PASSIVE VOICE

- El uso de la voz pasiva es mucho más común en inglés que en español, ya que en español
usamos la forma impersonal (se dice, el paquete no se entregó, etc).

- Otra característica importante de la pasiva es que la acción que describe es más importante
que el sujeto que la realiza. Bien porque no es importante o porque no lo sabemos.
FORMA Y USO E.g.: 2000 doses of the covid vaccine have been given (by nurses to people). Aquí lo importante
es que se han puesto vacunas, no el quién. Se presupone que son enfermeros.
- La pasiva siempre se forma del mismo modo: SUJETO + VERBO “TO BE” (en la forma
correspondiente de presente, pasado o futuro) + PARTICIPIO PASADO (del verbo principal, el
que tiene significado/sentido).
- Cuando se trata de una pregunta el verbo “to be” pasa a estar delante, y la estructura quedaría
así: VERBO “TO BE” (en el tiempo correspondiente) + SUJETO + PARTICIPIO PASADO (del verbo
principal).
ACTIVE PASSIVE
PRESENT SIMPLE The chairman arranges the meeting. The meeting is arranged by the
chairman.
IS/AM/ARE + PARTICIPIO PASADO
PRESENT The chairman is arranging the The meeting is being arranged by the
TRANSFORMACIÓN DE CONTINUOUS meeting. chairman.
AM/IS/ARE + BEING + PARTICIPIO
PASADO
ACTIVA PAST SIMPLE The chairman arranged the meeting. The meeting was arranged by the
chairman.
WAS / WERE + PARTICIPIO PASADO
A PAST CONTINUOUS The chairman was arranging the The meeting was being arranged by
meeting. the chairman.
WAS/WERE + BEING + PARTICIPIO
PASIVA PASADO
PRESENT PERFECT The chairman has arranged the The meeting has been arranged by the
meeting. chairman.
HAS/HAVE + BEEN+ PARTICIPIO
PASADO
PAST PERFECT The chairman had arranged the The meeting had been arranged by the
meeting. chairman.
HAD + BEEN + PARTICIPIO PASADO
FUTURE (WILL) The chairman will arrange the The meeting will be arranged by the
meeting. chairman.
WILL + BE + PARTICIPIO PASADO
FUTURE PERFECT The chairman will have arranged the The meeting will have been arranged
meeting. by the chairman.
WILL + HAVE + BEEN + PARTICIPIO
PASADO
FUTURE (BE GOING The chairman is going to arrange the The meeting is going to be arranged
TO) meeting. by the chairman.
AM/IS/ARE + GOING TO + PARTICIPIO
PASADO
MODAL VERBS The chairman must/should arrange The meeting must / should be
the meeting. arranged by the chairman.
MUST / SHOULD + BE+ ARRANGED