Voz activa - Pasiva

Activa Pasiva
He ate all of All of the
the tamales. tamaleswere
eaten.

EL se comi Todos los

todos los tamales fueron
tamales. comidos
 Grammar
Voz pasiva: usa el verbo auxiliar to
be y el participio pasado del verbo.

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) +

participio pasado + complemento.
 Example.
The bookis writtenfor the students.

The scholwas builtin 2007.

My wallethas been stolen.

The roomwill be cleanedwhile we are out.

The bookis writtenfor the students.

Rules: active voice vs pasive
voice.
1. El objeto de la oracin activa pasa a ser el
sujeto de la pasiva.
2. El verbo principal se sustituye por el auxiliar
to be, en su mismo tiempo, junto al verbo
principal en participio.
3. El sujeto de la oracin principal pasa a ser
complemento agente de la pasiva.
4. Si hacemos mencin en la oracin del sujeto
que realiza la accin (sujeto agente), este ir
normalmente precedido por la preposicin by
 Manuel has cleaned the school today.

Manuelha limpiado la escuela hoy.

The school has been cleaned(by Manuel)

La escuela ha sido limpiada(por Manuel).

 Tense Active Passive
Simple Tenses
Present Simple drive(s) is driven
Past Simple drove was/were driven
Continuous Tenses
Present Continuous am/is/are driving is/are being driven
Past Continuous was/were driving was/were being driven
Perfect Tenses
Present Perfect have/has driven have/has been driven
Past Perfect had driven had been driven
Future
Future Simple will drive will be driven
Going To am/is/are going to drive am/are/is going to be
driven
Future Perfect will have driven will have been driven
Conditionals
Conditional Simple would drive would be driven
Conditional Perfect would have driven would have been
driven
Infinitives
Infinitive Simple to drive to be driven
Infinitive Perfect to have driven to have been driven
Participles