Welcome back to camera-angle school! Today, we are pointing our lens forward to look at The Future Time (Tomorrow).
Remember: We use the passive voice when we want our camera to look at the object that receives the action, instead of the person who does it.
When we do this in the future tense, we are talking about upcoming plans, official schedules, goals, promises, or future predictions.
🛠️ 1. The Future Blueprint: How to Build It
Building a future passive sentence is the easiest level of all! Why? Because the helper words never change. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about one item or a million items—everyone uses the exact same future helper!
You just take the future helper block will be and pair it with your locked 3rd form action word!
📸 2. Active vs. Passive (Shifting the Focus)
Let’s see how our sentence focus flips to the object when we talk about plans for tomorrow, next week, or next year:
- Active Focus (The Cleaners): “The cleaning team will clean the classroom tonight.”
- Passive Focus (The Room): “The classroom will be cleaned tonight.” (The cleaners will do the work, but the shiny, clean room is the star of our shot!).
- Active Focus (The Mail Carrier): “The post office will deliver your new shoes on Friday.”
- Passive Focus (The Package): “Your new shoes will be delivered on Friday.” (Focusing completely on the arrival of your awesome package!).
📊 3. Quick Summary Table
Let’s look at how common future plans turn into future passive sentences:
| The Object | Future Helper | The Locked 3rd Verb | Complete Future Passive Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| The new road (One) | will be | built | “The new road will be built next year.” |
| All your emails (Many) | will be | answered | “All your emails will be answered soon.” |
| The championship game (One) | will be | played | “The game will be played on Sunday.” |
🎈 4. A Creative Story: The Grand Opening Party
Let’s see how two event planners, Lily and Jack, use the future passive voice naturally while setting up a massive stage for a giant music festival opening tomorrow.
Lily: “Phew, we have so much work to do before tomorrow morning. Jack, give me the checklist!”
Jack: “Don’t worry, Lily. Everything is on schedule. Look at the main stage. The massive speakers will be set up by 4:00 PM today.” (Future plan passive → will be set up)
Lily: “Great. What about the food zone? People are going to be so hungry.”
Jack: “The food trucks are arriving tonight. Thousands of delicious burgers will be cooked right over there tomorrow.” (Future event passive → will be cooked)
Lily: “Perfect. And the tickets? We have a huge crowd waiting at the gates.”
Jack: “The gates open at 8:00 AM. Digital passes will be scanned quickly at the entrance, and free festival t-shirts will be given to the first 500 guests!” (Future schedule passive → will be scanned / will be given)
Lily: “Wow, Jack! This festival is going to be amazing. Everything will be prepared perfectly before the music starts!” (Future promise passive → will be prepared).