1. PASSIVE VOICE
MERCEDES CORTÉS CANO

2. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
The passive voice in English is used to:
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Action with active subject unknown
Our car was made in Korea.
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Give emphasis to a particular part of the sentence.
The work will be finished today.

3. FORMATION OF PASSIVE VOICE.
As a general rule, the passive voice is formed
adding the verb “to be”+ participle but we going to
see how they formed with differents times verbs:
PRESENT SIMPLE:
Its structure is :
SUBJECT+ am/is/are+ PARTICIPLE.
Anna takes these photos.
These photos is taken by Anna.

4. FORMATION OF PASSIVE VOICE.
PAST SIMPLE.
Its structure is :
SUBJECT+ was/were+PARTICIPLE
I wrote the letter .
The letter was written by me.
 PRESENT PERFECT.
Its structure is :
SUBJECT+have/has been+PARTICIPLE
Maria has taken a beer.
The beer has been taken by Maria.
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5. FORMATION OF PASSIVE VOICE.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE.
Its structure is :
SUBJECT+have/has+been+PARTICIPLE.
Jose has cleaned his car.
The car has been cleaned by Jose.
 FUTURE “WILL”.
Its structure is :
SUBJECT+will be+PARTICIPLE
I will visit the Alhambra
The Alhambra will be visited by me.
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6. FORMATION OF PASSIVE VOICE.
FUTURE “GOING TO”.
Its structure is:
SUBJECT+am/is/are+going to be+PARTICIPLE
Peter is going to buy a car.
A car is going to be bought by Peter.
 MODALS VERBS.
Its structure is :
SUBJECT+MODAL VERB+BE+PARTICIPLE
-John can/must/should eat potatoes
-Potatoes can/must/should be eaten by John.
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7. CONSIDERATIONS FOR USE OF
PASSIVE VOICE.
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The subject of the passive sentence is the object of
the active sentence.
We will replace the principal verb by the auxiliary
verb "to be" in his same time and the principal verb
participle.
The subject agent shall be preceded by the
preposition“by”.
Look an example:
My father walks the dog.
The dog is walked by my father.

8. EXAMPLES.
ACTIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VOICE
Picasso painted “Guernica”
“Guernica” was painted by
Picasso.
They gave Diana a camera.
Diana was given a camera.
My mother has cleaned the
kitchen.
The kitchen has been cleaned by
my mother.
My cousin is going to visit Londres. Londres is going to be visited by
my cousin.
Marta´s boyfriend has bought the
ring.
The ring has been bought by
Marta´s boyfriend.