Voz Pasiva - Future in Past

El tiempo "Future in Past" de la voz pasiva responde a la pregunta: "What was going to be done?" = ¿Qué se iba a hacer? o "What was going to be being done?" = ¿Qué se iba a estar haciendo?

Tenses - Continuous Tenses

What was going to be done? - ¿Qué se iba a hacer?

A house was going to be built.

Se iba a construir una casa / Una casa iba a ser construida

  • The soldiers thought they were going to be ambushed that night.

    • Los soldados pensaban que ellos iban a ser emboscados esa noche.

  • It was believed that a ditch was going to be dug along the road.

    • Se creía que una zanja iba a ser cavada a lo largo del camino.

  • The store was not going to be closed before 8:00 p.m.

    • La tienda no iba a estar cerrada antes de las 8:00 p.m.

  • This incident was not going to be easily forgotten.

    • Este incidente no iba a ser fácilmente olvidado.

  • Was a new song going to be recorded?

    • ¿Iba una nueva canción a ser grabada?

  • Were the parcels going to be sent yesterday?

    • ¿Iban los paquetes a ser enviados ayer?

  • I thought that a test pilot was going to be told to fly the plane.

    • Pensé que se le iba a decir a un piloto de pruebas que volara el avión.

  • At first, the guests were going to be offered to choose their rooms.

    • Al principio se les iba a ofrecer a los huéspedes que elijan sus cuartos.

What was going to be being done? - ¿Qué se iba a estar haciendo?

A house was going to be being built.

Se va iba a estar construyendo una casa / Una casa iba a estar siendo construida

  • I thought this wall was going to be being painted by someone else, not by me.

    • Pensé que este muro iba a estar siendo pintado por otra persona, no por mí.

  • They didn't get into the room because they thought that it was going to be being used by the managers of the company.

    • No entraron a la sala porque pensaron que iba a estar siendo usada por los gerentes de la firma.