Question

Boys were playing football.
I went to the bank.​

Answer 1

Question:

The boys were playing football

To Find:

Change the voice

Answer:

Active Voice: The boys were playing football.

Passive Voice: Football was being played by the boys.

The given sentence is in Past continuous form. So, the structure is as follows.

Structure:

Object + was /were + being + V3 + Subject

Rules -

Exchange the places of the subject and object. While converting a sentence from active to passive we should convert the main verb into its past participle which is also known as the third form of a verb. We should always use the word "by" in the passive sentence.

Answer 2

Boys were playing football. I went to the bank.

• Lets explain what kind of sentences these are.
• Both are examples of 'Past Continuous' and 'Simple Past' tense.
• These are simple and Assertive sentences.
• They can be turned into 'Passive Voices'. And they are : Football was being played by boys, The bank was gone by me.
• Both have a 'finite verb', so they are simple sentences and they asserts that 'boys were playing football' and 'I went to the bank', so they are also Assertive Sentences.