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Was done (past simple passive) refers to a completed past action with no connection to now: The house was built in 1981. Has been done (present perfect passive) connects a past action to the present: Have you heard? The trip has been cancelled. (the cancellation affects us now). The choice mirrors the active: I did it vs I have done it.

Was done (passif au passé simple) renvoie à une action passée accomplie sans lien avec le présent : The house was built in 1981. Has been done (passif au present perfect) relie une action passée au présent : Have you heard? The trip has been cancelled. (l'annulation nous affecte maintenant). Le choix est le même qu'à l'actif : I did it vs I have done it.

The continuous passive is be + being + past participle. The active continuous is am/is/are cleaning. To make it passive, the object becomes the subject, and we replace the active -ing verb with being + past participle: Somebody is cleaning the room → The room is being cleaned. The word being is the passive form of the -ing marker.

Le passif continu est be + being + participe passé. Le continu actif est am/is/are cleaning. Pour le mettre au passif, le complément devient le sujet et on remplace le verbe actif en -ing par being + participe passé : Somebody is cleaning the room → The room is being cleaned.

Must be done = passive infinitive, referring to the present or future: Something must be done now. Must have been done = perfect passive infinitive, referring to the past: This room is clean — it must have been cleaned this morning. The pattern applies to all modals: should be done / should have been done, might be done / might have been done, etc.

Must be done = infinitif passif, renvoie au présent ou futur : Something must be done now. Must have been done = infinitif parfait passif, renvoie au passé : This room is clean — it must have been cleaned this morning. Le schéma s'applique à tous les modaux : should be done / should have been done, might be done / might have been done, etc.

Yes. Going to be + past participle is the passive form of going to + verb. It expresses a planned or intended future action in the passive: A new supermarket is going to be built next year. Compare the active: They are going to build a new supermarket next year.

Oui. Going to be + participe passé est la forme passive de going to + verbe. Elle exprime une action future planifiée ou prévue au passif : A new supermarket is going to be built next year. Comparez avec l'actif : They are going to build a new supermarket next year.

Seem is followed by to + infinitive. When referring to something that happened in the past, we use the perfect infinitive: They seem to have solved the problem. (active) → The problem seems to have been solved. (passive). The passive perfect infinitive to have been + past participle signals that the event happened before the moment of speaking.

Seem est suivi de to + infinitif. Pour renvoyer à quelque chose qui s'est passé dans le passé, on utilise l'infinitif parfait : They seem to have solved the problem. (actif) → The problem seems to have been solved. (passif). L'infinitif parfait passif to have been + participe passé indique que l'événement a eu lieu avant le moment où l'on parle.