Passive Voice Review

W H A T I S T H E

P A S S I V E V O I C E ?

(And why should I care?)​

THE PASSIVE VOICE IS, SIMPLY PUT, A RESOURCE WE USE WHEN WRITING.

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We commonly use the passive voice when we do not know who did a thing (AKA, the subject), when we don't care about the subject but rather about the action, or when we don't want to make anyone responsible.​

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Subject | Subject

María Marta García Belsunce was killed in her home. - Who is the doer here? Wish I knew. Since I don't, PV.

Si bien la voz pasiva es más difícil de encontrar en el castellano, vamos a verlo igual (porque nadie sabía lo que es!!!!)

El orden de palabras más común en español es el mismo que el del inglés:

^{(◕‿◕) sujeto + verbo + complemento/objeto directo.}

^{"Chester pateó la pelota."}

La voz pasiva del castellano también es similar a la del inglés - ^s

^{(◕‿◕) sujeto + verbo ser + participio verbal (+ agente)}

^{"La pelota fue pateada por Chester.​"}

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EN ESPAÑOL

Luckily, English has a very defined word order. Sentences in the Active Voice (the most common) are always built this way:

^{(◕‿◕) subject + action (performed by the subject) (+ object)}

​^{"Chester kicked the ball".}

The passive voice, however, is built differently:

^{(◕‿◕)​ subject + verb to be + past participle + agent (optional - the agent is the one who actually performs the action)}

^{"The ball was kicked by Chester"​}

The grammatical subject is no longer the doer of the action, but rather the thing​ or person that the action is done to.

IN ENGLISH

Ok, sure. How do I create the passive voice?

​- Me (2022)

"Do not ASK me what you'll need this for in real life.

I HAVE NEVER USED THE QUADRATIC FORMULA OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. NOR THE PERIODIC TABLE. LEAVE ME ALONE. knowledge is knowledge." 

NOW, A REVIEW OF REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES.

In order to succesfully do these activities, you needed to be able to recognize the passive voice.

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REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES​

Just like regular relative clauses, but reduced!

Sometimes, we can reduce a relative clause (repetitive, I know) be erasing the relative pronoun.

But when is sometimes?

Easy! When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb in the relative clause.

And how do we reduce clauses?

When a clause is in the active voice, we use the present participle (-ing) of the verb.

When a clause is in the passive voice, we use the past participle (-ed) of the verb.​

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Subject | Subject

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Examples B-)

People who live in this area all support the new college.

• People living in this area all support the new college.

Anyone who experiences problems should talk to the head teacher.

• Anyone experiencing problems should talk to the head teacher.

The books that are used by the students all belong to the school.

• The books used by the students all belong to the school.​

​The students who are invited will have a great time.

• The students invited will have a great time.​

PAY ATTENTION! - In the clauses that were in the PV we don't only reduce the relative but also the verb to be!

Multiple Select

Chinese, ____ by a billion people, isn't easy to learn.

• Spoken

• Which is spoken

• was

Multiple Choice

What's the name of the town ____?

• born

• you were born

• where you were born

Multiple Choice

The programme was about teenagers ___ to live independently.

• which learnt

• learning

• learnt

Multiple Select

This is the T-shirt ___ to me on the survival course.

• was given

• given

• that was given

Multiple Select

We're going to do an experiment ____ onions.

• used

• using

• that uses

Multiple Choice

Here's a present ____ for you by the whole class.

• made

• that made

• making