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Voz Pasiva en Inglés-2 PDF
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Las oraciones del primer grupo estn en voz activa y las del segundo en pasiva. Al transformar
una oracin activa en otra pasiva el sujeto y la forma verbal cambian.
Puede ser el complemento directo de la oracin activa el que pasa a ser el sujeto de la
oracin pasiva:
She ate an apple.
(an apple = complemento directo)
ACTIVA
I read a book every week.
She is cooking dinner now.
They bought too many vegetables.
They were discussing the film.
I have done all the work.
Weve been reading that book.
She had cleaned everything.
They had been learning that.
PASIVA
A book is read by me every week.
Dinner is being cooked by her now.
Too many vegetables were bought by them.
The film was being discussed.
All the work has been done by me.
That book has been being read. (poco frecuente)
Everything had been cleaned by her.
That had been being learnt by them. (muy poco
frecuente)
El sujeto agente (la persona o cosa que realiza la accin) se puede indicar en la oracin pasiva
si se desea. Tiene que ir precedido de by:
She ate an apple.
(she = sujeto)
Pero muchas veces no se menciona quien realiza la accin en la pasiva porque se entiende por el
contexto o no interesa.
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Otros ejemplos:
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They told her the truth She was told the truth.
He paid me I was paid by him.
They sent him a letter He was sent a letter.
No todos los verbos se pueden utilizar en voz pasiva. sta es slo posible con los verbos
transitivos, es decir, con aquellos que necesitan ir acompaados de un complemento directo.
Ejemplos de oraciones que slo son posibles en voz activa:
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