BE + being + PAST PARTICIPLE – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Grammar Profile, there are two B1 passive grammar points that overlap to some degree.
point 7 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as:
PRESENT CONTINUOUS, AFFIRMATIVE limited range of verbs
point 9 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as:
PRESENT CONTINUOUS, FUTURE REFERENCE
There are no examples of this grammar in the TLC for B1 students.
TLC SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE:
The girl’s side has to give something to the boy’s side
when the girl is being sent to her in-laws.
female India B2
EXPERT EXAMPLE:
*Note there is a B2 passive continuous point that includes ‘wide range of verbs’
A search in iWeb for:
_VB being _V*N
1 IS BEING USED 45692 2 ARE BEING USED 25233
3 IS BEING HELD 21127
4 IS BEING DONE 18585 5 IS BEING MADE 14675 6 ARE BEING MADE 14364 7 IS BEING DEVELOPED 8243 8 ARE BEING ASKED 7920 (removed ‘was’)
10 ARE BEING HELD 7355
11 IS BEING BUILT 7186 12 IS BEING OFFERED 6616 13 IS BEING SOLD 6535
14 ARE BEING DEVELOPED 6398
16 ARE BEING TAKEN 6082 17 IS BEING SAID 5793 18 ARE BEING TREATED 5682 19 IS BEING TAKEN 5660 20 ARE BEING OFFERED 5567 21 ARE BEING SOLD 5154 22 IS BEING TREATED 5083 23 IS BEING CONDUCTED 4674 24 IS BEING SENT 4639 25 IS BEING PROTECTED 4624 26 ARE BEING MET 4606 27 IS BEING CONSIDERED 4529 28 IS BEING INVESTIGATED 4471 29 ARE BEING FORCED 4417
30 ARE BEING BUILT 4136
31 IS BEING RELEASED 3905 32 IS BEING DRIVEN 3835 33 IS BEING CARRIED 3826 34 IS BEING PLAYED 3793 35 WERE BEING USED 3779 36 IS BEING CREATED 3747
37 IS BEING CALLED 3737
38 WAS BEING DONE 3732 39 ARE BEING SENT 3723 40 IS BEING PUT 3710 41 IS BEING RUN 3698 42 ARE BEING TOLD 3670 43 ARE BEING PAID 3657 44 IS BEING ASKED 3592
45 ARE BEING ADDED 3574
46 IS BEING GIVEN 3490 47 IS BEING PAID 3372 48 IS BEING PROVIDED 3357 49 IS BEING PRODUCED 3321
50 ARE BEING CONSIDERED 3317
A2:
added, built, called, held, offered, sold
_VB being _V*N * _NNT
We removed time phrases that are clearly not in the future.
4 IS BEING HELD THIS YEAR 56
5 IS BEING HELD THIS WEEKEND 54
6 IS BEING HELD THIS WEEK 48
10 IS BEING RELEASED THIS WEEK 35
13 IS BEING CELEBRATED THIS YEAR 28
16 IS BEING RELEASED THIS MONTH 24
21 ARE BEING HELD THIS WEEK 19
23 IS BEING LAUNCHED THIS WEEK 19
31 ARE BEING RELEASED THIS YEAR 15 32 ARE BEING PUBLISHED THIS WEEK 15 33 IS BEING LAUNCHED THIS YEAR 15 34 IS BEING RELEASED NEXT WEEK 15
35 IS BEING PUBLISHED THIS MONTH 15
38 ARE BEING OFFERED THIS YEAR 14
48 IS BEING CELEBRATED THIS WEEK 12 49 IS BEING HOSTED THIS YEAR 12
50 IS BEING HELD NEXT WEEK 11
A2:
held, offered
B1:
celebrated, published