Active and Passive Voice Rules and Exercises (Present Continuous)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

 Passive Voice: is/am/are + being + 3rd form of the verb.

Active VoicePassive Voice
1. He is driving a car.A car is being driven by him.
2. I am not running a race.A race is not being run by me.
3. Is she watering the plants?Are the plants being watered by her?

Exercise-1

Convert the Following Active Voice into Passive Voice:-

1. He is beating his brother.                                      

2.  Questions are being asked by them.                                 

3.  He is running a race.                                             

4.  Pakistan is making an atom bomb.                     

5.  She is telling a story.                                             

6.  Mohan is teaching me.                                         

7.  Radha is ‘buying toys.                                         

8.  The gardener is watering the plants.                 

9.  The carpenter is making a chair.

Answers:-                         

1. His brother is being beaten by him.

2.  They are asking questions.

3.  A race is being run by him.

4.  An atom bomb is being made by Pakistan.

5.  A story is being told by her.

6.  I am being taught by Mohan.

7.  Toys are being bought by Radha.

8.  The plants are being watered by the gardener.

9.  A chair is being made by the carpenter.

Exercise-2

Change the following sentences into Passive Voice:

1. I am taking tea.

2. We are reading our lessons.

3. You are telling a lie.

4. He is not beating me.

5. She is not running a race.

6. They are painting pictures.

7. Mohan is speaking the truth.

8. He is plucking flowers.

9. Ram is making a kite.

10. She is feeding the baby.

11. The farmers are not ploughing the fields.

12. She is not doing anything.

13. Are you helping the poor?

14. Why are you not giving a test?

15. The Principal is giving away the prizes.

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