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Active to passive: past continuous (was/were + -ing -> was/were being + past participle)

This type of question, asked 6 times: 14 Jul 2023 S4, 25 Jul 2023 S3, 11 Sep 2024 S2, 12 Sep 2024 S2, 18 Sep 2024 S2, 17 Sep 2025 S1. All 6 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    14 Jul 2023 S4

    84
    Describe how you will tell your parents that Mahesh and his team were helping the fire and rescue team in passive voice.

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  2. Question 2

    25 Jul 2023 S3

    92
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The magazine house was expecting unpublished authors for their forthcoming exclusive issue on new trends.

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  3. Question 3

    11 Sep 2024 S2

    92
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Each candidate was making tall promises.

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  4. Question 4

    12 Sep 2024 S2

    93
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Scientists were conducting experiments on the newly discovered species.

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  5. Question 5

    18 Sep 2024 S2

    86
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The tutor was not teaching the student.

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  6. Question 6

    17 Sep 2025 S1

    86
    Change the following from active to passive: They were showing the movie at 7 pm.

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