Passive Voice

Passive Voice : 

Passive Voice Juan Fco Blesa

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The passive sentence ACTIVE VOICE Active Subject Active Verb Direct Object Robert gave a coin by Passive Verb Passive Subject Agent PASSIVE VOICE was given by

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Subject: Person or object that suffered/enjoyed the results of an action. (Persona u objeto que sufre o disfruta los resultados de una acción. The verb "to be" in the tense the action ocurred. (El verbo to be en el tiempo que ocurrió la acción.) The Past Participle of the verb that represents the action itself. (El participio de pasado del verbo que representa la acción.) Whatever complements that verb needs. (Los complementos que el verbo necesite.) In a few special cases we can also use by + the agent. (En algunos casos usaremos el complemento agente introducido por la preposición by) We can only have passive sentences from transitive verbs, never with intransitive verbs. (Solo podemos hacer oraciones pasivas de verbos transitivos y nunca de verbos intransitivos) Structure of the sentence

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Structure of the verb

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Highlight the action more than the subject who makes the action. Resaltar la acción más que al sujeto que la realiza. They built this house in 1944. / This house was built in 1944. When the agent is unknown or we don’t want to mention it. Cuando el sujeto que realiza la acción es obvio, o desconocido, o no se lo quiere nombrar. Spanish "SE" : Se venden pisos: Flats are sold Spanish "Ellos/as" omitted : Le dieron un beso a Pepita: Pepita was given a kiss When do we use it?

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To make the object of the active verb more important Para hacer el objeto del verbo activo más importante. America was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus When the description of the agent is very long Cuando la descripción del agente es muy larga. A charity record has been made by many famous names in the world of pop music. When do we use it?

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The passive sentence with two objects ACTIVE VOICE Active Subject Active Verb Direct Object Indirect Object Robert gave a coin Tom to by Direct Object Passive Verb Passive Subject Agent PASSIVE VOICE was given by

Direct and Indirect Objects : 

Direct and Indirect Objects Si una oración tiene dos complementos, ponemos como sujeto el primer complemento que vaya detrás del verbo en activa, sea el directo o el indirecto. They will send some books to Pam / Some books will be sent to Pam. They will send Pam some books. / Pam will be sent some books. Si el complemento indirecto es un pronombre, hay que cambiarlo a la forma de sujeto. She showed me her new house I was shown her new house. Esta pasiva se suele utilizar con los verbos ask, give, lend, pay, offer, promise, sell, send, show y tell, que llevan el doble complemento: directo e indirecto.

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1/They built this house in 1466 2/ This house was built in 1466 1/ Channel islanders speak French & English 2/ French & English are spoken by Channel islanders 1/ This book will change your life 2/ Your life will be changed by this book 1/ They have cut the grass 2/ The grass has been cut 1/ My mother is going to give me a present 2/ I am going to be given a present by my mother Examples

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1/ They can’t answer your question 2/ Your question can’t be answered 1/ Someone had to take her to hospital after this 2/ She had to be taken to hospital after the crash 1/ They shouldn’t allow the children to do these things 2/ The children shouldn’t be allowed to do these things 1/ Someone must tell him if we want him to know 2/ He must be told if we want him to know More examples

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HAVE/ GET something done: Arranging for or paying for somebody to do something for you. (Get is more informal). (Esta estructura tiene un sentido pasivo, pues el nombre que va en medio recibe la acción del verbo que va en participio) They cut his hair He had his hair cut They cleaned her carpet She got her carpet cleaned They has mended our car. We have had our car mended They translated their book. They had got their book translated Have / Get sth done HAVE + Object + Past Participle

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Verbs like: Believe, Think, Consider, Say, Report, Know, Expect, Feel, Understand, Find Impersonal IT is used (It impersonal) Police say that he started the fire. It is said that he started the fire. (Se dice que el empezó el fuego) People think that she doesn’t live in London It is thought that she doesn't live in London(Se piensa que ella no vive en Londres) They knew that the King is coming tomorrow It was known that the King is coming tomorrow (Se sabía que el Rey viene mañana) Impersonal Passive - 1 IT + passive verb + complete subordinate sentence without changes

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Verbs like: Believe, Think, Consider, Say, Report, Know, Expect, Feel, Understand, Find It is said that he started the fire (action in the Past) He is said to have started the fire (Infinitive Perfect) It is thought that she doesn't live in London (Pres) She is thought to live in London (Infinitive Present) It was known that the King is coming tomorrow (Pres) The King was known to be coming tomorrow. (Infinitive Present) Impersonal Passive - 2 Subordinate subject + verb passive + subordinate active verb in INFINITIVE.

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