Não estávamos fazendo nada na sua ausência.
• Os meninos estavam cozinhando ontem à noite.

Quando usar a voz passiva no passado contínuo?

A voz passiva contínua do passado é usada quando você deseja se concentrar na pessoa ou na coisa que estava recebendo a ação no passado; que estava atuando. Quando o receptor da ação (objeto do verbo) for mais importante que o próprio executor, escreva a frase na voz passiva do Past Continuous.

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

Past continuous tense passive voice examples:

• Os alunos estavam sendo ensinados de uma maneira estranha (por ele).
• A partida estava sendo disputada em um estádio enorme.
• Me disseram para investir naquela empresa.
• Aqueles caras estavam sendo espancados brutalmente na noite passada.

NOTA: O autor da ação na voz passiva não é mencionado ou é separado entre parênteses porque é menos importante ou já é compreendido na voz passiva. Mas você sempre pode adicionar o assunto (fazedor) se quiser.

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.