ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

Passive Voice – Voz Pasiva en presente

la voz pasiva. Para comenzar estableceremos la diferencia con el lenguaje que utilizamos habitualmente llamado voz activa en el cual la acción del verbo recae sobre el sujeto mientras que en la voz pasiva la acción del verbo recae sobre el objeto. Observa los siguientes ejemplos:

Voz Activa The lady buys a new hat. La dama compra un sombrero nuevo. (El verbo “comprar” recae sobre “la dama” indicando que ella es quien realiza la acción)

 

Voz Pasiva A new hat is bought by the lady. Un nuevo sombrero es comprado por la dama. (En este caso interesa que “un nuevo sombrero es comprado” sin demasiada importancia de quien realiza la acción)

Tiempo Verbal de la oración en voz    activa	VOZ ACTIVA	VOZ PASIVA
Presente Simple	My brother studies the lesson.	The lesson is studied by my brother.

MORE EXAMPLES

Active Passive Voice - English grammar Passive Voice to be + Past Participle Sentences can be active or passive. Active: Who is active? Passive: What happens to persons and things? Example: Passive  Simple Present The car is sold. An ambulance is called. These cars are made in England. 'by' Agent In a sentence with active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action. This is expressed with the verb. In the most Passive sentences the agent is not mentioned. If it is mentioned, it is usually done with the preposition "by" (by-agent). Passive sentences with 'by' (by-agent) Aktiv Tom writes a letter. Mr Grant calls an ambulance. The classes use computers. Passive The letter is written by Tom. An ambulance is called by Mr Grant.Computers are used by the classes.

Exercises

1. Passive - Sentences in the Simple Present - 

Explanation: Passive

Rewrite the given sentences in Passive voice. Toggle example 1) Mr Jones watches films. . 2) The people speak English. . 3) He reads comics. . 4) We play volleyball. . 5) They sing the song. . 6) I take photos. . 7) She does the housework. . 8) The policemen help the children. . 9) He writes text messages. . 10) Mother waters the flowers. .

2. Everyone in the house has a task that he or she normally does. Describe what everyone does, changing each active voice sentence into a passive voice sentence:

EX: John buys the food. --> The food is bought by John. 

1. Thomas washes the dishes. --> The dishes  by Thomas. 

2. Frank feeds the dogs. --> The dogs  by Frank.

3. Maria prepares the food. --> The food  by Maria.

4. David cleans the kitchen. --> The kitchen  by David.

5. My father pays the bills. --> The bills  by my father.

6. The gardener trims the bushes. --> The bushes  by the gardener.

7. Helen sets the table. --> The table  by Helen.

8. My mother waters the plants. --> The plants  by my mother.

9. Arthur does the laundry. --> The laundry  by Arthur.

10. My uncle drives us to school. --> We  to school by my uncle.