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Green Level

Lesson Ten

The Present Continuous, Passive Voice

S + (be) + being + past participle

This tense is confusing because the verb "be" appears twice. This example uses the verb "tell" as the main verb: tell / told / told
Singular
Plural
I am being told
We are being told
You are being told
You are being told
He is being told
She is being told
They are being told
It is being told

This video offers additional help:

 

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1. The book is being read by the boy. (passive voice)

The boy is reading the book. (active voice)

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.)

3. Flowers are being grown in this garden. (passive voice)

I'm growing the flowers. (active voice)

 

4. This man is being kept in prison because he did something very bad.

(The state is keeping him in prison)

angry prisoner

5. Penguins living in the Antarctic are being threatened by global climate change.

penguin

6. She's being hugged by her brother. (passive voice)

Her brother is hugging her. (active voice)

 

Remember: The present continuous tense describes things that are happening now and in the future.

 

For a quick review on the present continuous tense go to this lesson in the blue level

 

Next: Lesson Eleven

 

 
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