Trabajo de ingles sobre la voz pasiva.

1. How to make the passive
voice.

2. Uses:
• When we say what people and things do, we
use active verb forms like indicates,
announced, or has discovered.
• When we say what happens to people and
things, we often use passive verb forms like
is/are indicated, was/were announced, or
has/have been discovered.

3. • It is often used in business when the
object of the action is more important
than those who perform the action.

4. PRESENT SIMPLE
• [Subject] + [be] + [participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]
For example:
Active: Maria buys bread
Passive: The bread is bought by Maria

5. PAST SIMPLE
• [Subject] + [be] + [participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]
For example:
Active: Maria buoght bread
Passive: The bread was bought by Maria

6. PRESENT PERFECT
• [Subject] + [Have] + [been] + [participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]
For example:
Active: Maria has bought bread
Passive: The bread has been bought by Maria

7. PAST PERFECT
• [Subject] + [Had] + [been] + [participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]
For example:
Active: Maria had bought bread
Passive: The bread had been bought by Maria

8. FUTURE WITH WILL
• [Subject] + [will] + [be] + [participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]
For example:
Active: Maria will buy bread
Passive: The bread will be bought by Maria

9. FUTURE WITH GOING TO
• [Subject] + [be] + going to be] + [participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]
For example:
Active: Maria is going to buy bread
Passive: The bread is going to be bought by Maria

10. MODAL VERBS
• [Subject] + [Modal verb] + [be + verb+ing] + [participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]
For example:
Active: Maria could bought bread
Passive: The bread could be being bought by Maria

11. Active to passive transformation
• Para pasar de activa a pasiva, el sujeto debe ir
al final de la frase precedido de “by”.
Example:
active: They are eating pizza
passive: The pizza are being eaten by them

12. Active to passive transformation
• Hay que recordar cambiar el sujeto cuando
sea necesario (They-them, she- her, I-me…etc)
Example:
active: They are eating pizza
passive: The pizza are being eaten by them

13. Examples:
• Active: I should do my homework.
• Passive: The homework should be done by me.
• Active: You have broken the glass.
• Passive: The glass has been broken by you.
• Active: Sometimes, Paco has been doing his work.
• Passive: Sometimes, His work has been being done by Paco.
• Active: Carla is going to eat the dinner.
• Passive: The dinner is going to be eaten by carla.
• Active: Tomorrow, Pedro will be washing his clothes.
• Passive: Tomorrow, His clothes will be being washed by Pedro.