1. Juan José Rivera Ruiz
Task 1.3
The passive voice.

2. Use of the passive voice.
When the doer of the action is unknown:
My vase was broken this afternoon.
(I don't know who broke my vase)

3. Use of the passive voice.
When the agent is unimportant:
The road was built last year.

4. Use of the passive voice.
When the agent is obvious from the
context:
Junior was baptised last week.
(We know that the priest baptised him)

5. Use of the passive voice.
To put importance on the receiver of the
action:
The picture was burned in the fire.

6. Use of the passive voice.
To make generic statements,
explanations, notices, etc:
Animals are forbidden.

7. Form of the passive verb.
The passive voice is normally formed in the following
way:
Subject + to be + Past Participle + Objects and Complements + (Agent)*
John
was
showed
a performance
by she.
*The agent is optional. It is only added when the doer of the action is known and we
are interested in saying it.

8. Present Simple.
Active:
Mike drives a car.
Passive:
A car is driven by Mike.

9. Past Simple.
Active:
Mike drove a car.
Passive:
A car was driven by Mike.

10. Present Perfect.
Active:
Mike has driven a car.
Passive:
A car has been driven by Mike.

11. Past Perfect Simple.
Active:
Mike had driven a car.
Passive:
A car had been driven by Mike.

12. Future with will.
Active:
Mike will drive a car
Passive:
A car will be driven by Mike.

13. Going to future.
Active:
Mike going to drive a car.
Passive:
A car going to be driven by Mike.

14. Modal verb.( must, can, should)
Active:
I must clean my room.
I can drive a car.
You should read this books.
Passive
My room must be cleaned by me.
A car can be driven by me.
This book should be read by you.

15. Changes in the sentence.
Active
Subject + verb + object
Paco
eats
apples.
Passive Subject + be + past participle +(by + agent)*
Apples
are
eaten
by Paco.

16. 5 examples of passive transformation.
Active
John drinks a beer.
Elsa saw the television.
Frank has driven a bus.
Kelly had broken a glass.
I will won the lottery.
Passive
A beer is drunk by John.
The television was seen by Elsa.
A bus has been driven by Frank.
A glass had been broken by Kelly.
The lottery will be won by me.