use of passive voice

1. Passive Voice
1. Proposito de la voz pasiva
2. Estructura de los verbos pasivos
3. La voz pasiva en los tiempos verbales
4. Ejercicios

2. 1. Propósitos de Passive Voice
1. Cuando el sujeto que hace una accion no
se conose
Ex. The window was broken
2. Cuando la accion es más importante que el
que hace la accion.
Ex.- The salary will be increased in
September

3. 2. Estructura Passive Voice Verbs
Estructura sintactica
Activo ----------------------- Passivo
e.g. eats (presente) ------------- is eaten
i.e. verb ----------------------- be+participio
Somebody eats the apple
The apple is eaten ……
Somedody eats the apples
The apples are eaten

4. 3. Passive Voice in Tenses
3.1 Present Tenses
By using the verb ‘eat’,
Tenses Active Passive
Present - Simple -eats -is eaten
- continuous -is eating -is being eaten
- perfect -has eaten -has been eaten
- perfect continuous -has been eating -has been being eaten
Note: Los verbos en pasivo siempre termina con el participio

5. Be+Participio
• Is • Verbos regulares:
• Are • Played
• Am • Visited
• Was
• Were • Verbos Irregulares
• Be • Seen
• Been • Gone
• being • done

6. 3. Passive Voice con los
tiempos
3.2 Timpo Pasado
Ex. the verb ‘eat’,
Tenses Active Passive
Past - Simple -ate was eaten
- continuous -was eating was being eaten
- perfect -had eaten had been eaten
- perfect continuous -had been eating had been being eaten

7. 3. Passive Voice in Tenses
3.3 Future Tense
By using the verb ‘eat’,
Tense Active Passive
Future - Simple -will eat will be eaten
- continuous -will be eating will be being eaten
- perfect -will have eaten will have been eaten
- perfect continuous-will have been eating xxxxxxxxx

8. 4. Exercises
Example:
People speak Emglish in many countries
Compare: English is spoken in many countries.
Somebody/They pulled down the building last week.
Compare: The old building was pulled down (by then/somebody)last week.
We will hold a meeting tomorrow.
Compare: A meeting will be held tomorrow (by us).
* ( ) means optional.

9. Tense Subject Verb Object
Simple Active: Rita writes a letter.
Presen
t Passive: A letter is written by Rita.
Simple Active: Rita wrote a letter.
Past
Passive: A letter was written by Rita.
Presen Active: Rita has written a letter.
t
Perfec Passive: A letter has been written by Rita.
t
Future Active: Rita will write a letter.
I
Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.
Hilfsve Active: Rita can write a letter.
rben
Passive: A letter can be written by Rita.

10. Tense Subject Verb Object
Presen Active: Rita is writing a letter.
t
Passive: A letter is being written by Rita.
Progre
ssive
Past Active: Rita was writing a letter.
Progre
Passive: A letter was being written by Rita.
ssive
Past Active: Rita had written a letter.
Perfect
Passive: A letter had been written by Rita.
Future Active: Rita will have written a letter.
II
Passive: A letter will have been written by Rita.
Condit Active: Rita would write a letter.
ional I
Passive: A letter would be written by Rita.
Condit Active: Rita would have written a letter.
ional II
Passive: A letter would have been written by Rita.

11. Passive interrogativo
• Does Mary eat the apple?
• Is the apple eaten by Mary?
• Do the children break the windows?
• Are the windows broken by the children?
• Did William repair the car?
• Was the car repaired by William?

12. Passive negative
• Mary doesn’t eat the apple
• The apple isn’t eaten by Mary
• The children don’t break the windows
• The windows aren’t broken by the children
• William didn’t repair the car
• The car wasn’t repaired by William.

13. pronombres
• I • BY ME
• YOU • BY you
• He • By him
• She • By her
• It • By it
• They • By them
• we • By us

14. Exercise
1. Somebody cleans our classroom everyday.
2. Japan exported millions of cars last year.
3. Mr. Chan will feed his dog on canned food.

15. Our classroom is cleaned everyday
Millions of cars were exported from Japan last year.
Mr. Chan’s dog will be fed on canned food.

16. • Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
1. John collects money. – money is collected by john
2. Anna opened the window. - the window was opened by anna
3. We have done our homework. – our homework has been done
4. I will ask a question. - a question will be asked by me
5. He can cut out the picture. - the picture can be cut out by him
6. The sheep ate a lot. - a lot was eaten by the sheep
7. We do not clean our rooms. - our rooms aren´t cleaned by us
8. William will not repair the car. - the car will be not repaired by william
9. Did Sue draw this circle? - was this circle drawn by Sue?
10. Could you feed the dog? - could the dog be fed by you?