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Passive voice
María López Ortuño
Created on April 9, 2024
Presentación para explicar la pasiva en inglés con ejemplos y ejercicios interactivos para hacer de manera oral
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Passive voice
START
Today's lesson
01.
Active voice
02.
Passive voice
03.
Comparing active and passive
04.
From active to passive
05.
All the tenses
06.
Exercises
Active voice
Look at this sentence!!
The writer Stan Lee created Spiderman in 1962
This sentence is in the active voice. Why? ...
- Stan Lee is the subject of the sentence
- He is the one who does the action (creating Spiderman)
- Spiderman is the object of the sentence, the one that receives the action
Passive voice
Look at this sentence!!
Spiderman was created by the writer Stan Lee in 1962.
This sentence is in the passive voice. Why? ...
- Because Spiderman is the subject of the sentence, the one who was created
- Stan Lee is the agent of the sentence
Uses of the passive voice
1- When we don't know the agent:
- The cave paintings were made in the Upper Old Stone Age.
- An experimental solar power plant will be built in Almeria.
- Rules are made to be broken
- Insulin was first discovered in 1921 [by researchers]
Comparing active and passive sentences
Active sentence
Passive sentence
- When we use a passive verb, we say what happens to the subject
- If we know who did the action, we use the agent.
- If we don’t know, we don’t mention the agent.
- When we use an active verb, we say what the subject does
- We don’t have the agent, but we have the subject that did the action
From active to passive in 4 steps!!!
FIND the object in the ACTIVE sentence:
- Stan Lee created Spiderman in 1962
This OBJECT will become the SUBJECT of the PASSIVE sentence:
- Spiderman....
Use the verb BE + PAST PARTICIPLE to add the verb. Respect the tenses!!
- Spiderman was created...
The SUBJECT of the ACTIVE sentence becomes the AGENT:
- Spiderman was created BY Stan Lee
By....
Manolo built this house
ANSWER!!!
This house was built by manolo
Tenses (1)
02
01
Present simple passive
Present simple active
Lenovo produces these computers.
These computers are produced by Lenovo.
04
Past simple passive
Past simple active
03
These computers were produced by Lenovo.
Lenovo produced these computers.
Next
Tenses (2)
06
05
Present continuous passive
Present continuous active
These computers are being produced by Lenovo.
Lenovo is producing these computers.
08
Past continuous passive
Past continuous active
07
These computers were being produced by Lenovo.
Lenovo was producing these computers.
Next
Tenses (3)
10
09
Present perfect simple passive
Present perfect simple active
These computers have been produced by Lenovo.
Lenovo has produced these computers.
12
Past perfect simple passive
Past perfect simple active
11
These computers had been produced by Lenovo.
Lenovo had produced these computers.
Next
Tenses (4)
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13
13
Future simple passive
Future simple active
These computers will be produced by Lenovo.
Lenovo will produce these computers.
16
Future Be going to in the passive voice
Future Be going to in the active voice
15
I am going to do my homework.
My homework is going to be done.
Next
Tenses (5)
18
Modals in the passive voice
Modals in the active voice
17
These computers must be produced by Lenovo.
Lenovo must produce these computers.
Next