Past continuous passive
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Exercise 2

Rewrite the sentences and keep the same meaning. Use the past continuous passive.

They were beating the boy when I saw them.
The boy was being beaten when I saw them.



I was sure that someone else was using my mobile.

I was sure that my mobile by someone else.

They weren't cutting down the trees when I saw them.

The trees when I saw them.

I could hear that nobody was speaking Polish at the hotel lobby.

I could hear that Polish by anybody at the hotel lobby.

We were on the platform when the train was approaching it.

We were on the platform when it by the train.

The shop was closed because they were rearranging the shelves.

The shop was closed because the shelves .

I didn't want to look when they were beating our team.

I didn't want to look when our team .

Did you see that? The police were arresting our neighbour.

Did you see that? Our neighbour by the police.

I didn't listen when our teacher was explaining the mystery.

I didn't listen when the mystery by our teacher.

They were not writing any tests at the beginning of the lesson.

No tests at the beginning of the lesson.

The decorators weren't painting the walls when I came to the office.

The walls when I came to the office.

Past continuous passive Online exercises with answers, PDF worksheets and grammar rules.

Passive voice exercises (all tenses) Online exercises on all passive forms.

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