1. The Passive Voice by Lourdes

2. Use of the passive voice
The passive voice is used when we want to
emphasize the action and the object of a
sentence rather than the subject. This means
that the subject is less important than the action
itself or that we don't know who or what the
subject is.

3. FORM: Subject + Form of to be +
Past Participle
Present Simple:
Many people sell unwanted gifts
Unwanted gifts are sold by many people
Past Simple:
Many people sold unwanted gifts
Unwanted gifts were sold by many people

4. Present Perfect:
Many people have sold unwanted gifts
Unwanted gifts have been sold by many
people.
Past Perfect Simple:
Many people had sold unwanted gifts
Unwanted gifts had been sold by many
people.

5. Future Simple:
Many people will sell unwanted gifts
Unwanted gifts will be sold by many people
Be going to:
Many people are going to sell unwanted gifts
Unwanted gifts are going to be sold by many
people.

6. Modal Perfects
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Many people must have sold unwanted gifts
Unwanted gifts must have been sold by many
people.

7. Modal (Can)
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Many people can sell unwanted gifts
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Unwanted gifts can be sold by many people

8. Modal (Should)
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Many people should sell unwanted gifts
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Unwanted gifts should be sold by many people

9. Active to passive transformation.
Change in the setences.
To form a passive sentence from an active one we
have to take into account the following points:
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The doject of the active sentences becames the
subject in the passive sentence.
We have to use a form of the verb “to be” + the past
participle of the verb that we have in the active
sentence.

10. The subject of the “active”sentences becames the
object of the passive (or is left out).
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Peter
S
builds
Vb
a beautiful house
Do
A beautiful house is built by Pete r

11. Choose 5 sentences in the active voice and turn them into
passive voice
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They will buy a new camera.
- A new camera will be bought.
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The goverment will solve the problem.
- The problem will be solved by the goverment.
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They speak English in that country.
- English is spoken in that country.

12. ●
Somebody offered her a cheap camera.
- A cheap camera was offered to her.
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Pollution is destroying the Earth litlle by litlle.
- The Earth is being destroyed litlle by litlle by
pollution.

13. FIN