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Passive Voice
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Passive voice
Use
When do we use passive voice?
When we want to change the focus of the sentence:
The mona lisa was painted by leonardo davinci
When who or what causes the action is unknown or unimportant or obvious or people in general :
he was arrested
My bike has been stolen
how we use it?
Things you must take into account
Active voice: The dog chased the cat
Passive voice: The cat was chased by the dog.
Remember
Identify the subject of the active sentence
identify the object
identify the verb and the time in which it is
conjugated the verb «to be» in that same tense.
find out the past participle of the verb
Let's practice
Let's put it into practice!
Turn this sentence into passive
Active
The dog chases the cat.
Subject : the dog
Object: the cat
Verb: Chases ( Simple present)
Verb to be for simple present: is
Past participle of the verb : Chased
How to form sentences
Pay attention to the following structure
Objeto + verbo «to be» conjugado + past participle + by + sujeto
The cat + is + chased + by + the dog
Common errors
Common errors
wrong x
The broken window repaired»
Right !
The broken window was repaired
wrong x
The window was smashed by someone
Right!
The window was smashed
Passive forms
Passive forms
Simple present.
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle
The speech is written for the president
Simple past
Object + was / were + verb3 (past participle)
The letter was written