Passive Voice 4 (Future tenses & modal verbs)

Let’s have a revision of the future tense.

Simple future tense: He _____ (draw) a picture tomorrow.

àHe will draw a picture tomorrow.

Future continuous tense: He _____ (draw) a picture at 8pm tomorrow.

àHe will be drawing a picture at 8pm tomorrow.

Future perfect tense: He _____ (draw) a picture before I come back.

àHe will have drawn a picture before I come back.

The form of the passive voice

The passive sentence is formed by:

i. changing the positions of the two nouns;

He will draw a picture.

A picture will be drawn by him.

ii. changing the verb into the perfect tense.

He will draw a picture.

A picture will be drawn by him.

iii. Adding the appropriate part of an auxiliary verb

Active sentences in the other tenses can also be changed into passive sentences in the same way:

Simple future tense I: He will draw a picture.

A picture will be drawn by him.

We also use ‘be going to’ to express a prediction.

Simple future tense II: He is going to draw a picture.

A picture is going to be drawn by him.

Future continuous tense: He will be drawing a picture at 8pm tonight.

A picture will be being drawn by him at 8pm tonight.

Future perfect tense: He will have drawn a picture before I come back.

A picture will have been drawn by him before I come back

Modal verbs:

Can à He can draw a picture.

A picture can be drawn by him.

Could à He could draw a picture.

A picture could be drawn by him.

Should à He should draw a picture.

A picture should be drawn by him.

Would à He would draw a picture.

A picture would be drawn by him.

Must à He must draw a picture.

A picture must be drawn by him.