Using "continue" in passive for or active form?

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honeyhoney

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Which one is right?

Genociding people was still continuing.
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Genociding people was still being continued.
 

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'Genocide' is not a verb. Neither sentence is possible.
 
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Genocide is a noun. Try to construct your sentence again.
 

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Mass killing was still continuing.
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Mass killing was still being continued.
 

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Why did you not continue with "genocide"? Note that "mass killing" is not necessarily the same as "genocide".
 

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I don't know how I can use '"genocide" in a sentence!
 

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[The] genocide continues.
[The] genocide is still happening.
 
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