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FUTURE CONTINUOUS PASSIVE

STRUCTURES OF THE VERBAL PHRASE

TYPES STRUCTURES EXAMPLES

AFFIRMATIVE Will be/being/p.p.f.m.v The car will be being washed by

Roberto.

NEGATIVE Won’t be/ being/ p.p.f.m.v. The car won’t be being washed by
him.

INTERROGATIVE (yes/no) Will…be/being/v3 Will the car be being washed by

Roberto?

(wh) Wh-w/ Who will the car be being washed

Will…be/being/v3 by?

NOTE: After the preposition “by”, and instead of writing a personal pronoun for substituting
a name, we have to use the corresponding REFLEXIVE PRONOUN, which should be used
in PASSIVE VOICE.

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
PERSONAL REFLEXIVE
PRONOUNS PRONOUNS
I ME
YOU YOU
HE HIM
SHE HER
IT IT
WE US
YOU YOU
THEY THEM

ACTIVITE 1:
Write down 10 examples of using future continuous passive as the example given on the
chart.

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PRACTICING PASSIVE VOICE

1. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. (discover). SIMPLE PAST

PASSIVE AFFIRMATIVE

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2. Statements are being taken from all the witnesses at this moment. (take). PRESENTE

CONTINUOUS PASSIVE.

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3. Whales must be protected by an international ban on whaling. (must protect).

MODALS PRESENT PASSIVE.

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4. Both weddings will be catered by Good Taste. (cater). SIMPLE FUTURE PASSIVE.

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5. A Picasso was stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.(steal). SIMPLE PAST

PASSIVE.

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6. Is this washing machine made in Germany? (make). SIMPLE PRESENT PASSIVE

INTERROGATIVE.

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7. Tea is grown in China. (grow). SIMPLE PRESENT PASSIVE AFFIRMATIVE.

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8. When we reached the airport, we found that all the flights were canceled due to the

storm. (cancel). SIMPLE PAST PASSIVE AFFIRMATIVE.

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9. The fax won’t be sent until tomorrow morning. (not send). FUTURE SIMPLE

PASSIVE NEGATIVE.

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10. The soundtrack of a movie will be always added after the filming is finished. (is/add).

SIMPLE FUTURE PASSIVE AFFIRMATIVE.

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ACTIVITY 2:
As soon as you finish of completing the last sentences using the correct tense in passive voice,
write down another example on the line into your notebook.

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