Date: 19 mayo 2020 GUIDE # 9

Name: jhos brayas sanchez

Program: psicologia

PASSIVE VOICE

Very little is needed to

make a happy life; it
is all within yourself,
in your way of
thinking.
1. Write the PAST PARTICIPLE form and the translation in Spanish of these verbs.

to see __see_____ ___visto___ to be bee____ estado____

to buy _bought____ _compro__ to wait waited_ esperado__
to study _studied____ __estudio__ to go gone__ ido_____
to do ___did________ __hizo____ to travel traveled___ viajado___
to have _had__________ _tenia__ to drink drunk___ bebido____
to build __built______ construido to watched_ visto___
watch
to forget _forgotten__________ olvidado_ to clean cleaned___ limpiado___
to wash __washed_________ lavado to sing sung____ Cantado__
to write ___written________ escrito to play Played ____ jugado____
to rescue __rescued_________ rescato to hand Handed____ entrego____
to speak __spoken_________ hablado to read read_____ leyo____
to cry __cried_________ llorado to cut cut____ corto_____
to __prepared_________ preparado to stole stolen____ robado____
prepare

GRAMMAR REFERENCE
We only use the passive when we are interested in the object or when we do not know who caused
the action.
Example: Appointments are required in such cases.

We can only form a passive sentence from an active sentence when there is an object in the active
sentence.

Form
to be + past participle
How to form a passive sentence when an active sentence is given:
 Object of the "active" sentence becomes subject in the "passive" sentence
 Subject of the "active" sentence becomes "object" in the "passive" sentence" (or is left out)

Active: Peter builds a house.

 Passive: A house is built by Peter.

Examples

Active Peter builds a house.

Simple Present
Passive: A house is built by Peter.

Active: Peter built a house.

Simple Past
Passive: A house was built by Peter.

Active: Peter has built a house.

Present Perfect
Passive: A house has been built by Peter.

Active: Peter will build a house.

Will-future
Passive: A house will be built by Peter.

Active: Peter can build a house.

Modals
Passive: A house can be built by Peter.

Practice writing
1. Rewrite the sentences using Passive voice.

Example:
Peter writes a letter. A letter is written. Or A letter is written by Peter.

1) Julia rescued three cats. ___Three cats were recued by Julia.

2) The students handed the reports. __The reports were handed by the students

3) Maria crashed into the blue car. ___The blue car was crashed by Maria

4) Alex learned the poem. _The poem will be learned by Alex

5) Steven has forgotten the book. __The book has been forgotten by Steven

___The DVD recorder hanst been repaired by

6) The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder.
the mechanic.

7) They play handball. ___Handball were played by they.

8) Sue puts the rucksack on the floor. ___The ruscksack was put on the floor by sue.

9) The girls had lost the match. __The match has been lost by the girls

___The window wasnt opened by the

10) The teacher is not going to open the window.
teacher.

2. Decide whether the sentences are written in Active (A) or Passive (P)

Boys like to play soccer. (A) This room has been painted blue. P

Cricket is played in Australia. (P) I am given a book. A

We have lost our keys. A You might see dolphins here. A

The report must be finished by next Friday. P They were singing a song. A

A letter was written to her. P The bike is being repaired. P

3. Re-write the text using simple present, simple past, simple future and present perfect, then
write in your notebook the passive voice for each tense.
 Example: This is a delicious cake Pres Simp _The cake is baked by my mom________
(Bake) Past Simp _The cake was baked by my mom______
Futur Simp _The cake will be baked by my mom____
Pres Perfe _The cake has been baked by my mom_

__ The photograph is taken by you The magazine article is written by Eduard.

____ The photograph was taken by you. The magazine article was written by Eduard.
___ The photograph will be taken by you The magazine article will be written by Eduard.
_The photograph has been taken by you The magazine article has been written by Eduard.

The sonata is composed by Leopoldo. The movie is directed by Richard.

The sonata was composed by Leopoldo. The movie was directed by Richard.

The sonata will composed by Leopoldo. The movie will be directed by Richard.
The sonata has composed by Leopoldo. The movie has been directed by Richard.

The political cartoon is drawn by Sara. The portrait is painted by Picasso

The political cartoon was drawn by Sara The portrait was painted by Picasso
The political cartoon will be drawn by Sara The portrait will be painted by Picasso
The political cartoon has been drawn by Sara The portrait has been painted by Picasso

The machine is invented by Marconi. The bridge is built by James

The machine was invented by Marconi. The bridge was built by James
The machine will be invented by Marconi. The bridge will be built by James
The machine has been invented by Marconi. The bridge has been built by James.

4. Write in your notebook the following sentences in the passive form.

a. Christian tells many horror stories The horror stories was told by Christian
 b. I clean the bedroom every day The bedroom has been cleaned every day
by me.

c. Juan has written a letter to his mother The letter to his mother was written by Juan

d. You bought a car last year The car was bought the last year by you
e. Linda will sing a song next week The song will be sung the next week by Linda.