The document discusses the use of the passive voice in English. It provides examples of changing sentences from the active to the passive voice. To form the passive voice, the subject and object of the active sentence are reversed, the appropriate form of the verb "to be" is used along with the past participle of the main verb, and the agent (who performed the action) can be included at the end of the sentence using "by". Rules for forming the passive voice and additional examples are presented.

1. Do you wish a
wine to drink?
Better, a wine to
drink wished for
me.
USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
De Manuel Pérez González
Para Inglés 2º Bachillerato
Teresa Guzmán Pastor

2. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
In the passive voice the important
is the action, and not, who makes
Do you
wash
your car?
No I don´t. The car is washed
for me. Now, I am not
important, now is it.

3. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
To pass the active voice sentence at the passive voice
you just have to:
1º. You must change the order of subject and object.
2º. You must add the auxiliary verb “to be” in the tense of
the active voice.
3º. You must add the participle of the main verb.
Let´s see some exemples

4. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VERB FORMS
Verb tense
Structure
Example
Present simple
am/are/is +PP
These pictures are painted in Spain
Past simple
was/were + PP
The clothes was washed today
Present perfect
have/has been +PP
The picture has been painted by John
Past perfect simple
had been + PP
When I arrived the home had been stolen
Future with will
will be +PP
The shop will be closed tomorrow
Going to future
am/are/is going to be+ PP
My house is going to be sold
Modal verb can
modal + be + PP
The fish could be caught by the fisherman
Modal verb must
modal + be + PP
The politician must be enclosed in prison
Modal verb should
modal + be + PP
The car should be washed tomorow

5. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
What is need to form the passive voice?
We will remember:
In the active voice matter who does the action.
In the passive voice the important is the action.
1º In the passive voice we use the object of the active voice sentence as subject.
2º We conjugate the verb “to be” in the righ manner.
3º We add the past participle (pp)
We´re going to see its estructure:
Object + verb “to be” conjugate + PP + complement

6. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
Active to passive transformation
1º In the passive voice we use
the object of the active voice
sentence as subject.
SUBJECT AGENT
VERB
OBJECT
COMPLEMENT
Active: They read the newspaper every day
Passive: The newspaper is readed every day by them
COMPLEMENT
2º We conjugate the
verb “to be” in the righ
manner.
3º We add the past
participle of the
active voice (pp).
4º If you want to say at the end of the sentence
who has done the deed, you simply add the
preposition “by + subject agent”.
But beware!
Remember, when you have
as subject to a personal
pronom, before you must
change it to a pronom
object.

7. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
Let´s see more exemples

8. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
Active voice
A lightning has broken the antenna
Passive voice
The antenna has been broken by the lightning

9. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
Active voice
Some masons build this house.
Passive voice
This house is built by some masons.

10. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
Active voice
I´ll make the food for tomorrow
Passive voice
The food will be made by me for tomorrow

11. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
Active voice
Paul must pick up their toys
Passive voice
The toys must be picked up by Paul

12. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
Active voice
We eat meat every week.
Passive voice
The meat is eaten by our every week.

13. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE