Intermediate 📐 Grammar · #102 of 305

Passive Voice: Perfect and Future

Use will be / has been + pp.

Examples

  • The house will be sold.
  • It has been fixed.

Key rules

  • Present perfect passive: has/have been + past participle
  • Past perfect passive: had been + past participle
  • Future passive: will be + past participle
  • Continuous passive: is being / was being + past participle

Common mistakes

  • The report will be finish tomorrow → The report will be finished tomorrow
  • The road has built → The road has been built
💡 Tip: The word been is the key marker of perfect passives.
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Present Perfect Continuous

have been + -ing stresses duration up to now.

Past Perfect

had + past participle for an earlier past action.

Past Perfect Continuous

had been + -ing for duration before a past moment.

Future Continuous

will be + -ing for actions in progress at a future time.

Future Perfect

will have + past participle for completion before a future time.

Future Perfect Continuous

will have been + -ing for duration up to a future point.