Present Continuous Passive is used to express

Present Continuous Passive is used to express actions in progress at the present moment or in the present period. It is formed by means of the auxiliary verbto be in the Present Continuous and Past Participle (Participle II) of the notional verb.

I am he, she, it is we, you, they are being + Past Participle (V 3)

This tense is confusing because the verb "be" appears twice. This example uses the verb "tell" as the main verb: tell / told Singular Plural I am being told We are being told You are being told He is being told She is being told It is being told They are being told

1. The book is being readby the boy. (passive voice) The boy is reading the book. (active voice) 2. Pancakes are being made in the kitchen. (Who's making them? I don't need to say, but from the picture you can see it's the man. ) 3. Flowers are being grown in this garden. (passive voice) I'm growing the flowers. (active voice)

4. This man is being keptin prison because he did something very bad. (The state is keeping him in prison) 5. Penguins living in the Antarctic are being threatened by global climate change. 6. She's being hugged by her brother. (passive voice) Her brother is hugging her. (active voice)

Remember: The present continuous tense describes things that are happening now and in the future.

PAST CONTINUOUS PASSIVE Past Continuous Passive is used to express an action in progress at a definite moment in the past. It is formed by means of the auxiliary verb to be in the Past Continuous and Past Participle (Participle II) of the notional verb.

This tense is confusing because the verb "be" appears twice. This example uses the verb "teach" as the main verb: teach / taught Singular Plural I was being taught We were being taught You were being taught He was being taught She was being taught It was being taught They were being taught

1. The book was being read by the boy. (passive voice) The boy was reading the book. (past continuous tense, active voice) 2. Pancakes were being made in the kitchen. He was being helped by his wife. 3. Flowers were being grown in this garden. (passive voice) I was growing the flowers last year. (active voice)

4. This man was being heldin a prison because he did something very bad, but then he was released. 5. She was being huggedby her brother. (passive voice) Her brother was hugging her. (active voice)