passive voice

1. The passive voice

2.  In the passive voice the action
matters and not who realizes it.
 Example: All the chocolate was
eaten.
 La frase nos dice que todo el
chocolate fue comido, pero no
sabemos por quien

3.  Sujeto
 Verbo auxiliar ( to be )
 Participio pasado ( p . p )
 Example:
He ate
 Active voice-He ate all of the cookies.
Were eaten
 Passive voice-All of the cookies were eaten
 Como el verbo esta en pasado simple en la
primera frase, al transformarla , se utiliza la
forma correcta del pasado simple.

4.  The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of passive
 the main verb of the auxiliary to be replaced at the same time along the main
verb participle
 the subject of the main clause complement agent becomes passive
 if we mention in the sentence the subject performs the action ( agent subject ) this
will go normally preceded by the preposition by
 Example: Mark twain wrote the book . The book was written by Mark Twain.
.

5.  Negative form
Example:
No se venden animales en esta
tienda.
Animals aren´t sold in this shop
Como la frase esta en presente
simple, la negación se hace
también con el presente simple
(aren´t ) mas participio pasado del
verbo ( sold ).
 Questions form
Example:
¿Se venden animales en esta
tienda?
Are animals sold in this shop?
Yes,they are
No, they aren´t
Aquí pasa lo mismo que en la
oración anterior, esta en presente
simple la pregunta y se tiene que
hacer con el presente simple mas el
participio del verbo.

7. .
For example:
The house keeper will clean the room.
The room will be cleaned by the
housekeep.

8. He base form of the verb to be used after modal verbs.
-We can solve this problem. ( active)
-This problem can be solve. ( passive)
 accusative pronoun (aparecen con frecuencia en
las oraciones pasivas)
 Me-mi
 You- te
 Him-le, lo, el
 Her- le, la, ella
 It- le, lo, el, ella, ello
 Us- nos, nosotros, nosotras
 you.- les, los, os, vosotros, vosotras, ustedes
 Them- las, los, ellos-as.

9. .
For example:
They make t-shirts.
T-shirts are made by them .

10.  Using the base form of the verb to be
after modal verbs
For example:
Voz activa
He is going to clean this car
Voz pasiva
This car is going to be cleaned

11.  Juan speaks English
sujeto V Objeto Directo
English is spoken by Juan
Sujeto paciente V C. Agente
El sujeto de la activa pasa a ser C. Agente de la pasiva.
El verbo, este caso la frase está en present simple y la forma
pasiva se forma con el present simple de esta forma- v To Be
+pp.
El objeto directo pasa a ser sujeto paciente

12. .
 For example:
This instructions have changed
Someone has changed this instructions.
, the subject of the
sentence is responsible for the action; in the
passive sentence, the subject of the sentence
receives the effects of action.

13. Dennis was asked a question by Kevin
Sujeto paciente Verbo Objeto directo Complemento Agente
Kevin asked a question to Dennis
Sujeto Verbo Objeto directo Objeto indirecto
-the individual patient will go to the beginning of the prayer and before
the verb . If it is a person, is the indirect object of the active sentence . If
one thing will be the direct object
-behind the verb go one of two objects.
-the agent will always complement the subject of the active sentence , is
always introduced by

14.  They have arrested the suspect / the suspect has been arrested
 Someone stole my bike last night/ My bike was stolen last night
 We'll take a decision this week / We'll take a decision this week.
 They deliver the newspaper every morning / The newspaper is
delivered every morning.
 The board has appointed Jane managing director. / Jane has
been appointed managing director.

15.  I hope that all is clear.
 Thank you so much.
 By Ariadna Chacón.