5.3 Present Continuous Passive

Present continuous passive is used to talk about some ongoing actions performed at the moment of speaking or around it.

 

Nick’s order is being delivered to the nearest store.

 

Our dinner is being cooked as we speak.

 

Visitors are being checked in at the hotel.

 

To make statements with the present continuous passive, use:

 

am/is/are + being + the past participle form of the verb

 

Singular Plural
I am being taught

You are being taught

He/she/it is being taught

We are being taught

You are being taught

They are being taught

 

My car is at the garage, it is being repaired.

 

What houses are being built opposite the park?

 

The work is not being performed at the moment because the customer did not pay in time.