1. BY: ROSA ROJAS MORENO

2.  The active voice is the normal voice. The one
we use most of the time.
 We use an active verb to say what the subject
does, it´s the object which receives the action
of the verb.
 Example: cats eat fish.

3.  Is less usual.
 We use a passive verb to say what happens to
the subject.
 We use the object of an active verb as the
subject of a passive verb.
 Example: fish are eaten by cats
 Water is drunk by everybody.
 The passive voice has two parts, be + a past
participle.

4.  Modal+ be+ past participle: could, might, would
when we need to use the past tense. Ex: if you
are violent, you will be arrested by the police.
 MODAL PERFECT PASSIVES: modal+ have been+
past participle. Ex: his answers must have been
copied from someone else.
 MODAL CONTINUOUS PASSIVE: modal+ be
being+ past participle (rarely used). Ex: I think it
may be being repaired at last.
 PHRASAL MODAL PASSIVE: be going to, have to+
be+ past participle. Ex: a place had to be found
for all the boxes.

5.  We use to be+ past participle for the passive
infinitive and being+ past participle for the
passive gerund.
Ex: he´s trying to finish the work soon. He
expects most of it to be finished before the
weekend.
He was asking about a lot of personal things. I
didn´t like being asked about my private life.

6. YES
Verbs which can have objects
Ex: he repaired the bike = the bike
was repaired.
Verbs which describes actions
A goal was scored in the last 5
minutes.
Transitive phrasal verbs
Her house was locked up.
NO
Not from verbs which don´t have
objects
Ex: they travelled to Lisbon last
summer.
Not verbs which describe states
That belongs to me
Not from intransitive phrasal verbs
my cold went away.
Some transitive verbs such as: have
, fit, suit, resemble, cannot be changed into the
passive.
Ex: I have a shower every morning

7.  Bring, tell, send, show, teach, promise, buy, t
hrow, write, award, hand, sell, owe, grant, all
ow, feed, pass, post, read, take, offer, give, p
ay, and lend.
 Ex. Patrick gave Laura some flowers= Laura
was given some flowers.
 Some flowers were given to Laura.

8.  When the person who carries out the action is
unknown, unimportant or obvious from the
context.
Ex: my flat was broken into last night. (we don´t
know who did it)
 When the action itself is more important than the
person who carries it out.
Ex: the new hospital will be opened by the Queen
on may 15th.
 When we refer to an unpleasant event and we
don´t want to say who or what is to blame.
Ex: a lot of mistakes have been made.

9.  In passive sentences, we don´t usually
mention the agent. We can include the agent
in a by- phrase after the verb when the
meaning is not complete without it or for
emphasis and contrast.
 We use ergatives to say that an action simply
happens, without an agent.
 We can use ergatives when we want to
describe natural processes and changes or to
describe actions, but not mention a cause.