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The object from the active sentence goes to the subject position in the passive (only it is not called the subject in the passive sentence) eg

You

The verb form for passive is be + past participle. In this example ( present continuous) it is not as straight forward as present simple or past simple but the verb phrase becomes

are being watched.

You are being watched

The subject of the active sentence is called the agent in a passive sentence and can be left out of the passive sentence if you want. If you want to add the agent then you use by + agent:

You are being watched by the teacher

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