The document discusses the formation and use of the passive voice in Spanish and English. It explains that the passive voice is formed similarly in both languages using auxiliary verbs. The direct object of an active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence, and the subject becomes an agent introduced by "by". Examples are provided of transforming sentences between active and passive voice in various tenses in both Spanish and English.
2. Uso de la voz pasiva:
La voz pasiva se forma igual que en español pero
su uso es más frecuente en inglés.
En ambos idiomas encontramos verbos auxiliares.
El objeto directo de la activa pasa a ser el sujeto
de la pasiva y el sujeto de la pasiva pasa a
complemento agente que es el que realiza la
acción y la acción está hecha por /by este
agente.
3. Como se forma la pasiva:
Afirmativa: Se forma con el verbo To
be + el participio del verbo principal.
Negativo: Basta con añadir a lo anterior
not (n´t) al verbo To be.
Interrogativa: El orden es To be +
sujeto + el participio.
4. Transformación de pasiva a activa:
A.= activa.
P.=pasiva.
Present simple: A. Isaac plays many matches. //P. Many matches are
played by Isaac.
Present continuous: A. Isaac is playing many matches.//P. Many
matches are being played by Isaac.
Past simple: A. Isaac played many matches.//P. Many matches were
played by Isaac.
Past continuous: A. He was playing many matches.// P. Many matches
were being played by Isaac.
Present perfect simple: A. He has played many matches. // P. Many
matches had been played by he.
Past perfect simple: A. Isaac had played many matches. //P. Many
matches has been played by Isaac.
5. Transformación de pasiva a activa:
Future simple: A. Isaac will play many matches.// P. Many matches will
be played by Isaac.
Modals: A. Isaac should play many matches.// P. Many matches shlould
be played by Isaac.
Modals perfect: A. Isaac must have played many matches. // P. Many
matches must have been played by Isaac.
Have to: A. Isaac has to play many matches. // P. Many matches has
to be played by Isaac.
Be going to: A. Isaac is going to play many matches.// P. Many
matches are going to be played by Isaac.
6. Ejemplos de activas a pasivas:
Active: She ate all of the biscuits.// Pasive: All of the biscuits were
eaten by she.
Active: My mother will cook meat.// Pasive: Meat will be cooked by
my mother.
Active: Ana is swimming on mondays.// Pasive: Mondays is being swum
by Ana.
Active: Pepín was playing many games.// Pasive: Many games was being
played by Pepín.
Active: Peter has drunk the bottles.// Pasive: The bottles has been
drunk by Peter.
7. Ejemplos de activas a pasivas:
Active: She ate all of the biscuits.// Pasive: All of the biscuits were
eaten by she.
Active: My mother will cook meat.// Pasive: Meat will be cooked by
my mother.
Active: Ana is swimming on mondays.// Pasive: Mondays is being swum
by Ana.
Active: Pepín was playing many games.// Pasive: Many games was being
played by Pepín.
Active: Peter has drunk the bottles.// Pasive: The bottles has been
drunk by Peter.