Passive voice in the past continuous & present continuous

[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"?

[rewboss]

Originally Posted by bieasy

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

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

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

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.

[riverkid]

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"?

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