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Worksheet 1: Passive Voice

NIVEL A.E. C.M.O. HABILIDAD Cuarto Medio El estudiante debe ser capaz de generar entendimiento, uso y aplicacin correcto de la Voz pasiva. Passive Voice Identificar y reconocer tiempos verbales Relacionar contenido para Situar la Voz Pasiva Analizar la informacin y Aplicar correctamente la Voz Pasiva

Passive Voice (Voz Pasiva)

Observa la diferencia entre estos dos grupos de oraciones: - She ate an apple. An apple was eaten (by her). - Jill washed the dishes. The dishes were washed (by Jill). - They buy the newspaper on Sundays.The newspaper is bought (by them) on

Sundays.
- We feed the dog every day. The dog is fed (by us) every day. Las oraciones del primer grupo estn en voz activa y las del segundo en pasiva. Al transformar una oracin activa en otra pasiva el sujeto y la forma verbal cambian.

Puede ser el complemento directo de la oracin activa el que pasa a ser el sujeto de la oracin pasiva: -

She ate an apple. An apple was eaten (by her).

(an apple = complemento directo) (an apple = sujeto)

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La estructura verbal de las oraciones pasivas es esta: sujeto + verbo to be (en cualquier tiempo) + participio pasado del verbo principal

She ate an apple. An apple was eaten (by her).

(ate = pasado simple de eat) (was eaten = pasado de to be + participio de eat)

ACTIVA

PASIVA

I read a book every week. She is cooking dinner now. They bought too many vegetables. They were discussing the film. I have done all the work. Weve been reading that book.

A book is read by me every week. Dinner is being cooked by her now. They bought too many vegetables. The film was being discussed. All the work has been done by me That book has been being read. (poco
frecuente)

She had cleaned everything. They had been learning that. I will pay that. Hell have finished the work.

Everything had been cleaned by her. That had been being learnt by them. (muy
poco frecuente)

That will be paid by me. The work will have been finished.

El sujeto agente (la persona o cosa que realiza la accin) se puede indicar en la oracin pasiva si se desea. Tiene que ir precedido de by:

She ate an apple. An apple was eaten (by her).

(she = sujeto) (by her = sujeto agente)

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Pero muchas veces no se menciona quien realiza la accin en la pasiva porque se entiende por el contexto o no interesa.

El complemento indirecto de una oracin activa puede convertirse tambin en el sujeto de una oracin pasiva, algo que no es posible en espaol:

His parents gave him a present. He was given a present by his parents. (him = CI, a present = CD) A present was given to him by his parents.
Otros ejemplos: - They told her the truth She was told the truth. - He paid me I was paid by him. - They sent him a letter He was sent a letter. La voz pasiva se usa con mucha ms frecuencia en ingls que en espaol .

No todos los verbos se pueden utilizar en voz pasiva . sta es slo posible con los verbos transitivos, es decir, con aquellos que necesitan ir acompaados de un complemento directo. Ejemplos de oraciones que slo son posibles en voz activa: - I went to the cinema. - Shell become a doctor when she grows up. - We arent happy in this company.

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EXERSICES: THE PASSIVE

I. Complete the questions using the verb in brackets in Passive Voice. Then answer the questions.

1. When ______ America ______ (discover)? . 2. In what year ______ the Olympic Games ______ (hold) in Barcelona? .. 3. In what century ______ William Shakespeare ______ (bear)? .. 4. Where ______ Coca-Cola ______ (invent)? 5. What ______ ______ (consider) the highest mountain in the world? .. 6. Where ______ rubles1 ______ (use)? .. 7. In what country ______ Kiev ______ (locate)? . 8. In what country ______ Thai ______ (speak) by 92% of the population? 9. How many Harry Potters novels have ______ ______ (write)? ..

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10. When ______ Halloween ______ (celebrate)? . 11. When ______ St Patricks Day ______ (celebrate)? . 12. When ______ Thanksgiving Day ______ (celebrate)? 13. When ______ the Eiffel Tower ______ (build)? 14. ______ the Channel Islands ______ (include) in the United Kingdom? .. 15. In what century ______ Australia ______ (settle2) by the British? .. 16. Where ______ most bananas ______ (produce)? .. 17. In what museum can La Gioconda painting ______ ______ (see)? 18. How many stars and bars ______ ______ (represent) in the flag of the USA? 19. What two ingredients ______ candy floss3 ______ (make) of? .. 20.What ______ the largest lake in the world ______ (call)? ..

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