The document discusses the passive voice in English grammar. It defines active and passive voice, explains when to use passive voice, and provides the structures for forming sentences in the present simple, past simple, present perfect, past perfect, present continuous, past continuous, and future tenses in passive voice. It then gives 10 example sentences to practice converting from active to passive voice.

1. English and Culture 2 Passive Voice Profesora: Romina Oliva Subsector: Idioma Extranjero: Inglés Curso: 8ºA Colegio Navarra Puente Alto

2. Active voice In an active sentence we say what the subject does: E.g..: My grandfather was a builder. He built this house. She cleans her room everyday.

3. Passive voice In a passive sentence we say what happens to the subject: e.g.: This house is quite old. It was built in 1956. if we want to say who does or what causes the action we use by e.g.: this house was built by my father

4. When do we use passive voice? When who or what causes the action is not important or unknown e.g.: We say: the computer was fixed Instead of : someone fixed the computer (it is not important who)

5. Passive voice structure Present simple : Active: clean(s)/ see(s) etc. Passive: am/is/are + clean ,see, etc. e.g.: this room is cleaned every day. Past simple : Active: cleaned, saw, etc. Passive: was/were + cleaned/seen etc. e.g.: this room was cleaned yesterday.

6. Present perfect : Active: have/has + done, etc. Passive: have/has been + done, etc. e.g.: the room has been cleaned. the rooms have been cleaned. Past perfect : Active: had + done, etc. Passive: had been + done, etc. e.g.: this room had been cleaned.

7. Present continuous : Active: am/is/are + (do)ing Passive: am/is/are + being + done, cleaned , etc. e.g.: the room is being cleaned at the moment. Past continuous : Active: was/were + (do)ing Passive: was/were + being + done, cleaned, etc. e.g.: the room was being cleaned when I arrived.

8. Future : Active: will + done, cleaned, etc . Passive: will + be + done, cleaned, etc. e.g.: the walls will be painted tomorrow.

9. Exercises Write the following sentences in passive voice: 1. They arrested her last week. . 2. John wrote a letter. . 3. They invited ten friends to the party. . 4. They have just built a new house. . 5. The police caught the thieves yesterday. . 6. The maid will clean all the house for tomorrow. . 7. My brother hit me. . 8. They removed two cars from the street. . 9. They have just cleaned the room. . 10. We will build a new house. .