Passive voice future

1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE
CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN, HUMANAS Y
TECNOLOGÍAS
ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS
GRAMMAR VI
“PASSIVE VOICE – FUTURE TENSE”
RONALD MARROQUÍN
DARIO AMANCHA
2015 - 2016
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PASSIVE VOICE – FUTURE TENSE
[Thing receiving action] + Will + [be] + [past participle of
verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]

3. ACTIVE:
Subject + will/shall + first form of the verb + object
PASSIVE:
Object of the active sentence + will/shall + be + past
participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active
sentence
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4.  Active: I will write a letter.
Passive: A letter will be written by me.
 Active: She will help me.
Passive: I will be helped by her.
 Active: John will learn the lesson.
Passive: The lesson will be learnt by John.
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AFFIRMATIVE PASSIVE

5.  Active: She will not help us.
Passive: We will not be helped by her.
 Active: We will not visit the hill station this year.
Passive: The hill station will not be visited by us this year.
 Active: We shall not betray our country.
Passive: Our country shall not be betrayed by us.
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NEGATIVE PASSIVE

6.  Active: Will you help him?
Passive: Will he be helped by you?
 Active: Will you not help me?
Passive: Shall I not be helped by you?
 Active: Will they accept our invitation?
Passive: Will our invitation be accepted by them?
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INTERROGATIVE PASSIVE

7. EXERCISES

8.  The literary (judge) by a panel of
distinguished writers.
 It is estimated that millions of gallons
(yield) annually by the new oil wells.
 The new rocket (not launch)
until next year.
will be judged
will be yielded
will not be launched

9.  Those hospitals (not inaugurat)until
the end of spring.
 a new vaccine (discover) soon?
 his new book (publish) in two
weeks´ time?
 This child (taught )to have better
manners
will not be inaugurated
be discovered
be published
will be taught
Will
Will

10.  the kids (pick up) tomorrow?
 Those cookies (eat) by the birds.
 He (visit) by my friends tomorrow.
 A party (throw) by the coach on the
weekend.
 The city (destroy) by the next
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Will be picked up
will be eaten
will be visited
will be thrown
will be destroyed