REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO POLITÉCNICO “SANTIAGO MARIÑO” EXTENSIÓN SAN CRISTÓBAL
PRODUCED BY: MARIA CLAUDIA HERNANDEZ AYALA C.I – 25.165.691 ENGLISH 2
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THE PASSIVE VOICE………………………………………………………………………………………………
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The passive voice Is a construction or verbal conjugation in some languages by which the subject is presented as passive (patient subject), while the action performed by the verb is played by a complement Página 2(agent complement) and not by the subject agent of the Verb in active voice.
Examples active voice
Examples passive voice
Miguel walks the cat
The cat is taken for a walk by Miguel
The cat took the milk
Milk was taken by the cat
Lupita does the homework in her notebook
The task is done by Lupita in her notebook
The passive voice is used for two main reasons: When we want to focus on the person or thing that makes an action. When we want to focus on the action without identifying the person (agent) that does it. To be + Past participle The letters were made by Bernardo O'Higgins. The building was destroyed by an earthquake. The food is prepared by my grandmother. The patient will be transferred by helicopter to the hospital. The person (or agent) performing the action is normally entered by the word POR. You have to see that the past participle agrees or agrees with the subject.
Verb Tense PRESENT SIMPLE
Structure am/are/is + pp
Example Spanish is spoken here.
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
am/are/is being + Your questions are being answered. pp
FUTURE (WILL)
will be + pp
FUTURE (GOING TO)
am/are/is going to Terry is going to be made redundant next be + pp year.
PAST SIMPLE
was/were + pp
PAST CONTINUOUS
was/were being + The hotel room was being cleaned when pp we got back from shopping.
PRESENT PERFECT
have/has been + pp
The President of America has been shot.
PAST PERFECT
had been + pp
When he got home he found that all of his money had been stolen.
FUTURE PERFECT
will have been + pp
Our baby will have been born before Christmas.
It’ll be painted by next week.
We were invited to the party, but we didn’t go.
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