Lo que debes saber para dominar PASSIVE VOICE
INicio
chuletario reported speech
PASSIVE
ACTIVE vs PASSIVE
HOW TO MAKE THE PASSIVE
VERBS WITH TWO OBJECTS
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
WHEN SHOULD BE USE THE PASSIVE
Volver
ACTIVE
An active sentence and it has the subject first (the person or thing that does the verb), followed by the verb, and finally the object (the person or thing that the action happens to). iExample: I DRANK TWO CUPS OF COFFE Subject = I Verb = Drank Object = Two cups of coffes
PASSIVE
passive
But, we don't always need to make sentences this way. We might want to put the object first,
or perhaps we don't want to say who did something. This can happen for lots of reasons (see the explanation further down the page). In this case, we can use a passive, which puts the object first: Example: Two cups of coffee were drunk (we can add 'by me' if we want, but it isn't necessary).
Volver
HOW
We make the passive by putting the verb 'to be' into whatever tense we need and then adding
the past participle. For regular verbs, we make the past participle by adding 'ed' to the infinitive. So ‘play’ becomes ‘played’
HOW TO MAKE THE PASSIVE
PRACTICE
Tense Active Passive present simple I make a cake. A cake is made (by me). present continuous I am making a cake. A cake is being made (by me). past simple I made a cake. A cake was made (by me). past continuous I was making a cake. A cake was being made(by
me). present perfect I have made a cake. A cake has been made (by me). present perfect
continuous I have been making a cake. A cake has been being made (by Me). past perfect I had made a cake. A cake had been made (by me). future simple I will make a cake. A cake will be made (by me).
future perfect I will have made a cake. A cake will have been made (by me).
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VERBS WITH TWO OBJECTS
Some verbs that have two objects can make two different active sentences, and so two different passive sentences too. For example, the verb ‘give’ is like this:
- Active: He gave me the book / He gave the book to me.
- You can choose either of the two objects to be the subject of the passive sentence.
PASSIVE
- Passive: I was given the book (by him)/ The book was given to me (by him).
- Other verbs like this are: ask, offer, teach, tell, lend, promise, sell, throw.
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SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
You can make the passive in a subordinate clause that has a subject and a normal conjugated
verb. This is really the same as a normal passive.
- Active: I thought that Mary had kissed John.
- Passive: I thought that John had been kissed by Mary.
- Active: He knew that people had built the church in 1915.
- Passive: He knew that the church had been built in 1915.
PASSIVE
You can also make the passive using a passive gerund or a passive infinitive in the same
place as a normal gerund or infinitive
- The child loves being cuddled.
- She would like to be promoted.
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When should we use the passive?
When we want to change the focus of the sentence:.
- The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. (We are more interested in the
painting than the artist in this sentence)
When who or what causes the action is unknown or unimportant or obvious or 'people in
general':
- He was arrested (obvious agent, the police).
- My bike has been stolen (unknown agent).
- The road is being repaired (unimportant agent).
- The form can be obtained from the post office (people in general).
PASSIVE
In formal writing instead of using someone/ people/ they (these can be used in speaking or
informal writing):
- The brochure will be finished next month.
In order to put the new information at the end of the sentence to improve style:
- Three books are used regularly in the class. The books were written by Dr. Bell. ('Dr. Bell wrote the books' sound clumsy)
When the subject is very long:
- I was surprised by how well the students did in the test. (More natural than: 'how well
the students did in the test surprised me')
Bibliografía
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect.html- Adipiscing elit neque ante
- Ante varius praesent at
- Nunc sed natoque cursus tellus
- Platea convallis interdum
- Taciti massa lacus
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Lo que debes saber para dominar PASSIVE VOICE
INicio
chuletario reported speech
PASSIVE
ACTIVE vs PASSIVE
HOW TO MAKE THE PASSIVE
VERBS WITH TWO OBJECTS
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
WHEN SHOULD BE USE THE PASSIVE
Volver
ACTIVE
An active sentence and it has the subject first (the person or thing that does the verb), followed by the verb, and finally the object (the person or thing that the action happens to). iExample: I DRANK TWO CUPS OF COFFE Subject = I Verb = Drank Object = Two cups of coffes
PASSIVE
passive
But, we don't always need to make sentences this way. We might want to put the object first, or perhaps we don't want to say who did something. This can happen for lots of reasons (see the explanation further down the page). In this case, we can use a passive, which puts the object first: Example: Two cups of coffee were drunk (we can add 'by me' if we want, but it isn't necessary).
Volver
HOW
We make the passive by putting the verb 'to be' into whatever tense we need and then adding the past participle. For regular verbs, we make the past participle by adding 'ed' to the infinitive. So ‘play’ becomes ‘played’
HOW TO MAKE THE PASSIVE
PRACTICE
Tense Active Passive present simple I make a cake. A cake is made (by me). present continuous I am making a cake. A cake is being made (by me). past simple I made a cake. A cake was made (by me). past continuous I was making a cake. A cake was being made(by me). present perfect I have made a cake. A cake has been made (by me). present perfect continuous I have been making a cake. A cake has been being made (by Me). past perfect I had made a cake. A cake had been made (by me). future simple I will make a cake. A cake will be made (by me). future perfect I will have made a cake. A cake will have been made (by me).
Volver
VERBS WITH TWO OBJECTS
Some verbs that have two objects can make two different active sentences, and so two different passive sentences too. For example, the verb ‘give’ is like this:
PASSIVE
Volver
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
You can make the passive in a subordinate clause that has a subject and a normal conjugated verb. This is really the same as a normal passive.
PASSIVE
You can also make the passive using a passive gerund or a passive infinitive in the same place as a normal gerund or infinitive
Volver
When should we use the passive?
When we want to change the focus of the sentence:.
When who or what causes the action is unknown or unimportant or obvious or 'people in general':
PASSIVE
In formal writing instead of using someone/ people/ they (these can be used in speaking or informal writing):
In order to put the new information at the end of the sentence to improve style:
When the subject is very long:
Bibliografía
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect.html- Adipiscing elit neque ante
- Ante varius praesent at
- Nunc sed natoque cursus tellus
- Platea convallis interdum
- Taciti massa lacus