Passive voice · CEFR B2 · Confident
Future passive — English passive voice
The future passive, and the standard sentence of every office announcement.
The shape
will be + third form · is going to be + third form
Say something will be done, without naming who does it.
In Hindi
भविष्य का passive — दफ़्तर की हर सूचना का यही वाक्य होता है।
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The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
The results will announce tomorrow. | The results will be announced tomorrow. Results do not announce — they are announced, so the sentence needs "be". |
Learn these first
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
- Active vs PassiveB2Talk about what was done without saying who did it
- Future: willA2Promise, offer and decide on the spot
Questions people ask
- What is the future passive used for?
- The future passive, and the standard sentence of every office announcement. In practice: say something will be done, without naming who does it.
- How do you form the future passive?
- will be + third form · is going to be + third form.
- What is the most common mistake with the future passive?
- Saying “The results will announce tomorrow.” instead of “The results will be announced tomorrow.”. Results do not announce — they are announced, so the sentence needs "be".
Where future passive fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Future passive is a CEFR B2 structure — the confident band — and it belongs to passive voice. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
Reading it is not the same as saying it.
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