Mastering Passive and Active Voice in Spanish

The video tutorial explains how to construct sentences using both active and passive voice. It begins with the basics of sentence structure, highlighting the need for a subject, verb, and object. The tutorial then introduces passive voice, detailing its construction using a form of 'to be', a past participle, and an agent. Examples are provided to illustrate the conversion from active to passive voice, emphasizing the importance of tense, number, and gender agreement. The video concludes with practice tips and the stylistic use of passive voice in writing.

What tense was used for the example 'Kwan wrote the book'?

• Present

• Preterite

• Future

• Past Perfect

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CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

What are the essential components for constructing a sentence?

• Subject, Object

• Verb, Adjective

• Subject, Verb, Object

• Noun, Pronoun

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CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

What voice is being introduced in addition to active voice?

• Passive voice

• Reflective voice

• Indirect voice

• Direct voice

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is required to form the passive voice?

• A form of 'ser', past participle, and an agent

• A form of 'estar', present participle

• A form of 'tener', future participle

• A form of 'hacer', past participle

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CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

What does the agent represent in a passive voice sentence?

• The time of the action

• The object receiving the action

• The person or persons completing the action

• The action

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CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which tense is used for 'The book was written by Kwan' in passive voice?

• Present

• Preterite

• Future

• Past Perfect

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CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

CCSS.L.2.1F

How is the gender and number of the past participle determined in passive voice?

• By the verb

• By the object

• By the agent

• By the subject

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CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

What is the purpose of adding 'por' in a passive voice sentence?

• To specify the action

• To introduce the agent

• To indicate past tense

• To connect the verb and object

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Why might one choose to use passive voice?

• To simplify the sentence

• To emphasize the action

• To emphasize the subject

• For a stylistic effect

In which language is active voice more commonly used according to the video?

• Neither

• Both equally

• Spanish

• English

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CCSS.L.8.3A

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.2.1F