PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE: –
ACTIVE PASSIVE: –
| Sr. No | Active | Passive |
| Rules: – S + was/were + v1 + ing +ob | Rules: – Ob + was/were + being + v3 + by + sb | |
| 1. | बच्चे पार्क में क्रिकेट खेल रहे थे। The children were playing cricket in the park. | बच्चों द्वारा पार्क में क्रिकेट खेला जा रहा था। Cricket was being played by the children in the park. |
| 2. | विद्यार्थी कक्षा में शोर मचा रहे थे। The students were making a noise in the class. | विद्यार्थी द्वारा कक्षा में शोर मचाया जा रहा था। A noise was being made by the students in the class. |
| 3. | वह एक नावल पढ़ रहा था। He was reading a novel. | उसके द्वारा एक नावल पढ़ा जा रहा था। A novel was being read by him. |
| 4. | हम आपना काम कर रहे थे। We were doing our work. | हमारा द्वारा आपना काम किया जा रहा था। Our work was being done by us. |
| 5. | बच्चे चोर सिपाही खेल रहे थे। The children were playing hide seek. | बच्चों द्वारा चोर सिपाही खेला जा रहा था। Hide seen was being played by the children. |
Practice Examples: –
- A girl was selling baskets.
- Her friend was calling her.
- The teacher was punishing the students.
- Girls were playing with their toys.
- My mother was cooking in the kitchen.
- Her Neighbours were beating the dog.
- The constable was catching the thief.
- They were watching TV.
- Geeta was stitching her suit.
- The peacock was dancing in the forest.
Negative Sentences: –
| Sr. No | Active | Passive |
| Rules: – S + was/ were + not + v1 + ing + ob | Rules: – Ob + was/ were + not + being +v3+ by + sb | |
| 1. | तुम्हारा भाई टी.वी नहीं देख रहा था। Your brother was not watching TV. | तुम्हारा भाई द्वारा टी.वी नहीं देखा जा रहा था। TV was not being watched by your brother. |
| 2. | माली फूल नहीं चुग रहा था। The gardener was not plucking the flowers. | माली द्वारा फूल नहीं चुगे जा रहे थे। The flowers were not being plucked by the gardener. |
| 3. | वह गाड़ी तेज़ नहीं चला रहा था। He was not driving car recklessly. | गाड़ी उसके द्वारा तेज़ नहीं चलाई जा रही थी। The car was not being recklessly driven by him. |
| 4. | हम मैदान में प्रैकटिस नहीं कर रहे थे। We were not practicing in the ground. | हमारे द्वारा मैदान में प्रैकटिस नहीं की जा रही थी। Practice was not being done in the ground by them. |
| 5. | चपरासी घंटी नहीं बजा रहा था। The peon was not ringing the bell. | घंटी चपरासी द्वारा नहीं बजाई जा रही थी। The bell was not being rung by the peon. |
Practice Examples: –
- The teacher was not teaching math’s in the class.
- Seeta was not teasing to Geeta.
- Radhika was not cleaning her room.
- The guard was not waving the green flag.
- They were not attending the meeting.
- The farmers were not harvesting the crops.
- The watchman was not watching the colony.
- Shivani was dancing on the stage.
- The carpenter was not making a chair.
- The doctor was not checking the pulse.
Interrogative Sentences: –
| Sr. No | Active | Passive |
| Rules: – Was/ Were+ s + v1 +ing +ob +? | Rules: – Was/Were + ob +being + v3 +by +sb+? | |
| 1. | क्या तुम आपना काम ध्यान से कर रहे थे? Were you doing your work attentively? | क्या तुम्हारा काम तुम्हारे द्वारा ध्यान से किया जा रहा था? Was your work being done by you attentively? |
| 2. | क्या अध्यापक तुम्हें अंग्रेज़ी पढ़ा रहा था? Was teacher teaching you English? | क्या अंग्रेज़ी अध्यापक द्वारा तुम्हें पढ़ाई जा रही थी? Was English being taught to you by your teacher? |
| 3. | क्या राकेश ख़त लिख रहा था? Was a Rakesh writing a letter? | क्या ख़त राकेश द्वारा लिखा जा रहा था? Was a letter being written by Rakesh? |
| 4. | क्या बच्चे क्रिकेट खेल रहे थे? Were the children playing cricket? | क्या क्रिकेट बच्चों द्वारा खेला जा रहा था? Was cricket being played by the children? |
| 5. | क्या वह तेज़ कार चला रहा था? Was he driving a car recklessly? | क्या कार उसके द्वारा तेज़ चलाी जा रही थी? Was a car being driven by him recklessly? |
Practice Examples: –
- were the students were flying kites?
- Was your brother taking tea?
- Were the girls practicing dance?
- Was your son watching T.V?
- Were the cows grazing in the grassland?
- Was the teacher punishing the students?
- Were they playing cricket in the ground?
- Was her mother cooking food?
- Was the girl playing with her toys?
