INSTITUTO MAIPÚ DE EDUCACIÓN INTEGRAL 47-PS

LENGUA EXTRANJERA INGLÉS

Prof. Natalia V. Silvestre (silvestrenv@hotmail.com)

5th A/ B/ C

PASSIVE VOICE REVIEW (REVISIÓN VOZ PASIVA)

Passive voice is used whenever we want to

emphasize the action and/or when the doer of the action is unknown, unimportant
or obvious. (La voz pasiva se utiliza cada vez que se quiera dar importancia a la acción y/o
cuando el sujeto de dicha acción se desconoce, no es importante o es obvio por el contexto).

Example:

All the assignments are going to be corrected during this week.

What’s important? That they are going to be corrected.

Who’s going to correct them? The teacher (it’s not mentioned because it’s obvious
because of the context)

Ejemplo:

Los trabajos prácticos van a ser corregidos durante esta semana.

¿Qué es lo importante? Que los trabajos serán corregidos.

¿Quién los va a corregir? La profesora. (El sujeto no se menciona porque en este caso es obvio
por el contexto).

Passive voice is always formed with the corresponding

form of the verb to be and the main verb in past
participle (3rd column).
Examples:

 The car was repaired.

 They are called by the headmaster.
 Bears can be transferred by land.
 The computer is being checked.

La voz pasiva siempre se forma con la forma que corresponda del verbo to be y el verbo
principal en participio (verbo en tercera columna)

Ejemplos:

 El auto fue reparado.

 Ellos son llamados por el director de la escuela.
 Los osos pueden ser transportados por tierra.
 La computadora está siendo revisada.

In the following chart, you can find passive voice forms in the different tenses: (en
el siguiente cuadro, aparecen las formas pasivas correspondientes a cada tiempo
verbal).

TENSE PASSIVE VOICE FORM

Present Simple Am
Is past participle
Are

Present Continuous Am
Is being past participle
are
Past Simple Was
past participle
Were

Past Continuous Was

Being past participle
Were
 Have
Present Perfect Been past participle

Has

Future simple Will be past participle

Am past
Be going to Is going to be participle
Are

Modal verbs Can

(can/could/may/might/shall/should/ought Could be past participle
to) May
should

Remember that you should always find out the verb,

its tense and then the object.

(Recuerden que siempre deben buscar en primer lugar el verbo, luego su tiempo y posteriormente
el objeto).

LET’S DO SOME PRACTICE, NOW!

 Turn the following sentences into the passive voice (Pasa las siguientes
oraciones a voz pasiva)

1- Sales representatives from all the regions attended the meeting.

2- The management will discuss the problem next week.
3- My assistant sent you the invoice message last Monday.
4- They have invited her to explain her reasons for making the changes.
5- You can find the order form on the last page of the catalogue.
6- When will the IT guy install the software?
7- The committee is announcing the decision tomorrow.
8- My colleague hasn't introduced me to Dr Young yet.
9- They expect better results soon.
10-You may use this paper for any kind of printer.