Soledad Roman de Nuez High school

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Topic: Active and passive voice
I.de desempeo: Reconozco la estructura de la voz pasiva a traves de la construccion de
textos orales y escritos.

Activity 1
Copy and identify the elements of the following texts:

She

opens

the window (active voice)

Ella abre la ventana

Expresamos lo mismo asi:

The window

is

opened

by her

Activity 2

Express in passive voice the following texts:

Tania buys a new car: ________________________________________
Luis punished the boys: ____________________________________________
Andrea writes a poem: _____________________________________________
We destroy the planet: _____________________________________________

Activity 3

Copy the concept of passive voice:

la voz activa y voz pasiva son dos maneras de expresar la misma de una manera
diferente .
En la voz activa el sujeto de una frase es la responsable de un evento o situacin,
mientras que la voz pasiva, el mismo sujeto recibe los efectos del evento, de la frase,
pasando al otro lugar .
Example:

Camilo
Subject

organizes
Verb
present

the party.

Direct
complement

Camilo organiza la fiesta

The party
Camilo(him).
Subject

To be verb

is

organized

Past

La fiesta es organizada por Camilo (el).

participle

by

Complement agent

Como vemos en la voz pasiva aparecen nuevos elementos que describen la funcin de
cada uno.
Siempre se usa el verbo TO BE dependiendo del tiempo de la oracin activa.
Verb TO BE
Is- are- am
Was- were
Is-are-am/ being
Was- were / being
Is- are-am/ going to be
Will/ be
Has- have/ been
Had/ been
Must- should- can- may-etc/ be

Tense
Simple present tense
Past tense
Present continous
Past continous tense
Future tense
Simple future tense
Present perfect tense
Past perfect tense
Modal verb

Tambien se usa el verbo en participio pasado ya sea regular o irregular.

La preposicin by que traduce por y se coloca despus de un verbo en participio
pasado :
Personal pronoun
Object pronoun
I
By: me
You
You
He
Him
She
Her
We
Us
You
You
They
Them

Activity 4
Express the following texts in passive voice and copy their grammar structures:
a) Paula uses my computer : __________________________________________________
b) Students will give some presentations:
_________________________________________________
c) We receive the newspaper every-day:
__________________________________________________
d) Tulia was eating the
dinner:__________________________________________________________
e) Victor had practiced the
dialogue:_____________________________________________________
f) Olga is going visit her
family:_________________________________________________________
g) You must obey the
priest:_____________________________________________________________
h) Andrea Teaches the
kids:_____________________________________________________________
i) Peter solved the trouble:___________________________________________________________
j) They have changed the
apartment:______________________________________________________
k) She will look for a new
job:____________________________________________________________
l) Mary is sending the
package:__________________________________________________________
m) She should take some
medicine:__________________________________________________________