Active and passive voice in all tenses (some slides are translated into Spanish)

1. ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?

2. THE ACTIVE VOICE IS A COMMON SENTENCE
in which we can identify the person
(doer of the action)
EX: Mr lewis buys new equipment every year
Person + verb + direct object + etc
La voz activa es
una oración comun
en la cual se
puede identificar
a la persona que
realiza la acción

3. IN THE PASSIVE VOICE THE DOER OF THE ACTION IS
UNKNOWN OR NOT IMPORTANT. (WE CAN OMIT IT)
EX: new equipment is bought every year
direct object + be/ past participle verb + etc
En la voz pasiva,
el sujeto que
realiza la acción
es desconocido o
no es importante
(se puede omitir)

4. direct object
Para transformar una oración de voz activa a voz pasiva hay que identificar :
To turn an active voice sentence into a passive
voice sentence, we have to identify :
verbPerson
What tense is it? Answers the question: what?Who?

5. EXample:
Who?.
verb
What tense is it?
Present simple
What?
What does Mr Lewis BUY?
This is called : direct object
etc
EX: Mr lewis buys new equipment every year
ETC: THE REST
OF THE SENTENCE

6. 2º
To turn it into passive, we have to change its order:
Para transformarla en voz pasiva, tenemos que cambiarle el orden:
1º.
Direct object Verb to be in the
correct tense
New equipment boughtis
3º
Main verb in past
participle
4º
Every year
etc
Mr lewis buys new equipment every year

7. In general, you omit the person but if you know who it is…
new equipment is bought every year By Mr lewis.
You can include it using ‘by’
En general, la persona se omite, pero se puede
incluir usando ‘BY’
Mr lewis buys new equipment every year

8. In case you have a Personal Pronoun, you must modify it
Remember this chart:
ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
I ME
YOU YOU
HE HIM
SHE HER
IT IT
WE US
THEY THEM
FOR EXAMPLE:
ACTIVE: SHE WRITES LETTERS
PASSIVE: LETTERS ARE WRITTEN BY HER
ACTIVE: THEY STUDY ART
PASSIVE: ART IS STUDIED BY THEM

9. EXAMPLES IN PRESENT SIMPLE:
ACTIVE: SUSAN READS THE REPORTS
THE REPORTS ARE READ BY SUSAN
IS / ARE + PAST PARTICIPLE VERB
ACTIVE: THEY WATCH AN EPISODE EVERY NIGHT
AN EPISODE IS WATCHED EVERY NIGHT BY THEM

10. EXAMPLES IN PAST SIMPLE:
ACTIVE: SUSAN READ THE REPORTS
THE REPORTS WERE READ BY SUSAN
WAS / WERE+ PAST PARTICIPLE VERB
ACTIVE: THEY WATCHED AN EPISODE EVERY NIGHT
AN EPISODE WAS WATCHED EVERY NIGHT BY THEM

11. EXAMPLES IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS:
ACTIVE: SUSAN IS READING THE REPORTS
THE REPORTS ARE BEING READ BY SUSAN
IS BEING/ ARE BEING
+ PAST PARTICIPLE VERB
ACTIVE: THEY ARE WATCHING AN EPISODE
AN EPISODE IS BEING WATCHED BY THEM

12. EXAMPLES IN PAST CONTINUOUS:
ACTIVE: SUSAN WAS READING THE REPORTS
THE REPORTS WERE BEING READ BY SUSAN
WAS BEING/ WERE BEING
+ PAST PARTICIPLE VERB
ACTIVE: THEY WERE WATCHING AN EPISODE
AN EPISODE WAS BEING WATCHED BY THEM

13. EXAMPLES IN FUTURE:
ACTIVE: SUSAN WILL READ THE REPORTS
THE REPORTS WILL BE READ BY SUSAN
WILL BE+ PAST PARTICIPLE VERB
ACTIVE: THEY ARE GOING TO WATCH AN EPISODE
AN EPISODE IS GOING TO BE WATCHED BY THEM
IS-ARE GOING TO BE+ PAST PARTICIPLE VERB

14. EXAMPLES IN PRESENT PERFECT:
ACTIVE: SUSAN HAS READ THE REPORTS
THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN READ BY SUSAN
HAVE / HAS BEEN +
PAST PARTICIPLE VERB
ACTIVE: THEY HAVE WATCHED AN EPISODE
AN EPISODE HAS BEEN WATCHED BY THEM

15. EXAMPLES with modal verbs:
ACTIVE: SUSAN MUST READ THE REPORTS
THE REPORTS MUST BE READ BY SUSAN
must be/ can be/ should be/ have to be+
PAST PARTICIPLE VERB
ACTIVE: THEY SHOULD WATCH AN EPISODE
AN EPISODE SHOULD BE WATCHED BY THEM

16. PRACTICE

17. LESLIE WRITES EMAILS
EMAILS ARE WRITTEN BY LESLIE

18. WE STUDIED HISTORY
HISTORY WAS STUDIED BY US

19. WE ARE PRACTISING THE ORAL PRESENTATION
THE ORALPRESENTATION IS BEING PRACTISED BY US

20. TOM WAS READING A BOOK
A BOOK WAS BEING READ BY TOM