Present Passive Voice

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Present Passive Voice

• Grammar essential 102

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Active/ Passive Voice definition

• A verb is said to be active voice when it
  expresses an action performed by its subject.
• A verb is said to be passive voice when the
  action it expresses is performed upon its
  subject.

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Active / Passive examples

• active voice
• The coach instructed the players.
• The subject performs the action.
• Passive voice
• The players were instructed by the coach.
• The subject receives the action.

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Passive or active?

• The album was received unfavorably by the fans.
• The student body elects its council reps.
• Angelos courageous act averted a tragedy.
• A bit part was played by the well-known actor.
• Someone at the airport recognized the popular
  actor.
• A volunteer usually leads the discussions.
• That counting game is played by more than one
  person.
• A prophets warnings are usually ignored at
  first.
• WC Handy composed many famous jazz pieces.
• Handys contributions to music are appreciated by
  many listeners.

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Passive or active?

• The album was received unfavorably by the fans. p
• The student body elects its council reps. a
• Angelos courageous act averted a tragedy. a
• A bit part was played by the well-known actor. p
• Someone at the airport recognized the popular
  actor.a
• A volunteer usually leads the discussions. a
• That counting game is played by more than one
  person.p
• A prophets warnings are usually ignored at
  first.p
• WC Handy composed many famous jazz pieces.a
• Handys contributions to music are appreciated by
  many listeners. p

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Passive voice in Spanish

• Passive voice is always made with the same
  pattern.
• Ser past participle
• If you look at the examples, ser is the first
  part of the passive voice structure followed by a
  past participle in English.

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Look at the passive examples.

• The album was received unfavorably by the fans.
• A bit part was played by the well-known actor.
• That counting game is played by more than one
  person.
• A prophets warnings are usually ignored at
  first.
• Handys contributions to music are appreciated by
  many listeners.
• Do you see the ser and past participles going to
  happen?

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REMEMBER

• Remember regular past participles are made by
  adding ado or ido to the stem.
• There are the irregulars.
• Abierto / visto / puesto / dicho / cubierto /
  escrito / vuelto / hecho / muerto / roto

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Passive voice

• Passive voice is made using ser (present tense)
  past participle.
• The book is written
• El libro es escrito
• The map is read
• El mapa es leído.

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Passive voice

• Unlike the perfect tenses, the past participle
  will agree with the subject of the sentence.
• La mesa es puesta
• The table is set

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Passive voice -- try

• The paper is finished
• The books are studied
• The tables are broken
• The dress are bought
• The house is painted

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Answers

• El papel es terminado
• Los libros son estudiados
• La mesa es rota
• Los vestidos son comprados
• La casa es pintada

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Passive voice with agent

• A reason for using por was for agent.
• In passive voice, the actor receiving the action
  is the agent.
• The players were instructed by the coach.
• Coach is the agent.

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Passive voice - examples

• The movies are shown by the theater.
• The books are read by the teacher.
• The office is built by the people.
• The class is taught by the student.
• The computer is given by the school.
• The students are watched by the principal.