The passive with by and the agentAdding by plus the doer when it is worth mentioning.Related learning areasEnglish GrammarRelated conceptsas … as for saying things are the sameAuxiliary verbs in short answersbe going to — plans and intentionsbe going to — predictions from present evidenceChoosing between present, past, and future verb formsComparative adjectivesComes afterThe present simple passiveQuestionsAll questions in this subjectStart learningStart free practice