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]

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 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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 AFFIRMATIVE PASSIVE

 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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 NEGATIVE PASSIVE

 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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 INTERROGATIVE PASSIVE

 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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EXERCISES
 will be judged
 The literary (judge) by a panel of
distinguished writers.

 It is estimated that millions of gallons

will be yielded (yield) annually by the new oil wells.

 The new rocket will not be launched (not launch)

until next year.
 will not be inaugurated
 Those hospitals (not inaugurat)until
the end of spring.

Will be discovered
 a new vaccine (discover) soon?

Will be published
 his new book (publish) in two
weeks´ time?

will be taught
 This child (taught )to have better
manners
 Will the kids be picked up (pick up) tomorrow?

 Those cookies will be eaten (eat) by the birds.

 He will be visited (visit) by my friends tomorrow.

 A party will be thrown (throw) by the coach on the

weekend.

 The city will be destroyed (destroy) by the next

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