The document discusses the passive voice in Spanish. It explains that the passive voice is used to put more emphasis on the action rather than the subject performing the action. It is also used when the subject performing the action is unknown. The passive is formed using the auxiliary verb "to be" and the past participle of the main verb. Examples are provided of converting sentences from the active to the passive voice in different tenses.

1. La voz pasiva
ALEJANDRO SOTO BARRAGÁN

2. ¿Cuando usamos la voz pasiva?
O Nosotros utilizamos la voz activa para
enfocar la accion del verbo en el sujeto.
O Pero cuando queremos dar mas
importancia a la accion y no a quien la ha
realizado , utilizamos la pasiva.
O Voz activa: He ate all of the cookies.
O Voz pasiva: All of the cookies were eaten

3. O Tambien utilizamos la voz pasiva cuando
no sabemos quien fue el que realizo la
acción.
Por ejemplo:
A civilian has been killed. (Un civil ha sido
asesinado.)

4. ¿Cómo formamos la pasiva?
O Se forma la voz pasiva con el verbo
auxiliar "to be" y el participio pasado del
verbo.
O Estructura: Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to
be") + participio pasado.
Ejemplo: The speech is written for the
president. (El discurso está escrito para el
presidente.)

5. Formacion de la pasiva
■Present simple
-Tourists visit the castle ( Active)
-The castle is visited by the tourists (Pasive)
■Past Simple
-Tourists visited the castle ( Active)
-The castle was visited by the tourists (Pasive)
■ Present Perfect
-Tourists have visited the castle
-The castle has been visited by the tourists

6. ■Past Perfect Simple
Tourists had visited the castle
The castle had been visited by the tourists
■ Future simple ( will)
Tourists will visit the castle
The castle will be visited by the tourists
■ Going to
The car is going to be washed
The car is going to be being washed

7. ■ Modals verbs
The car (can, must, should) be washed
The car (can, must ,should) be being
washed

8. Ejemplos
- They made this car in 1963
- This car was made in 1963
- Argentinians speak Spanish
- Spanish is spoken in Argentina
- Mark Twain wrote the book
- The book was written by Mark Twain

9. - The housekeeper will clean the room
- The room will be cleaned by the
housekeeper
- They say that women live longer than men
- It is said that women live longer than
men.