Active: Someone is calling
the case „the chocolate connection‟.
Passive: The case is being called the chocolate connection. present
continuous form of be + past participle Eastwood, 1994: 135
Past Continuous tense is used to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the Simple
Past. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time. Below is the sample of Past Continuous Tense either in active of passive
form.
Active: Detectives were questioning three men last night. Passive: Three men were being questioned by detectives last night.
present continuous form of be + past participle Eastwood, 1994: 135.
2.3.1.1.4 Will and be going to
Simple Future has two different forms in English: will and be going to. Will often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily. A
voluntary action is one the speaker offers to do for someone else. Often, will is used to respond to someone elses complaint or request for help.
“Be going to expresses that something is a plan. It expresses the idea that a person
intends to do something in the future. It does not matter whether the plan is realistic or not. Below are the samples of future tense in active and passive.
Active: Someone will destroy the drugs. Passive: The drugs will be destroyed. future form of be + past
participle Eastwood, 1994: 135.
Active: Someone is going to charge the men with importing cocaine.
Passive: The men are going to be charged with importing cocaine.
future form of be + past participle Eastwood, 1994: 135.
2.3.1.2 Negative and interrogative form
Negatives and questions are formed in the same way as in active sentences. In the negative not comes after the first auxiliary; in questions there is inversion of
subject and first auxiliary.
Negative: The drugs were not found by customs officers. The law hasnt been changed.
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