My father keeps scolding me.

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Hi,

Please check if the passive version is correct.
My father keeps scolding me.
I am kept scolding by my father.
 
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No, there is no natural passive version for a sentence with "keeps doing" like that.
You can say, "I keep being scolded by my father".
 
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Or I keep getting scolded by my father.
 
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