PASSIVE SENTENCES

Victoria DÍaz Wallsten Tarea I.3 INGLES

USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE

WHEN SHOULD WE USE THE PASSIVE? We use the passive to say “what happens to the

subject”. When we don´t know who did the action. When it´s very clear who did the action

STRUCTURE OF PASSIVE SENTENCE

How to make a passive sentence?

SUBJECT+TO BE+PAST PARTICLEExample for:

- PRESENT SIMPLE: drink/s – am/is/are drunk- PAST SIMPLE: drank – was/were drunk- PRESENT PERFECT: have/has drunk – have/has been drunk- PAST PERFECT SIMPLE: had drunk - had been drunk - FUTURE WITH WILL: will drink – will be drunk - GOING TO FUTURE: am/is/are going to drink – am/is/are going to be

drunk- MODAL VERB SENTENCE:

SUB JECT+MODAL VERB+TO BE+PAST PARTICLE

. MUST : must drink / must be drunk . CAN : can drink/ can be drunk . SHOULD : should drink / should be drunk

CHANGE ACTIVE TO PASSIVE SENTENCE

Example of active sentence:

.The teacher take the bag-

. First we move the object to the subject position: The bag..

. Next, change the verb to the passive: The bag is taken…

. And the last step is move it to a position after the verb: The bag is taken by the teacher

EXAMPLES OF CHANGING ACTIVE TO PASSIVE

. ACTIVE : María swam all the swimmingpoll

. PASSIVE : All the swimmingpool was swum by María

.ACTIVE : The girl is going to spend the money

.PASSIVE : The money is going to be spent by the girl

.ACTIVE : My family has thought about that

.PASSIVE : About that has been thought by my family

.ACTIVE : The bird was singing a song

.PASSIVE : A song was being by the bird

. ACTIVE : I will eat a dessert

. PASSIVE : A dessert will be eaten by me