Passive voice in the past continuous & present continuous

Hi,

If I say "The tiger had been watching me for hours" And I want to put it in the passive voice. Is it:

"I had been being watched for hours"?? Sounds strange doesn't it?

And what's the passive voice of: "The tiger has been watching me for hours"?

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Originally Posted by bieasy

"I had been being watched for hours"?? Sounds strange doesn't it?

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Yes, it does. And so we usually say, "I had been watched..."

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And what's the passive voice of: "The tiger has been watching me for hours"?

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The same as in my previous answer, except that "had" becomes "have": "I have been watched..."

It's possible to do this, because in the active voice, we can change the sentences to "The tiger has/had watched me for hours" without changing the meaning.

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Originally Posted by bieasy

Hi,

If I say "The tiger had been watching me for hours" And I want to put it in the passive voice. Is it:

"I had been being watched for hours"?? Sounds strange doesn't it?

And what's the passive voice of: "The tiger has been watching me for hours"?

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What's grammatically possible, Bieasy, is semantically, something that would rarely occur.