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The Passive Voice
Cristina Morales GranadoCurso 2011/2012
What is a passive?
A passive voice sentence puts the object or receiver of the action into the subject position.
Passive voice (present simple)
Affirmative sentences
Active voice
Alicia eats an apple
Passive voice receiver
An apple is eaten by Alicia
How do we form the passive?
Active voice:
Subject + verb + object (Alicia) + (eats) + (an apple)
Passive voice:
subject + to be + past participle + by + agent
Don’t forget!!
The verb “to be” ALWAYS has to appear in passive voice.
The verb “to be” takes the same time that the principal verb has in active voice.
Negative sentences
Active voice
Alicia doesn’t eat an apple
Passive voice
An apple isn’t eaten by Alicia
How do we form the negative passive?
Active voice
Subject + not + verb + object
Passive voice
Subject + not (n’t) + to be + past participle + by + agent
Interrogative sentences
How do we turn interrogative active into interrogative
passive?Active voice
Does Alicia eat an apple?
1.Put in affirmative:
Alicia eats an apple
STEP BY STEP
2. Now write it in passive voice:
An apple is eaten by Alicia.3. Finally, put it into interrogative form.
Is an apple eaten by Alicia?
This is the passive form of: Does Alicia eat an apple?
Now it is your time
1. How do you transform from an active sentence in past simple to a passive sentence in past simple? Examples, try in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.
Yes, you can!