2. Use of the passive voice
The passive voice is a verbal time in which the
subject is passive before the acction of the verb.
3. How is verb formed in passive?
o The passive verb is formed with the auxiliary of
the verb TO BE and the participle spent from the
verb that conjugates
4. Present simple in Passive Voice
oI write a letter.
(Yo escribo una carta.)
oA letter is written by me.
(Una carta es escrita por mi.)
5. Past Simple in Passive Voice
oI wrote a letter.
(Yo escribí una carta.)
oA letter was written by me.
(Una carta fue escrita por mi.)
6. Present Perfect Simple in Passive Voice
oI have written a letter.
(Yo he escrito una carta.)
oA letter have been written by me.
(Una carta ha sido escrita por mi.)
7. Past Perfect Simple in Passive Voice
oI had written a letter.
(Yo había escrito una carta.)
oA letter had been written by me.
(Una carta había sido escrita por mi.)
8. Future con Will in Passive Voice
oI will write a letter.
(Yo escribiré una carta.)
oA letter will be written by me.
(Una carta será escrita por mi.)
9. Future Be Going to in Passive Voice
oI am going to write a letter.
(Yo voy a escribir una carta.)
oA letter is going to be written by me.
(Una carta va a ser escrita por mi.)
10. Modals Verbs in Passive Voice
CAN
oI can write a letter.
(Yo puedo escribir una carta.)
oA letter can be written by me.
(Una carta puede ser escrita por mi.)
11. MUST
oI must write a letter.
(Yo debo escribir una carta.)
oA letter must be written by me.
(Una carta debe ser escrita por mi.)
12. SHOULD
oI should write a letter.
(Yo debería escribir una carta.)
oA letter should be written by me.
(Una carta debería ser escrita por mi.)
13. Active to Passive transformation
oThe direct object of the active voice happens
to be the subject of the passive one.
oThe subject of the passive one turns into the
agentival complement that realizes the action.
oThe this action begins by/por this agent.
Example :
The porter carries the bags (Activa)
The bags are carried by the porter (Pasiva)
14. transforms phrases of active to passive
Active
o1 Maria buys a red car
o2 Luis will write a book next year
o3 They did the examination yesterday
o4 She can approve English
o5 My sister will buy a house
15. Passive
o1 A red car is bought by María
o2 A book will be written next year by Luis
o3 The examination was done yesterday by
them
o4 English can be approved by her
o5 A house will be bought by my sister
