Choose the correct Passive Voice for the sentence-
'He was driving the car.'
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → The car was being driven by him.
Passive of the past continuous:
| Change | Active | Passive | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object becomes subject | the car | The car | “The car” moves to the front. |
| Tense kept | was driving | was being driven | The past continuous stays, as was/were + being + past participle: “was driving” becomes “was being driven”. |
| Agent (by ...) | He | by him | The doer “he” goes to the end as by him. |
| Full sentence | He was driving the car. | The car was being driven by him. |
Example: The workers were painting the wall. → The wall was being painted by the workers.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The car was driven by him. — Incorrect. It drops "being", so it is the passive of the simple past ("He drove the car"), not of the past continuous.
Option 2: The car was driving him. — Incorrect. It is still active and makes the car the driver.
Option 3: The car was been driven by him. — Incorrect. "Was been" is not an English verb form. The continuous passive needs "being".
Contrast: "was being driven" is the passive of the past continuous. "Was driven" is the passive of the simple past.