The Present Continuous, Passive Voice
S + (be) + being +
past participle
book is being read by the boy. (passive
voice)
The boy is reading the book. (active voice)
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2. Pancakes are being made in the kitchen.
(Who's making them? I don't need to say, but from the picture
you can see it's the man.)
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3. Flowers are being grown in this garden. (passive voice)
I'm growing the flowers. (active voice)
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4. This man is being kept in prison because he did something
very bad.
(The state is keeping him in prison)
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5. Penguins living in the Antarctic are being threatened by global climate change.
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6. She's being hugged by her brother. (passive voice)
Her brother is hugging her. (active voice)
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Remember:
The present continuous tense describes things that are happening
now and in the future.
This
tense is confusing because the verb "be" appears
twice. This example uses the verb "tell" as the
main verb: tell / told / told
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Singular
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Plural
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I
am being told
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We
are being told
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You
are being told
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You
are being told
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He
is being told
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She
is being told
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They
are being told
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