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JOSE EDUARDO TORRES LEÓN 
In this presentation im going to explain the 
use of this voice and how to do it correctly
The passive voice is used in English in Different 
Situations: 
*To emphasize the object of the active voice 
*When the subject of the action isn’t clear or it is 
unknown 
*When the reciever of the action is more important 
than the doer. 
* In technical and scientific texts
The passive voice is formed changing the order of the 
subject in the sentence and using the verb in past 
participle accompanied by the “to be” verb” in the 
correct tense 
SPANISH SENTENCE ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE 
Yo estoy escribiendo un 
libro 
I´mwriting a book A book is being written 
by me 
In this sentence the 
subject is doing the 
action and is written 
first. 
In this sentence the 
object is used like 
subject, it is written first 
and the doer is the agent 
complement.
Verbal Tense Active Voice Passive Voice 
Present simple He eats pizza/ 
I eat all the plates of the 
restaurant 
Pizza is eaten by him/ 
All the plates of the restaurant 
are eaten by me 
Past simple He sent a letter A letter was sent by him 
Present perfect Jhon has seen your facebook 
profile 
Your facebook profile has been 
seen by Jhon 
Past perfect simple They had washed the red car The red car had been washed by 
them 
Future with “will” The police will stop the murderer The murderer will be stopped by 
the police 
Future with going to Rafael is going to buy an 
umbrella 
An umbrella is going to be 
bought by Rafael 
Modal verbs: CAN We can lend you some money some money can be lent to you 
by us 
Modal verbs: MUST The students must not use the 
cell phone in the classroom 
The cell phone must not be used 
in the classroom by the students 
Modal verbs : Should The people should hear the 
music with a low volume 
The music should be heard with a 
low volume
Active voice Passive voice 
Someone stole my cap 
yesterday 
My cap was stolen by 
somenone yesterday 
They were recording a film A film was being recorded by 
them 
English people love tea Tea is loved by English 
people 
The paleontologist 
discovered these bones 
These bones were discovered 
by the paleontologist 
There are two ways to transform the sentences which 
have two objects: 
I gave Natalie my Heart-> Natalie was given my heart 
->My heart was given to Natalie 
Katie has visited the 
museum 
The museum has been 
visited by Katie

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How is made the passive

  • 1. JOSE EDUARDO TORRES LEÓN In this presentation im going to explain the use of this voice and how to do it correctly
  • 2. The passive voice is used in English in Different Situations: *To emphasize the object of the active voice *When the subject of the action isn’t clear or it is unknown *When the reciever of the action is more important than the doer. * In technical and scientific texts
  • 3. The passive voice is formed changing the order of the subject in the sentence and using the verb in past participle accompanied by the “to be” verb” in the correct tense SPANISH SENTENCE ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE Yo estoy escribiendo un libro I´mwriting a book A book is being written by me In this sentence the subject is doing the action and is written first. In this sentence the object is used like subject, it is written first and the doer is the agent complement.
  • 4. Verbal Tense Active Voice Passive Voice Present simple He eats pizza/ I eat all the plates of the restaurant Pizza is eaten by him/ All the plates of the restaurant are eaten by me Past simple He sent a letter A letter was sent by him Present perfect Jhon has seen your facebook profile Your facebook profile has been seen by Jhon Past perfect simple They had washed the red car The red car had been washed by them Future with “will” The police will stop the murderer The murderer will be stopped by the police Future with going to Rafael is going to buy an umbrella An umbrella is going to be bought by Rafael Modal verbs: CAN We can lend you some money some money can be lent to you by us Modal verbs: MUST The students must not use the cell phone in the classroom The cell phone must not be used in the classroom by the students Modal verbs : Should The people should hear the music with a low volume The music should be heard with a low volume
  • 5. Active voice Passive voice Someone stole my cap yesterday My cap was stolen by somenone yesterday They were recording a film A film was being recorded by them English people love tea Tea is loved by English people The paleontologist discovered these bones These bones were discovered by the paleontologist There are two ways to transform the sentences which have two objects: I gave Natalie my Heart-> Natalie was given my heart ->My heart was given to Natalie Katie has visited the museum The museum has been visited by Katie