Research

workshop
“Passive
voice”
 • Los estudiantes podrán diferenciar entre voz
pasiva y voz activa.
• Los estudiantes podrán reconocer las
Learning estructuras de voz pasiva en diferentes
tiempos verbales
outcomes • Los estudiantes podrán identificar la
estructura de voz pasiva en abstracts
Agenda
• Passive voice
Do now: Look at the picture.
Analyse these two statements

• Every Saturday, John cooks

dinner for his family active
voice

• Every Saturday, dinner is cooked

by John for his familypassive
voice
 Active or passive voice? Present simple
subject object
Every Saturday, John cooks dinner for his family active voice
object subject

Every Saturday, dinner is cooked by John for his familypassive voice

Passive voice overview
Movie theaters sell popcorn
Verb to be
Present: am-is-are
Past: was/were
Perfect: been
Continuous: being
Future: be (will-going to)
Read the following
magazine article. Pay
special attention to the
verbs in passive voice
We can use passive voice in different verbal
tenses
Exercises: Read these statements. Identify Passive
or Active voice
1. Different actors are nominated by the Oscar commitee
2. Halle Berry won an Oscar in 2002
3. The actress wore a beautiful gown in that ceremony
4. She has been seen in many movies
5. Many actors live in California
6. Several movies are made in Hollywood
7. Hollywood was built at the beginning of the 20th century
Guided practice: Transform these active voice
sentences into passive
1. People can see the movie in many Theaters (Modal)
The movie can be seen in many theaters

2. Kate Winslet won the best actress award in 2009 (simple past)
The best actress award was won by Kate Winslet

3. Nowadays, film directors are using technology in their movies (Present continuous)
Technology is being used nowadays by film directors in their movies

4. The committee has selected the nominees (Present perfect)

The nominees have been selected by the committee

5. Tom Hanks wrote the script of the movie “Greyhound” (Simple past)
The script of the movie “Greyhound” was written by Tom Hanks
• A good movie is being shown at the Theater near my house (Present
continuous-show)

• Sound was added to the movies in 1927 (Past simple-add)

Cuándo el participio se hace con –ed o de
otra forma?
CUANDO MI VERBO ES REGULAR
Playplayed (Pasado) played (participio)

CUANDO MI VERBO NO ES REGULAR, TENGO QUE BUSCAR EL

PARTICIPIO QUE LE CORRESPONDA

Win (Irregular) won (pasado) won (participio)

Drive (Irregular) drove (pasado) driven (participio)
NOW, LET’S IDENTIFY PASSIVE VOICE
STRUCTURES IN THIS ABSTRACT

Scientists project the

testing
Testing is projected
AUTONOMOUS LEARNING ACTIVITY
• Go to Blackboard.
• Open Module Week 1 Unit 1
• Click on the activity folder
• Do the autonomous learning activity
• Deadline: March, Sunday 28th 11:59 pm