PASSIVE

VOICE
 Use
The passive is used to focus attention on the
person or thing affected by the action , rather
than on the agent . If we are interested on the
agent , we use the preposition by .
AFFIRMATIVE STRUCTURE

01 02 03 04

VERB IN PAST COMPLEMEN

OBJECT VERB TO BE PARTICIPLE T
The window was broken by susy
Negative structure

A B C D

Verb to be Verb in past

Object participle Complement
negative
Italian By many people
Isn´t Studied
around the
world .
Interrogative structure

01 02 03 04

VERB IN PAST COMPLEMEN

VERB TO BE OBJECT PARTICIPLE T
was the window broken by susy?
Tenses

Present Past
Am- is- are Was were
Many languages are She was taken to the
spoken in USA. hospital at night .

Future Perfect
Will be /Am -is -are Have- has been/ Had been
going to be
The Bible has been translated to
The soccer match will be many languages.
played on Saturday .
Verb to be
Continuous Modals
Am-is are being Should be/Must be / May be
Was were being He should be recognized with the nobel
The covid 19 vacinne is being tested prize.
in different countries.

Infinitive Gerund
To be Being
She is hoping to be elected as I can´t remember being called
the new manager. by the principal.
 When is clear from the
The agent is not context

usually included: 01 Tom was arrested for

dangerous driving ( by the
police)

When we don´t know

it
02 My car was stolen
yesterday

In official notices
03 Alcohol may not be
introduced ( you).
 The perfect infinitive

(have + past participle )

Is used to refer to past

Ten people are known to have died in the accident .

Passives for reporting verbs
The infinitive can be used after
the passive of reporting verbs to
talk about widely held beliefs or
opinions.
Examples
Believe , consider, expect ,
know, say and think.
The president is expected to
arrive at 9:30