Past Continuous Tense Passive Voice Exercises - Test 1

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• 1. The two men were suddenly conscious that they were being surrounded. (surround)
• 2. In an instant the speed increased, and I was being carried swiftly away in the opposite direction from the thing I loved. (carry)
• 3. And there, straight before me, I saw that an awful scene was being enacted. (enact)
• 4. The score is being settledwas being settledwas settled in a different fashion. (settle)
• 5. The terrible thing was being threwwas being throwwas being throwedwas being thrownwere being threw from the horse. (throw)

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• 6. But soon she could not help being attracted by the fact that she lookedwas being looked at and that her arrival had created some sort of sensation. (look)
• 7. He was being penetratedwas penetrate by a suspicion. (penetrate)
• 8. He felt that his strength was being exhaustedwas exhausted. (exhaust)
• 9. He knew that he was being entertainedwas entertained. (entertain)
• 10. A stranger would have thought she was being persuadewas being persuaded into something against her will. (persuade)
• 11. A railway is being buildwas being buildwas being buildedwas being builtwas build in our district. (build)
• 12. Apparatus was being bringed upwas being brought upwere being bringed upwere being brought up from below to be assembled. (bring up)
• 13. Not a word was being saidwas being saywas being sayed by anybody. (say)
• 14. It seemed that my face was being scorchedwas being scorhed with a flame. (scorch)
• 15. I stared back at him for a time, to see if the sense that he was being watchedwas being watching would not rouse him. (watch)

• 16. He mergedwas being mergedwas merged into the life of the moon. (merge)
• 17. Already he was being pickedwas picked as an expert. (pick)
• 18. One would think he was being persuedwas being pursuedwas being pursueded. (pursue)
• 19. It seemed as if an invisible cord was attached to him, and he was beingwas being pulled down the road. (pull)
• 20. He must not be allowed to know where the picture was being takenwas being took to. (take)

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