Passive voice

Present and past passive
Passive with modals

INGZ0222-Unit 6

Active vs Passive voice

ACTIVE VOICE: The subject of a sentence performs the action of the verb.

James throws the ball.

PASSIVE VOICE: The subject is the recipient of the action.

The ball is thrown by James.

Present passive

James throws the ball.

The ball is thrown by James.

​Simple present

TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
Simple present
am / is / are

Past passive

John wrote the book.

The book was written by John.

​Simple past

TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
Simple past
was/were

Reorder

Reordenar lo siguiente

• The book

• was

• read

• by

• mom

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Reorder

Reordenar lo siguiente

• New shoes

• are

• bought

• by

• them

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5

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• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Passive with modals

Passive with modals

My son should clean the house.

The house should be cleaned by my son.

Modal + verb

Modal + be + past participle

Reorder

Reordenar lo siguiente

• The activity

• must

• be

• completed

• at home

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• 5

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