THE PASSIVE

VOICE
THE PAST SIMPLE 2

Lic. Gloria Esther Tello Perez

1.- What is the Passive Voice?

2.- When do we use the Passive Voice?

3.- How can I easily change the

Active Voice
Passive Voice … ?
LESSON PLAN
1. What is The Passive?
2. The Grammatical Structure
3. When to use The Passive

4. Transforming the
´active´ ´passive´
What is THE PASSIVE PASSIVE

VOICE?
ACTIVE

VERB
ACTIVE
The teacher corrects exams in May. +1
S V O

PASSIVE Exams are corrected by the teacher in May.

BE PARTICIPLE

PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE

Correct Corrected Corrected
What is THE PASSIVE PASSIVE

VOICE?
ACTIVE

VERB
ACTIVE
Camila cleans her room every day. +1
S V O

PASSIVE Her room is cleaned by Camila every day.

BE PARTICIPLE

PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE

Clean Cleaned Cleaned
 PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
Discover Discovered Discovered
VERB
+1

ACTIVE
Andrea is discovering the museum now.
S V O

PASSIVE The museum is being discovered by Andrea now.

BE PARTICIPLE
 PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
Write Wrote Written
VERB
+1

ACTIVE
My sister is writing several poems.
S V O

PASSIVE Several poems are being written by my sister.

BE PARTICIPLE
 PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
Break Broke Broken
VERB
+1
ACTIVE
Sally has broken the window.
S V O

PASSIVE The window has been broken by Sally.

BE PARTICIPLE
 PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
Cook Cooked Cooked
VERB
+1
ACTIVE
Raul has cooked the food.
S V O

PASSIVE The food has been cooked by Raul.

BE PARTICIPLE
It has the subject first (the person or thing that We can use a passive, which puts the object
does the verb), first.

Subject + action/ time + object. Object + to be / time + verb in participle

+ by + Subject / OBJECT PRONOUNS.
It has the subject first (the person or thing that We can use a passive, which puts the object
does the verb), first.

Subject + action/ time + object. Object + to be / time + verb in participle

+ by + Subject / OBJECT PRONOUNS.

▪ Camila graba el video.

▪ Ellos están pintando la casa.
▪ Mi madre ha preparado la cena.
▪ Michael Jackson canta Billy Jean.
▪ Jhon está escribiendo un libro.
▪ Yo he enseñado ingles desde el
2008.
❖ My brother sings that song.

❖ My mother buys all my clothes.

❖ Angelo has broken the window.

❖ They are painting the house.

❖ We wear school uniforms in this school.

• The coach is congratulating the team at the moment.

• John has taken a lot of photos at the party.

• They are washing my car now.

• They have answered the interview.

• My father has helped a lot of people.

✓ We are reading news.

✓ They have adopted the dog.

✓ The teacher has started the lecture.

✓ Everyone has forgotten you.

✓ She has invited me to the party.