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be done / been done / being done — Passive 2“passive with other forms · will/can/must + be done · have/has/had been done · is/was being done” — 44 interactive questions
📖 Grammar Reference — be done / been done / being done — Passive 2
Study the notes, then work through the six exercises.
A Passive again — but with be / been / being
A passive is always some form of be + past participle. In Unit 42 you saw is done and was done. Now we add a tense or a modal in front, and the word be changes to been or being:
💡 The word in front tells you which to use: will/can/must → be · have/has/had → been · is/are/was/were → being.
B be done — after a modal or will
After will, can, could, must, should, have to, going to… the passive is be + past participle. The verb be never changes here:
💡 Say be done, never been done or being done, after a modal.
C been done — present & past perfect
After have / has (present perfect) or had (past perfect), the passive is been + past participle. We use it for something already finished:
💡 have/has/had + been + V3. The result is what matters, not who did it.
D being done — and what to watch out for
After is / are / was / were, an action happening at that moment is being + past participle:
| It is being repaired. happening now | is been repaired ✗ |
| It has been repaired. already finished | has being repaired ✗ |
| It will be repaired. after a modal | will been repaired ✗ |
💡 Don’t swap them: being = in progress now · been = finished (with have/had) · be = after will/can/must.
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