- Was he attending the meeting?
WH Sentences: –
| Sr. No | Active | Passive |
Rules: -WH + was/were + s + v1 + ing +ob +? Negative: – WH +was/were + s + not + v1 + ing +ob +? | Rules: – WH + was/were + being + v3 + by + sb +? Negative: – WH + was/were +ob + not + being + v3 + by + sb+? | |
| 1. | वह क्या पढ़ रहा था? What was he reading? | उसके द्वारा क्या पढ़ा जा रहा था? What was being read by him? |
| 2. | वह कहाँ रह रही थी? Where was she living? | उसके द्वारा कहाँ रहा जा रहा था? Where was being lived by her? |
| 3. | वह खाना कब बना रहा था? When was she cooking food? | खाना उसके द्वारा कब बनाया जा रहा था? When was the food being cooked by him? |
| 4. | वह कल क्या पढ़ रही थी? What was she reading yesterday? | उसके द्वारा कल क्या पढ़ा जा रहा था? What was being read by her yesterday? |
| 5. | विद्यार्थी क्रिकेट कहाँ खेल रहे थे? Where were the student playing cricket? | विद्यार्थी द्वारा क्रिकेट कहाँ खेला जा रहा था? Where was the cricket being played by the students? |
| 6. | तुम क्यों नहीं कोशिश कर रहे थे? Why was you not doing efforts? | तुम्हारे द्वारा कोशिश क्यों नहीं की जा रही थी? Why weren’t efforts being done by you? |
| 7. | तुम किस तरह से कपड़े नहीं धो रहे थे? In what way wasn’t you washing the clothes? | किस तरह से कपड़े तुम्हारे द्वारा नहीं धोए जा रहे थे? In what way weren’t the clothes washed by you? |
| 8. | तुम क्यों नहीं कंप्यूटर इस्तेमाल कर रहे थे? Why weren’t you using the computer? | कंप्यूटर तुम्हारे द्वारा क्यों नहीं इस्तेमाल किया जा रहा था? Why wasn’t the computer being used by you? |
| 9. | उस समय वह कैसे समय बर्बाद नहीं कर रहा था? At that time how wasn’t he wasting time? | उस समय उस द्वारा समय कैसे नहीं बर्बाद किया जा रहा था? At that time how wasn’t time being wasted by him? |
| 10. | वह किस प्रयोगशाला में नया प्रयोग नहीं कर रहा था? In which laboratory wasn’t he doing new experiment? | किस प्रयोगशाला में उस द्वारा नया प्रयोग नहीं किया जा रहा था? In which laboratory new experiment wasn’t being done by him? |
Practice Examples: –
- What was she cooking in the kitchen?
- Where were they eating food?
- Why were we making a noise?
- How was he making fun of him?
- Whom were you calling?
- How weren’t they dancing?
- What wasn’t she doing for their comfort?
- Why wasn’t he attending his interview?
- Who wasn’t playing football with my dog?
- Which company wasn’t hiring new employees?
Interrogative + Negative Sentences: –
| Sr. No | Active | Passive |
Rules: – Was/ Were + s + not + v1 + ing +ob +? | Rules: – Was/ Were + ob + not + being + v1 + ing +by + sb +? | |
| 1. | क्या वह पढ़ाई नहीं कर रहा था? Wasn’t he doing study? | क्या पढ़ाई उसके द्वारा नहीं की जा रही थी? Wasn’t study being done by him? |
| 2. | क्या वह डरानी फ़िलम नहीं देख रहे थे? Weren’t they watching a horror movie? | क्या डरानी फ़िलम उनके द्वारा नहीं देखी जा रही थी? Wasn’t a horror movie watched by them? |
| 3. | क्या उसके अध्यापक उसको अंग्रेज़ी पढ़ाई नहीं करा रहे थे? Wasn’t his teacher teaching him English? | क्या अंग्रेज़ी उनको उनके अध्यापक द्वारा नहीं पढ़ाई जा रही थी? Wasn’t English being taught to him by his teacher? |
| 4. | क्या लड़कियाँ गिधा नहीं पा रही थी? Weren’t the girls doing dance? | क्या गिधा लड़कियाँ द्वारा नहीं पाया जा रहा था? Wasn’t dance being done by the girls? |
| 5. | क्या चुचें दाना नहीं चुग रहे थे? Weren’t the chicks pecking the grain? | क्या दाना चुचों द्वारा नहीं चुगा जा रहा था? Wasn’t the grain being pecked by the chicken? |
Practice Examples: –
- Wasn’t he doing his homework?
- Weren’t they watching a cricket match on TV?
- Wasn’t she baking a cake?
- Wasn’t her husband driving a car?
- Weren’t you taking a picture?
- Wasn’t her friend telling a lie?
- Weren’t they participating in dance competition?
- Wasn’t she ripping out a piece of paper?
- Wasn’t your father polishing his shoes?
- Weren’t they washing their clothes?