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Yes, you can. Here are some examples:
Fred is cooking the dinner.
The dinner is being cooked by Fred.
John hasn't been painting the house for long.
The house hasn't been being painted by John for long.
The police were searching for the man for hours.
The man was being searched for by the police for hours.
The teacher had been teaching the kids for weeks and he still didn't know their names.
The kids had been being taught for weeks by the teacher and he still didn't know their names.
However, as you can see from my examples, just because something can be done in English doesn't mean it should be done. Generally avoid the passive unless you really need it. For example:
Someone stole my car last night.
My car was stolen last night.
Generally, we'd use the passive in the above sentence because we're more interested in the action and less interested in the person who did it (mainly because we don't know the person or, more probably in this case, we just don't care).
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Can we change 'used to' structure in to passive voice If yes so how If no why not?
Active voice is much better than passive voice in writing.
Who teaches you english change to passive voice?
He teaches us english- change the voice
Can you use the passive voice with non transitive verbs?
Good question and if you're thinking that it's not possible, you'd be absolutely correct and well done.
Change in to passive sita is a girl.?
This sentence can't be changed into a passive voice.
When did they hijack the plane the sentence change to passive voice?
you
Do it know change into passive voice?
Can it be changed into passive voice?
The hammer might have struck him change in to passive voice?
The hammer might have hit him to change into his passive voice.
English grammar active and passive voice change from active to passive he would have kept the present can you change it into passive?
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Can we change 'used to' structure in to passive voice If yes so how If no why not?
Active voice is much better than passive voice in writing.
Who teaches you english change to passive voice?
He teaches us english- change the voice
Can you use the passive voice with non transitive verbs?
Good question and if you're thinking that it's not possible, you'd be absolutely correct and well done.
Passive is to change and active is to what?
Passive is to change as active is to act. In passive voice, the subject of the sentence receives the action, while in active voice, the subject performs the action.
Is this passive or active voice there were five dollars?
This sentence is in passive voice. To change it to active voice, you could say "Five dollars were present."
Change in to passive sita is a girl.?
This sentence can't be changed into a passive voice.
If you have done it well what is the passive voice for this?
The passive voice for "I have done it well" is "It has been done well" or "It was done well."
Is 'He is a boy' passive voice?
No, "He is a boy" is not in passive voice. Passive voice involves rearranging the sentence to emphasize the receiver of the action rather than the doer, which would change the sentence to something like "The boy is being called."
How do you change passive voice into active voice?
To change passive voice to active voice, identify the object of the passive sentence and make it the subject of the active sentence. Then, identify the subject of the passive sentence and make it the object of the active sentence. Finally, rewrite the sentence using the active verb form. For example, "The book was read by John" (passive) can be changed to "John read the book" (active).
