REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO POLITÉCNICO “SANTIAGO MARIÑO” EXTENSIÓN SAN CRISTÓBAL
PRODUCED BY: JOSE ENMANUEL AGUILAR MALDONADO C.I – 18.715.357 ENGLISH II
CONTENT
THE PASSIVE VOICE………………………………………………………………………………………………
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The passive voice
The passive voice
In English is generally used in written records, in scientific articles and technical documents, but also in newspapers or other formal documents.
In English is generally used in written records, in scientific articles and technical documents, but also in newspapers or other formal documents.
Usually we focus on the agents that lead the actions, however, the passive voice allows us to talk about objects, processes or people who are passive subjects of actions undertaken by other people, and thus give them prominence in our speech.
Usually we focus on the agents that lead the actions, however, the passive voice allows us to talk about objects, processes or people who are passive subjects of actions undertaken by other people, and thus give them prominence in our speech.
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In today's lesson we will focus on the formal characteristics of the passive voice and next week we will talk about the specific uses of this structure.
1. The past participle:
2. The auxiliary TO BE:
With regular verbs it carries -ed ending.
It bears the marks of verbal tense (present, past, future) and / or aspect (progressive, perfect). Therefore, the auxiliary TO BE is combined. It can also be combined with modal verbs.
With irregular verbs, the past participle is the third form of the verb (to speak-spoke-spoken). The participle is invariable - it has the same form indifferently of the subject or of the verbal time that is used.
Present Simple: The car is washed every week.
Below, I illustrate some of the modifications of the auxiliary TO BE of the passive voice in function of the verbal tenses and some modal verbs.
Present Progressive: The car is being washed at the moment.
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Past Simple : The car was washed yesterday.
Past Progressive: The car was being washed yesterday at 10 o’clock.
Present Perfect : The car has already been washed.
Past Perfect : When I arrived, the car had already been washed.
Future “will”: The car will be washed tomorrow.
Modal verb: The car should be washed this weekend
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