In English grammar, the present perfect continuous tense can be changed from active voice to passive voice. Certainly! Here’s a guide on how to change sentences from active to passive voice in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
Structure 1:
Positive Form
Active Voice Structure:
Subject + have/has + been + verb + ing + Object + Remaining Part of the sentence (If have).
(“Has” is used in third person singular such he, she, it or someone name)
To change the voice from active to passive voice, structure of passive voice should be,
Passive Voice Structure:
Subject form of the Object (Active Voice) + have/has + been + being + past participle form of the verb + by + object form of the subject (Active Voice) + Remaining part of the sentence (if have)
Example:
- Active Voice: I have been reading a story for two hours.
Passive Voice: A story has been being read by me for two hours.
- Active Voice: They have been arranging a meeting since morning.
Passive Voice: A meeting has been being arranged by them since morning.
- Active Voice: He has not been working this task since morning.
Passive Voice: This task has not been being worked by him since morning.
Structure 2:
Negative Form
Active Voice Structure:
Subject + have/has + not + been + verb + ing + Object + adverb + Remaining Part of the sentence (If have).
(“Has” is used in third person singular such he, she, it or someone name)
To change the voice from active to passive voice, structure of passive voice should be,
Passive Voice Structure:
Subject form of the Object (Active Voice) + has/have not + been + being + past participle form of the verb + by + object form of the subject (Active Voice) + adverb (if have) + Remaining part of the sentence (if have)
Example:
- Active Voice: I have not been working it since morning.
Passive Voice: It has not been being worked by me since morning.
- Active Voice: He has not been receiving this data for three hours.
Passive Voice: This data has not been being received by him for three hours.
Structure 3:
Active Voice Structure:
Have/Has/Have not/Has not + subject + been + verb + ing + Object + Remaining Part of the sentence (If have)?
(Note: Has is used in third person such as he, she, it, things or someone name)
To change the voice from active to passive voice, structure of passive voice should be,
Passive Voice Structure:
Have/Has not + Subject form of the Object (Active Voice) + been + being + past participle form of the verb + by + object form of the subject (Active Voice) + Remaining part of the sentence (if have)?
(Note: Has is used in third person such as he, she, it, things or someone name)
Example:
- Active Voice: Have you been engaging this work for two hours?
Passive Voice: Has this work been being engaged by you for two hours?
- Active Voice: Has he been reading this novel since morning?
Passive Voice: Has this novel been being read by him since morning?
- Active Voice: Have not they been receiving the test data since morning?
Passive Voice: Has not the test been received by them since morning?
- Active Voice: Has not he been doing this for two hours?
Passive Voice: Has not this been being done by him for two hours?
Structure 4:
Active Voice Structure:
Wh Word (What/Who/Which etc.) + have/has/have not/has not + subject + been + verb + ing + Object + Remaining Part of the sentence (If have)?
(Note: Has is used in third person such as he, she, it, things or someone name)
To change the voice from active to passive voice, structure of passive voice should be,
Passive Voice Structure:
Wh Word (What/Who/Which etc.) + have/has/have not/has not + Subject form of the Object (Active Voice) + been + being + past participle form of the verb + by + object form of the subject (Active Voice) + Remaining part of the sentence (if have)?
Example:
- Active Voice: How have they been doing this project for two hours?
Passive Voice: How has this project been being done by them for two hours?
- Active Voice: What have they been completing this submission since morning?
Passive Voice: What has this submission been being completed by them since morning?
- Active Voice: Why have not you been reading this book for an hour?
Passive Voice: Why has not this book been being read by you for an hour?
- Active Voice: What have not they been finding any information for two hours?
Passive Voice: What has not any information been being found by them for two hours?
Structure 5:
Active Voice Structure:
Wh Word (What/Who/Which etc.) + Noun + Preposition + Noun + have/has/have not/has not + subject + been + verb + ing + Object + Remaining Part of the sentence (If have)?
(Note: Has is used in third person such as he, she, it, things or someone name)
To change the voice from active to passive voice, structure of passive voice should be,
Passive Voice Structure:
Wh Word (What/Who/Which etc.) + Noun + Preposition + Noun + have/has/have not/has not + adverb + Subject form of the Object (Active Voice) + been + being + past participle form of the verb + by + object form of the subject (Active Voice) + Remaining part of the sentence (if have)?
Example:
- Active Voice: Which kind of tools have you been selecting since morning?
Passive Voice: What kind of tools have been being selected by you since morning?
- Active Voice: What types of foods have you been buying for an hour?
Passive Voice: What types of foods have been being bought by you?
- Active Voice: Which types of foods has not he been choosing for an hour?
Passive Voice: Which types of foods has not been being chosen by him for an hour?
Structure 6:
Active Voice Structure:
Wh Word (What/Who/Which etc.) + have/has/have not/has not + been + verb + ing + Object + Remaining Part of the sentence (If have)?
(Note: Has is used in third person such as he, she, it, things or someone name. Sometime adverb is used in the end of the negative sentence)
To change the voice from active to passive voice, structure of passive voice should be,
Passive Voice Structure:
By whom + have/has/have not/has not + Subject form of the Object (Active Voice) + been + being + past participle form of the verb + Remaining part of the sentence (if have)?
Example:
- Active Voice: Who has been doing this project for two hours?
Passive Voice: By whom has this project been being done for two hours?
- Active Voice: Who have been working this construction for an hour?
Passive Voice: By whom has this construction been being completed for an hour?
- Active Voice: Who has not been listening this audio clip since morning?
Passive Voice: By whom has not been being listened this audio clip since morning?
Structure 7:
Active Voice Structure:
Wh Word (What/Who/Which etc.) + have/has/have not/has not + object + been + verb + ing + Remaining Part of the sentence (If have)?
To change the voice from active to passive voice, structure of passive voice should be,
Passive Voice Structure:
Who + have/has/have not/has not + been + being + past participle form of the verb + by + Subject form of the Object (Active Voice) + Remaining part of the sentence (if have)?
Example:
- Active Voice: Whom has this data been assigning since morning?
Passive Voice: Who has been being assigned by this data since morning?
- Active Voice: Whom have they been teaching for an hour?
Passive Voice: Who has been being taught by them for an hour?
- Active Voice: Whom has not she been arranging for a online meeting since morning?
Passive Voice: Who has not been being arranged by her for a online meeting since morning?
We hope this structure will be helpful to change the voice from active to passive voice in present perfect continuous tense. To improve your skill, you must practice it to change this type of voice.
