The document discusses the passive voice in Spanish. It begins by distinguishing between the active voice, where the subject performs the action of the verb, and the passive voice, where the action of the verb is received by the object. It then provides instructions for transforming an active sentence into a passive sentence by making the object the subject and using the verb "to be" plus the past participle. Examples are given of active and corresponding passive sentences. Finally, it discusses how the verb changes form depending on its tense in the original active sentence and provides five more examples of sentences transformed from active to passive voice.

1. VOZ PASIVA
Virginia
Osorio
Zamora
PASSIVE
VOICE

2. Para comenzar estableceremos la
diferencia con el lenguaje que
utilizamos habitualmente llamado
“voz activa” en el cual la acción
del verbo recae sobre el sujeto,
mientras que en la “voz pasiva” la
acción del verbo recae sobre el
objeto.

3. ¿Cómo transformamos una frase activa en una frase pasiva?
1) Buscamos el objeto (puede ser una cosa o una persona sobre la que recae
la acción del sujeto) de la frase activa y lo convertimos en sujeto.
Literalmente, le damos la vuelta a la frase.
• 2) Cambiamos el verbo principal (el que realiza la acción) a la
estructura verbo "to be" conjugado + participio del verbo.

4. Aquí
vemos
algunos
ejemplos:
* He built the house (activa)
The house was built by him (pasiva)
* He loves her (activa)
She is loved by him (pasiva)

5. ACTIVA
James installed a smoke alarm yesterday
SUJETO
VERBO
OBJETO
PASIVA
A smoke alarm
was installed
by James yersterday
SUJETO
VERBO
AGENTE

6. Dependiendo de la forma en que
se encuentre el verbo en la voz
activa pasa a un tiempo verbal o
a otro para la voz pasiva

7. ACTIVA
PRESENT
I write the letter
PAST SIMPLE
I wrote the letter
PRESENT PERFECT
I have written the letter
PAST PERFECT
I had written the letter
PASIVA
The letter is written
The letter is being written
The letter has been written
The letter had been written

8. FUTURE WILL
I will write the letter
The letter will be written
FUTURE GOING TO
I am going to write the letter
The letter is going to be written
MUST
I must write the letter
The letter must be writting (by me)
SHOULD
I should write the letter
The letter should be writting (by me)
CAN
I can write the letter
The letter could be writting

9. 1. The French gave the statue to the U.S. in 1886
The statue was given to the U.S. by the French in 1886.
2. Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty.
The Statue of Liberty was designed by Bartholdi.
Para terminar
aquí tenemos
cinco
ejemplos:
3. They speak both Spanish and Portuguese in Latin America.
Both Spanish and Portuguese are spoken in Latin America.
4. They grow a lot of coffee in Brazil.
A lot of coffee is grown in Brazil.
5. Sandra cleans the house
The house is cleaned by Sandra .