2. WE ARE GOING TO DO AN
IMPERSONAL PASSIVE IN PRESENT AND
FUTURE TENSE
☺THEY SAY THAT HE KNOWS
THE SECRET WORD (PRESENT)
☺PEOPLE EXPECT THAT TAXES
WILL INCREASE NEXT YEAR.
(FUTURE)
3. 1. FIRSTLY WE HAVE TO FIND THE
PERSON OR THING THAT IT IS
SAID, IT IS THOUGHT........... GO TO
THE NEXT PAGE AND WE WILL
SHOW THIS WITH EXAMPLES
4. ☺THEY SAY THAT HE KNOWS THE
SECRET WORD
IF YOU PAY ATTENTION YOU WILL
NOTE THAT THE PERSON WHO IS
SAID IS HE, SO WE WILL WRITE HE
IN THE BEGINNING OF THE
SENTENCE
HE
5. HAVE A LOOK AT THE TENSE OF
THE FIRST VERB, IT IS PRESENT
THEY SAY THAT HE KNOWS THE
SECRET WORD
THEN, WE WILL WRITE THIS VERB
IN THE SAME TENSE BUT IN THE
PASSIVE VOICE.
HE IS SAID
6. AFTER THAT, WE WILL LOOK FOR
THE SECOND VERB
THEY SAY THAT HE KNOWS THE
SECRET WORD
WE WILL WRITE IT USING AN
INFINITIVE WITH TO
HE IS SAID TO KNOW
7. WE CONTINUE WRITING THE REST
OF THE SENTENCE WITHOUT
MAKING ANY CHANGE
THEY SAY THAT HE KNOWS THE
SECRET WORD
HE IS SAID TO KNOW THE SECRET
WORD
8. LET'S FOLLOW WITH ANOTHER
EXAMPLE
PEOPLE EXPECT THAT
TAXES(IMPUESTOS) WILL
INCREASE NEXT YEAR.
TAXES ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE NEXT YEAR.
9. IN NEGATIVE
☺Many people think that
women are not as strong as men.
WOMEN ARE THOUGHT NOT
TO BE AS STRONG AS MEN
Take care where you write NOT;
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, ALWAYS
BEFORE TO
10. NOW, WE ARE GOING TO DO
PASSIVES WITH SIMPLE PAST,
PRESENT PERFECT O PAST
PERFECT. WE WILL DO AN
EXAMPLE WITH EACH TENSE
11. THESE ARE THE EXAMPLES
☺My teacher considers that the exercise
WAS wrong.(PAST SIMPLE)
☺Some people believed that the
prisoner HAS HAD second chances.
(PRESENT PERFECT)
☺The lawyers alleged that the victim
HAD ASKED for help.(PAST PERFECT)
12. My teacher considers that the exercise WAS wrong
THE EXERCISE IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN
WRONG
AS THE TENSE IS PAST, WE WILL WRITE A PERFECT
INFINITIVE INSTEAD OF A SIMPLE ONE
13. PERFECT INFINITIVE
HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE (3RD
COLUMN OR -ED IF WE HAVE A
REGULAR VERB).
HAVE NEVER CHANGES, IT'S A NON
PERSONAL FORM
14. ANOTHER EXAMPLE, IN PRESENT
PERFECT
☺Some people believed that the
prisoner HAS HAD second chances.
THE PRISIONER WAS BELIEVED TO
HAVE HAD SECOND CHANCES
15. PAST PERFECT
☺The lawyers alleged that the
victim HAD ASKED for help.
THE VICTIM WAS ALLEGED TO
HAVE ASKED FOR HELP
