Question

A strange man was watching us. change into passive voice. simple past or present​

Answer 1

Answer:

Passive voice- We were being watched by a strange man.

Simple Past- A strange man watched us.

Simple Present- A strange man watches us.

Answer 2

The passive voice of the sentence is " We were being watched by a strange man".

The sentence in the simple present tense is "A strange man watches us".

The sentence in the simple past tense is " A strange watched us".

Notes:

• The active voice form will change into passive voice form just by interchanging the positions of the subject and the object.
• In the sentence, the "strange man" is the subject and that is interchanged and will become the object for the passive voice form. This means the subject 'us' will be the starter of the sentence.
• Now, 'us' will convert to third person plural and become 'we' and hence, the verb used will be were and not was. Later the tense of the sentence is balanced by adding 'being' in the passive voice.
• Lastly, by will be added before our subject turned object "the strange man".
• For tenses, the simple present tense form will have the verb in 's' or 'es' form. So the main verb 'was watching' changes to watches in the simple present tense.
• Similarly, in the simple past tense, only the 'ed' form of the verb (that is watched) is added to the sentence.

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