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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Is being taken

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BBC Learning English - Course: News Review / Unit 11 / Session 114 / Activity 1
Is "being taken" a present progressive passive?
Please explain the use of the present continuous passive "being taken..."
  

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Jigneshbharati Is "being taken" a present progressive passive? Yes, but you need to include is as well: is being taken. Like continuous/progressive tenses in the active voice, it is used to describe an action that is taking place right now.

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JigneshbharatiIs "being taken" a present progressive passive?

Yes, but you need to include is as well: is being taken. Like continuous/progressive tenses in the active voice, it is used to describe an action that is taking place right now.

We are building the bridge. The bridge is being built.

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