ACTIVE VS

PASSIVE
Active Voice means that a sentence has a subject that acts upon its verb.

VOICE
Example : The hunter killed the lion

 Passive Voice means that a subject is a recipient of a verb action

It´s used when the focus is on the action. Perhaps, It is not important or it is not known
Example : The lion was killed by the hunter.

THE PASSIVE VOICE

Profesora Aracelis Yumar
 ACTIVE VOICE PATHERN
Subject + Trasitive Verb + Object
PASSIVE VOICE PATTERN
Subject + Tense of Tobe + Past Participle + by + Object
ACTIVE SENTENCE EXAMPLE PASSIVE SENTENCE

/
That man   cleaned the windows. The windows were cleaned by that man

Passive Sentences with Two Objects WRITE/s - WROTE - WRITTEN

SUBJECT VERB OBJECT 1 OBJECT 2

ACTIVE RITA WROTE A LETTER TO BILL

PASSIVE A LETTER WAS TO BILL BY RITA
WRITTEN
PASSIVE BILL WAS A LETTER BY RITA
WRITTEN
 PERSONAL PRONOUNS
CHANGES IN
SUBJECT
PASSIVE VOICE:
OBJECT PRONOUNS
PRONOUNS
I ME
YOU YOU
HE HIM
SHE HER
IT IT
We US
They THEM
EXAMPLE: MARY SAW BETTY SHE SAW HER

ACTIVE VOICE: THEY SAW HER ON THE STREET YESTERDAY

SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
PASSIVE VOICE: SHE WAS SEEM BY THEM ON THE STREET YESTERDAY
SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
 
 VERB TOBE TENSES
PRON. PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST UNEMPHATIC EMPHATIC PRESENT PAST CONDITIONAL
CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS FUTURE FUTURE PERFECT PERFECT
I AM WAS AM BEING WAS BEING AM GOING WILL BE HAVE HAD WOULD
TOBE BEEN BEEN BE
YOU ARE WERE ARE BEING WERE BEING ARE GOING WILL BE HAVE HAD WOULD
TOBE BEEN BEEN BE
HE IS WAS IS BEING WAS BEING IS GOING WILL BE HAS HAD WOULD
TOBE BEEN BEEN BE
SHE IS WAS IS BEING WAS BEING IS GOING WILL BE HAS HAD WOULD
TOBE BEEN BEEN BE
IT IS WAS IS BEING WAS BEING IS GOING WILL BE HAS HAD WOULD
TOBE BEEN BEEN BE
WE ARE WERE ARE BEING WERE BEING ARE GOING WILL BE HAVE HAD WOULD
TOBE BEEN BEEN BE
THEY ARE WERE ARE BEING WERE BEING ARE GOING WILL BE HAVE HAD WOULD
TOBE BEEN BEEN BE
 P A S S I V E V O I C E
SUMMARY
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action, so, who or what is performing the action, is not important or it is not known

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

  Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not or guilt anyone

(Example: A mistake has been made.).

Form of Passive
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of verbs list)

Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting Active Voice Sentences in Passive Voice, note the following:
 The Object of the Active Sentence becomes the Subject of the Passive Sentence
 The form of the verb in Passive Form is (to be + Past Participle)
 The Subject of the Active Sentence becomes the Object of the Passive Sentence
CHANGE INTO PASSIVE VOICE THE SENTENCE IN ACTIVE VOICE AND INTO ACTIVE VOICE

THE SENTENCES IN PASSIVE VOICE

1.- A house is being built by them (P) build/s- built-built

They ARE BUILDING A HOUSE

2.- I will never forget this experience. (A) forget/s- FORGOT- FORGOTTEN

THIS EXPERIENCE will never be forgotten by me

3. Mother made a cake yesterday (A) make/s -made-made

a cake was made by mother /by her

4. Meal is cooked by someone every day (P) cook/s-cooked-cooked

someone cooks meal everyday

.5. She did her duty (A) do-does /did/done

her duty was done by her

 RECOGNITION OF SENTENCES IN
PASSIVE AND ACTIVE VOICE
The object of the passive sentence is not always mentioned. If we have to mention it, we usually introduce it
by adding the conjunction “by” after it
Example: The letter was read. The letter was read it by me

“How the passive voice, is identified in English”

1. As in Spanish, the passive voice is formed with the verb 'to be' (SER O ESTAR)
and the Past Participle of the Principal verb, (3rd column of verbs list)

2. The subject of a passive verb corresponds to the object of an active verb.

Verbal construction is the main indicative of passive voice sentences

The passive voice is usually used when it is unknown or not interesting to mention “who” or “what” does
the action
EXAMPLE: - German is spoken here
- When was this house built?
- Many songs have been written about love
 1. Meal is cooked here every day. (P A S S I V E)
WRITE IN PARENTHESES (“P”) IF THE SENTENCES IS IN PASSIVE

VOICE AND2. (“A”) IF IT English well

She speaks IS IN ACTIVE VOICE ! “IN BLANK” (A C T I V E )

3. They have finished the homework (A C T I V E )

4. He was wearing a red shirt  (ACTIVE)

(A
5. My purse had been stolen (P A S S I V E )

6. She bought a Beautiful fat (A C T I V E )

7. The letters was sent yesteday ((P A S S I V E)P A

S SI V E)

8. The new story is being told ( (P A S S I V E)

9. A sleeping pill will be prescribed ( (P A S S I V E)