Passive Voice

A Voz Passiva forma-se com o verbo To Be e o Particpio Passado do verbo principal. Ex.: What language is spoken in Bangladesh? O sujeito da activa transforma-se no agente da passiva. Activa John and his friends fixed the television. Passiva The television was fixed by John and his friends. O agente da passiva pouco usado no Ingls corrente, aparecendo apenas quando, por qualquer razo, seja necessrio especificar quem realizou a aco. Exemplos: Simple Present I
subject

write
Simple Present

a long letter.
object

A long letter
new subject

is written
new verb form

by me.
agent

Simple Past She

subject

gave
Simple Past

an interview.
object

An interviewr
new subject

was given
new verb form

by her.
agent

Present Perfect I
subject

have seen
Present Perfect

a snake.
object

A snake
new subject

has been seen

new verb form

by me.
agent

Past Perfect He
subject

had sent
Past Perfect

five postcards.
object

Five postcards
new subject

had been sent

new verb form

by him.
agent

Present Continuous John

subject

is repairing
Present Continuous

the television.
object

The television
new subject

is being repaired
new verb form

by John.
agent

Past Continuous The girls

subject

were cleaning
Past Continuous

the room.
object

The room
new subject

was being cleaned

new verb form

by the girls.
agent

Future The manager

subject

will help
Future

the athletes.
object

The athletes
new subject

will be helped
new verb form

by the manager.
agent

Going to Gabriel
subject

is going to write
Future (going to)

a report.
object

A report
new subject

is going to be written
new verb form

by Gabriel.
agent

Modal Verbs The porter

subject

should carry
Verb form

the luggage.
object

The luggage
new subject

should be carried
new verb form

by the porter.
agent

Idiomatic Passive Voice

Este tipo de passiva no tem equivalncia exacta na nossa lngua. Quando a frase tem dois complementos, um directo e um indirecto, normalmente o complemento indirecto que se transforma em sujeito. Active: The girls
Subject

showed
verb

them
indirect object

the new book.

direct object

Passive: They
New subject

were showed the new book by the girls.

Active: Their creator

Subject

gave
verb

them
indirect object

certain inalienable rights.

direct object

Passive: They
New subject

were given certain inalienable rights by their creator.

Verbos que geralmente pedem dois complementos: ask, allow, answer, bring, call, give, lend, make, offer, order, promise, send, show, teach, tell.