Level 07 – Step 03 : The Passive Voice (Future and Introduction to Perfect Passive) (The story will be remembered. The tree will be planted tomorrow.)
/Level 07 – Step 03 : The Passive Voice (Future and Introduction to Perfect Passive) (The story will be remembered. The tree will be planted tomorrow.)
🚪 Let’s Begin
/🚪 Let’s Begin
🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn how to talk about things that will happen to someone or something, and how to show something will already be done in the future.
/🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn how to talk about things that will happen to someone or something, and how to show something will already be done in the future.
🐧Igupen: So the focus is still on the receiver, but for the future?
/🐧Igupen: So the focus is still on the receiver, but for the future?
🦉Professor Owl: Ho ho.
/🦉Professor Owl: Ho ho.
🦉Professor Owl: Exactly.
/🦉Professor Owl: Exactly.
🦉Professor Owl: We make the receiver the subject and use special forms with “will” and “will have” plus the past participle.
/🦉Professor Owl: We make the receiver the subject and use special forms with “will” and “will have” plus the past participle.
🦉Professor Owl: Listen to the examples and try to make your own future passive sentences.
/🦉Professor Owl: Listen to the examples and try to make your own future passive sentences.
📚 Lesson
/📚 Lesson
What are future passive and perfect passive?
/What are future passive and perfect passive?
Future passive (simple future): Use will + be + past participle to say something will happen to the subject.
/Future passive (simple future): Use will + be + past participle to say something will happen to the subject.
Structure: Subject + will be + past participle.
/Structure: Subject + will be + past participle.
Example: The tree will be planted tomorrow.
/Example: The tree will be planted tomorrow.
Future perfect passive (introduction): Use will have + been + past participle to show that by a certain time in the future, something will already be finished.
/Future perfect passive (introduction): Use will have + been + past participle to show that by a certain time in the future, something will already be finished.
Structure: Subject + will have been + past participle.
/Structure: Subject + will have been + past participle.
Example: The story will have been remembered by many by next year.
/Example: The story will have been remembered by many by next year.
Use the future passive when the doer is not important or when you want to emphasize the result or the receiver in the future.
/Use the future passive when the doer is not important or when you want to emphasize the result or the receiver in the future.
Remember regular and irregular past participles (plant → planted; remember → remembered; write → written).
/Remember regular and irregular past participles (plant → planted; remember → remembered; write → written).
Key difference: will be + past participle = action happening in the future; will have been + past participle = action completed before a future time.
/Key difference: will be + past participle = action happening in the future; will have been + past participle = action completed before a future time.
🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
/🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
Ask: When will the action happen and will it be finished by a certain time?
/Ask: When will the action happen and will it be finished by a certain time?
If you mean “sometime in the future,” use will be + past participle.
/If you mean “sometime in the future,” use will be + past participle.
If you mean “already finished by” a future time, use will have been + past participle.
/If you mean “already finished by” a future time, use will have been + past participle.
Quick checks inside the lesson
/Quick checks inside the lesson
The tree will be planted tomorrow → planting will happen tomorrow.
/The tree will be planted tomorrow → planting will happen tomorrow.
By next month, the house will have been cleaned → cleaning will be finished before next month arrives.
/By next month, the house will have been cleaned → cleaning will be finished before next month arrives.
🌼 Sample Sentences
/🌼 Sample Sentences
No.01 The story will be remembered.
/No.01 The story will be remembered.
No.02 The tree will be planted tomorrow.
/No.02 The tree will be planted tomorrow.
No.03 The letter will be sent this afternoon.
/No.03 The letter will be sent this afternoon.
No.04 The pictures will be taken next week.
/No.04 The pictures will be taken next week.
No.05 The new school will be opened in June.
/No.05 The new school will be opened in June.
No.06 By Friday, the homework will have been finished.
/No.06 By Friday, the homework will have been finished.
No.07 By next year, the bridge will have been completed.
/No.07 By next year, the bridge will have been completed.
No.08 The cake will be eaten at the party.
/No.08 The cake will be eaten at the party.
No.09 The room will be decorated for the festival.
/No.09 The room will be decorated for the festival.
No.10 The report will have been printed by Monday.
/No.10 The report will have been printed by Monday.
🎓 Practice exercises
/🎓 Practice exercises
Note: Think first, then check the answers.
/Note: Think first, then check the answers.
Q1: Change to future passive: People will build a new library.
/Q1: Change to future passive: People will build a new library.
Q2: Change to future passive: They will open the museum in May.
/Q2: Change to future passive: They will open the museum in May.
Q3: Fill in the blank (future passive): The invitation _____ be sent tomorrow. (will)
/Q3: Fill in the blank (future passive): The invitation _____ be sent tomorrow. (will)
Q4: Change to future perfect passive: Someone will finish the project by June.
/Q4: Change to future perfect passive: Someone will finish the project by June.
Q5: True or False: “The cake will be eaten at the party” focuses on who eats the cake.
/Q5: True or False: “The cake will be eaten at the party” focuses on who eats the cake.
Q6: Choose the correct future perfect passive: A) The work will have been completed by noon. B) The work will be completed have by noon.
/Q6: Choose the correct future perfect passive: A) The work will have been completed by noon. B) The work will be completed have by noon.
Q7: Fill in the blank (future perfect passive): By next week, the test results _____ have been announced. (will)
/Q7: Fill in the blank (future perfect passive): By next week, the test results _____ have been announced. (will)
Q8: Change to future passive: They will decorate the hall for the play.
/Q8: Change to future passive: They will decorate the hall for the play.
Q9: Fill in the blank with past participle: The letter will have been _____ by the time you arrive. (write)
/Q9: Fill in the blank with past participle: The letter will have been _____ by the time you arrive. (write)
Q10: Identify whether sentence is future passive or future perfect passive: The report will have been printed by Monday.
/Q10: Identify whether sentence is future passive or future perfect passive: The report will have been printed by Monday.
◆ Answers
/◆ Answers
A1: A new library will be built.
/A1: A new library will be built.
A2: The museum will be opened in May.
/A2: The museum will be opened in May.
A3: will → The invitation will be sent tomorrow.
/A3: will → The invitation will be sent tomorrow.
A4: The project will have been finished by June.
/A4: The project will have been finished by June.
A5: False — it focuses on the cake (the receiver), not who eats it.
/A5: False — it focuses on the cake (the receiver), not who eats it.
A6: A is correct: The work will have been completed by noon.
/A6: A is correct: The work will have been completed by noon.
A7: will → By next week, the test results will have been announced.
/A7: will → By next week, the test results will have been announced.
A8: The hall will be decorated for the play.
/A8: The hall will be decorated for the play.
A9: written → The letter will have been written by the time you arrive.
/A9: written → The letter will have been written by the time you arrive.
A10: Future perfect passive
/A10: Future perfect passive
🦉 Closing
/🦉 Closing
🦉Professor Owl: Excellent.
/🦉Professor Owl: Excellent.
🦉Professor Owl: Use will be + past participle for future events and will have been + past participle when something will already be finished by a future time.
/🦉Professor Owl: Use will be + past participle for future events and will have been + past participle when something will already be finished by a future time.
🐧Igupen: I’ll try writing sentences about things that will be done next week.
/🐧Igupen: I’ll try writing sentences about things that will be done next week.
🦉Professor Owl: Wonderful.
/🦉Professor Owl: Wonderful.
🦉Professor Owl: Practice with real plans and deadlines, and these future passive forms will soon feel natural.
/🦉Professor Owl: Practice with real plans and deadlines, and these future passive forms will soon feel natural.
