Active

Active and
and Passive
Passive Voice
Voice

Active voice
The subject of a sentence is the person
or thing we talk about.
When the subject does something, we
use ACTIVE VOICE
Active verb ( it can be in diff. tenses)
Subject (doer)

E.g.: People Clean the houses.

Object (receiver)

Passive voice
It is used when the subject is not
the doer of an action.
We put the receiver of an action as
the subject.
We put the doer of an action as the
Passive verb
object.
Subject ( receiver)(It can be in diff. tenses)
Object (Doer)

Forma
Para transformar una oracin activa a
pasiva
tenemos
en activa
cuenta
siguientes
1. El objeto
de la oracin
pasalos
a ser
el sujeto de la
pasiva.
puntos:

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

Examples
Mark plays soccer everyday.
Active Voice
S
V
O
Mark plays soccer everyday.
Passive Voice
S
V
O
Soccer is played by Mark.

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People sweep the floor.

Is swept
The floor
__________________.
Is
swept

Are
swept

Sweep

Swept

People buy some flowers

Are______________.
bought
Some flowers
Is
bought

bought

Are
bought

Buyed

Miss Lee paints a picture.

A picture ___________ by Miss
Is painted
Lee.
Painted
Paint

Are
painted

Is
painted

The brother makes a cake.

A cake ___________ by the
Is made
brother.
make
Is
d
made
Are
made

Is
make

John buys some new clothes.

Some new clothes _________ by
Are bought
John
bought
Are
bought

Is
bought
Be
bought

The family cleans the house

The house __________________.

Is cleaned by the family

Is cleaned by the family

Are cleaned by the family
Cleaned by the family
Clean by the family

Mr. Chan places some flowers

Some flowers
Are placed by Mr. Chan
__________________.
Placed by Mr. Chan
Is Placed by Mr. Chan
Are placed by Mr. Chan
Are place by Mr. Chan

Sally throws the old things.

The old things
Are
thrown
by
Sally
___________________.
Are threw by Sally
Is thrown by Sally
Thrown by Sally
Are Thrown by Sally

Peter draws a car

A car is drawn by Peter
___________________________.
A car is drew by Peter
A car is drawn by Peter
Peter is drawn by a car
Peter is drew by a car

Mr. and Mrs. Wu bake a cake

___________________________.
A
cake is baked by Mr. and Mrs. Wu
A cake are baked by Mr. and Mrs. Wu
A cake is baked by Mr. and Mrs. Wu
A cake baked by Mr. and Mrs. Wu
A cake bake by Mr. and Mrs. Wu.

Exercise Simple Present

Affirmative
1. They grow coffe in Brazil.

1. They grow coffe in Brazil.

2. He examines patients on the second floor.

3. She feeds the animal twice a day.
4. They deliver the newspaper in the
morning.
5. We lend books only to students.
6. They serve lunch at 12:00
7. England makes the best computers.

Exercise Simple Present = Negative

1. He doesnt spend money on magazines.

2. I dont make lunch on Sundays.
3. They dont pay salaries during the
weekend.
4. She doesnt teach French in all schools.
5. We dont keep food in the refrigerator.
6. They dont make watches in South Africa.
7. People dont speak Spanish in Italy.

Exercise Simple Past = Affirmative

1. He found the child in the park.
2. They broke the glass with a stone.
3. She saw the mouse in the kitchen.
4. I polished the furniture in the afternoon.
5. He made the dress.
6. Somebody pushed Mary into the water.
7. People from all over the world visited the
museum.

Exercise Simple Past = Negative

1. He didnt grow tomatoes in his garden.
2. They didnt fly the planes in the morning.
3. She didnt sing the song after the
ceremony.
4. Some readers didnt like the book.
5. We didnt translate the book into English.
6. The guards didnt lock the back door.
7. I didnt take the photographs at the beach.

Ask Questions
1.

__________________________________?
The car was driven by Mark

2.

__________________________________?
The plane was flown over airfield.

3.

__________________________________?
Two bottles of coke are drunk by him every day.

4.

__________________________________?
No flowers are picked by secretaries.

5.

__________________________________?
Yes, Material Girl was sung by Madonna