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Unit 42: Passive

Voice
Group #9
Members of the Group
Andraus Medina, Rahme Anabella 202100777
Bonilla Hernández, Katherin Andrea 202109895
Flores Alfaro, Adriana Isabella 202108599
Guzmán López, Diana Lucia 201805028
Martinez Cifuentes, Katerine Gabriela 202111149
Pellecer Roldán, Sofía 202110950
Spiegeler Palma, Guillermo 202103581
Passive Voice
The passive of an active tense is formed by putting the verb to be into
the same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the
active verb.

Active: My grandfather planted this tree.

Passive: This tree was planted by my grandfather.

Active: He delivered the letters.

Passive: The letters are delivered.
The person or object that performs the action that we are
talking about is often unimportant in passive voice.

If we want to say who or what performs the action, we use the

preposition by.

This house was built in 1981 by my grandfather

How to use passive and active verbs?
When we use an ACTIVE When we use a PASSIVE
VERB, we say what the VERB, we say what
subject does: happens to the subject:
My grandfather was a builder. This house is old.

He built this house in 1981. It was built in 1981.

 Present simple Used to talk about some actions that are performed
in the present, repeated actions or habits.

The Present Simple Active

[subject] + base form of the verb (in third Somebody cleans this room every day.
person singular, we add ‘-s’ to the verb)

The Present Simple Passive

am/is/are + the Past Participle form of the verb
Note: We use ‘am‘ for first-person singular (I), ‘is‘ for
third-person singular, and ‘are‘ for second singular and This room is cleaned every day.
plural nouns and pronouns.
 Present simple STRUCTURES
Negative form
Just insert ‘not‘ between ‘am’, ‘is’ or ‘are’ and Past
Participle (the contracted forms are ‘isn’t’ and Spanish is not (isn't) spoken in China.
‘aren’t’).

am/is/are + not + Past Participle

Questions
swap the subject and ‘am’, ‘is’ or ‘are’. The structure for
asking questions in Present Simple Passive is: Are US dollars accepted at Dubai airport?

am/is/are + [subject] + Past Participle

WH Questions
To make a wh-question, insert a question word before
‘am’, ‘is’ or ‘are’: What is this pie made of?
wh + am/is/are + [subject] + Past Participle
 Past Simple Structures

A. This room was cleaned yesterday. Past Simple Passive

[ subject + was/were + past participle ]
B. Somebody cleaned this room yesterday.
e.g.: No apples were eaten.

Past Simple Passive Negative

Normally used to describe actions that
[ subject + was/were + not + past participle ]
were completed in the past.
e.g.: You were not invited to the party.
As with all passive voice sentences,
emphasis is put on the effect of the
action rather than who does the action. Questions in Past Simple Passive
Unlike the Past Perfect Passive, there's [ was/were + subject + past participle ]
no specific point in the past. e.g.: Where were the grapes grown?

GrammarTOP. (2019, February 2). Past Simple Passive. Retrieved from https://grammartop.com/past-simple-passive-2/
 active voice

-Somebody Built this house in 1981.

Subject + verb + object + complement

Active voice emphasizes the subject.

Direct information
 Passive voice

In passive voice we care about

the action not the subject.

This house was built in 1981.

Direct object + verb to be + Participle + complement
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Let's practice!