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
2. PASSIVE VOICE – FUTURE TENSE
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and
the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use
the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should
be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the
action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.
[Thing receiving action] + Will + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing
action]
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
Changing an affirmative sentence into the 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.
Changing a negative sentence into the 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.
3. Active: We shall not betray our country.
Passive: Our country shall not be betrayed by us.
Changing an Interrogative sentence into the 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?
![PASSIVE VOICE – FUTURE TENSE
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and
the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use
the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should
be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the
action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.
[Thing receiving action] + Will + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing
action]
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
Changing an affirmative sentence into the 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.
Changing a negative sentence into the 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.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)