Change the following from active to passive: The team will be revising the algorithms during the workshop.
- (a)The algorithms were being revised during the workshop.
- (b)The algorithms will be been revised during the workshop.
- (c)The algorithms will be revised during the workshop.
- (d)The algorithms will be being revised during the workshop.
Answer
Why
Correct — D. The active verb is will be revising: will be + -ing, the future continuous.
The passive keeps that tense and puts being before the past participle:
will be revising → will be being revised
The object, the algorithms, becomes the subject: "The algorithms will be being revised during the workshop" → option (d).
Why the others are wrong
- (a)The algorithms were being revised during the workshop. — were being revised is the past continuous passive. The active will be revising points to the future, so were changes the tense.
- (b)The algorithms will be been revised during the workshop. — will be been is not an English verb form. Been needs a form of have before it: will have been revised is the future perfect passive, a different tense.
- (c)The algorithms will be revised during the workshop. — will be revised is the simple future passive. Without being, the sense of an action in progress during the workshop — the continuous in will be revising — is lost.
Concept
In a voice change the tense stays fixed. The passive is a form of be in the active verb's tense, plus the past participle.
For a continuous tense, being comes before the past participle:
is revising → is being revised
was revising → was being revised
will be revising → will be being revised
Will be being revised sounds heavy, but a voice-change item asks you to keep the tense, and that rules out the lighter will be revised.
All four options drop 'by the team', so the agent is not what this item tests.
Key facts
- Passive = be, in the tense of the active verb, + past participle.
- Future continuous passive: will be being + past participle (will be being revised).
- Future perfect passive: will have been + past participle (will have been revised).
Study next
Common traps
- Choosing will be revised because it sounds lighter, and losing the continuous tense
- Accepting will be been — been needs a form of have before it (has been, will have been)
Here the future continuous is given in the active and the passive is asked for.
The same conversion is keyed at 19 Sep 2025, 16:00, English Q.11: "They will be delivering the parcels" becomes The parcels will be being delivered, keyed (a).
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.