The passive voice

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

Sujeto

Verbo auxiliar ( to be )

Participio pasado ( p . p )

Example:

Active voice-He ate all of the cookies.

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.

He ate

Were eaten

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.

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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.

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For example:

The house keeper will clean the room.

The room will be cleaned by the

housekeep.

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.

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For example:

They make t-shirts.

T-shirts are made by them .

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

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

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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.

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

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.

I hope that all is clear.

Thank you so much.

By Ariadna Chacón.