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1. The passive Voice in english
Eduardo González Fernández

2. When do we use passive voice?
● When the focus is on the action
● When the actor is unknown
● When the actor is irrelevant
● When you are talking about a general truth

3. The form of the passive voice
Subject + auxiliary verb(to be)+past particible + object

4. Examples: Present simple
Subject + am/are/is + participle + object
● Active: Mary eats an icecream.
● Pasive: An icecream is eaten by Mary.
● Active: Nick reads a book.
● Pasive: A book is read by Nick.

5. Examples: Present continuous
Subject + am/are/is + being + participle + object
● Active: Mary is eating an icecream.
● Pasive: An icecream is being eaten by Mary.
● Active:Nick is reading a book.
● Pasive:A book is being read by Nick.

6. Examples: Past simple
Subject + was/were + participio + object
● Active: Mary ate an icecream
● Pasive: An icecream was eaten by Mary
● Active: Nick read a book.
● Pasive: A book was read by Nick

7. Example: Present Perfect
Subject + have/has been participle + object
● Active:Mary has eaten an icecream.
● Pasive: An icecream has been eaten by Mary.
● Active:Nick has read a book.
● Pasive:A book has been read by Nick.

8. Examples: Past perfect
Subject + had+been+participle + object
● Active: Mary had eaten an icecream.
● Pasive: An icecream had been eaten by Mary.
● Active: Nick had read a book.
● Pasive:A book had been read by Nick.

9. Examples: Future (will)
Subject, + will+be+participle +, object
● Active: Mary will eat an icecream.
● Pasive: An icecream will be eaten by Mary.
● Active: Nick will read a book.
● Pasive: A book will be read by Nick.

10. Examples: Future (going to)
Subject + are/is+going to be+participle + object
● Active: Mary is going to eat an icecream.
● Pasive: An icecream is going to be eaten by
Mary
● Active: Nick is going to read a book.
● Pasive: A book is going to be read by Nick.

11. Examples: Modal verbs
Subject +(can,must,may)+be+participle + object
● Active: Mary can eat an icecream.
● Pasive: An icecream can be eaten by Mary.
● Active: Nick must read a book.
● Pasive: A book must be read by Nick.

12. Review
● Jason had found a car.------------------------------>
● You must do your homework.---------------------->
● Grace is going to break the chair.---------------->
● John will find the way out.-------------------------->
● Jennifer has thrown the stone.-------------------->
● Lana drank a cup of coffee.------------------------>
● The girl is drawing an evil rabbit.----------------->
● Tiff calls Clark everyday.---------------------------->
● The car had been found by Jason.
● Your homework must be done by you.
● The chair is going to be broken by Grace.
● The way out will be found by John.
● The stone has been thrown by Jennifer.
● A cup of coffee was drunk by Lana.
● An evil rabbit is being drawn by the girl.
● Clark is called by Tiff everyday.