PASSIVE VOICE

 The passive voice is used in English when it is more convenient or interesting to

stress the thing done than the doer of it, or when the doer is unknown:

MY bag was stolen is much more usual than Thieves stow my bag

 The passive of. an active tense is formed by putting the verb TO BE Into the
same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the active verb:

Active: He wrote a letter.

Passive: A letter was written.

 WHERE DO I PLACE THE SUBJECTS?

We can include the subject that had the phrase in active voice, but we must pass
it to the previous end of 'by'. We see an example of a passive activated phrase.

Active: John has cleaned the house today.

Passive: The house has been cleaned (by John).

 We must bear in mind that if it is a pronoun, we must look for the corresponding
form. The so-called object pronouns are used.

Active: He has cleaned the house.

Passive: The house has been cleaned (by him).

 Form of Passive

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd

column of irregular verbs)
 Tense Subject Verb Object

Active: Rita writes a letter.

Simple Present

Passive: A letter is written by Rita.

Active: Rita wrote a letter.

Simple Past
Passive: A letter was written by Rita.

Active: Rita has written a letter.

Present Perfect
Passive: A letter has been written by Rita.

Active: Rita will write a letter.

Future I
Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.

Active: Rita can write a letter.

Hilfsverben by Rita.
Passive: A letter can be written

Active: Rita is writing a letter.

Present
Progressive
Passive: A letter is being written by Rita.

Active: Rita was writing a letter.

Past Progressive
Passive: A letter was being written by Rita.

Active: Rita had written a letter.

Past Perfect
Passive: A letter had been written by Rita.
 Active: Rita will have written a letter.

Future II
will have been
Passive: A letter by Rita.
written

Active: Rita would write a letter.

Conditional I
Passive: A letter would be written by Rita.

Active: Rita would have written a letter.

Conditional II
would have been
Passive: A letter by Rita.
written
 Quiz: Passive Voice Exercises - Present And Past

1) Question 1 CORRECT
Active: People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
Passive: Portuguese is spoken in Brazil.
2) Question 2 CORRECT
Active: The staff cleans all the hotel rooms daily.
Passive: The hotel rooms are cleaned daily.
3) Question 3 CORRECT
Active: We update the company website frequently.
Passive: The company website is updated frequently.
4) Question 4 CORRECT
Active: People see this beach as the most beautiful in the country.
Passive: This beach is seen as the most beautiful in the country.
5) Question 5 CORRECT
Active: Somebody ships the products via express mail.
Passive: The products are shipped via express mail.
6) Question 6 CORRECT
Active: A friend gave me this sweater.
Passive: This sweater was given to me by a friend.
7) Question 7 CORRECT
Active: A famous author wrote these letters.
Passive: These letters were written by a famous author.
8) Question 8 CORRECT
Active: The teachers chose her to receive the award.
Passive: She was chosen by the teachers to receive the award.
9) Question 9 CORRECT
Active: A knock at the door woke us all up.
Passive: We were all woken up by a knock at the door.
10) Question 10 CORRECT
Active: Over 300,000 students took the college entrance exam.
Passive: The college entrance exam was taken by over 300,000 students.
Bibliografia:

 http://www.blueblocnotes.com/grammar/passive-voice/summary
 https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
 https://www.espressoenglish.net/passive-voice-examples-exercises-present-past/
 https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/passive-
voice/#targetText=Functions%20of%20the%20passive%20voice,the%20subject%20of
%20the%20sentence.
Estudiante: Caballero Gutiérrez Brenda

Materia: Ingles Tecnico

Docente: Lic. Isseta Guarnier Fanny Carla

Gestión: 2/2019

Grupo: 27

16 de Octubre del 2019