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Ejemplos:
La voz activa
La voz pasiva
All of the cookies were eaten. (Todas las galletas fueron comidas.)
Ejemplos:
The speech is written for the president. (El discurso est escrito para el
presidente.)
The house was built in 1975. (La casa fue construida en 1975.)
My wallet has been stolen. (Ha sido robada mi cartera.)
The room will be cleaned while we are out. (Se limpiar la habitacin mientras
estemos fuera.)
Para transformar una oracin activa a pasiva tenemos en cuenta los siguientes
puntos:
Ejemplos:
La voz activa:
La voz pasiva:
The book was written by Mark Twain. (El libro fue escrito por Mark Twain.)
La voz activa:
The housekeeper will clean the room. (La ama de casa limpiar la habitacin.)
La voz pasiva:
The room will be cleaned by the housekeeper. (La habitacin ser limpiada por
la ama de casa.)
Uses (Usos)
Ejemplos:
Ejemplos:
The letter was delivered yesterday. (La carta fue entregada ayer.)
A mistake was made. (Un error fue cometido.)
Use of Passive
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not
known, however, who or what is performing the action.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not
know, however, who did it.
Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the
following example shows:
In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame
anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).
Form of Passive
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)
the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive
sentence
the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive
sentence (or is dropped)
Examples of Passive
writes a letter.
Simple Present Active: Rita
Examples of Passive
As you can see in the examples, adding by Rita does not sound very elegant.
Thats why it is usually dropped.
LA VOZ PASIVA
FUNCIONES DE LA VOZ PASIVA
La voz pasiva se utiliza para mostrar inters por la persona o cosa que es objeto de una accin,
en lugar de la persona o cosa que realiza dicha accin. Dicho de otro modo, la persona o cosa
ms importante pasa a ser el sujeto de la oracin.
EJEMPLOS
The passive voice is used frequently. (= nos interesa la voz pasiva, no quin la usa.)
The house was built in 1654. (= nos interesa la casa, no quin la construy.)
The road is being repaired. (= nos interesa la carretera, no quin la est arreglando.)
EJEMPLOS
I noticed that a window had been left open.
La voz pasiva suele utilizarse en textos formales. Cambiar a la voz activa har que lo que
escribes resulte ms claro y fcil de leer.
Pasiva Activa
A great deal of meaning is conveyed by a few A few well-chosen words convey a great deal
well-chosen words. of meaning.
Our planet is wrapped in a mass of gases. A mass of gases wrap around our planet.
Waste materials are disposed of in a variety of The city disposes of waste materials in a
ways. variety of ways.
Pasiva Activa
"A Hard Day's Night" was written by the The Beatles wrote "A Hard Day's Night".
Beatles.
The movie ET was directed by Spielberg. Spielberg directed the movie ET.
Consulta ms informacin sobre la voz pasiva y sus equivalentes en activa para todos los
tiempos verbales del ingls.
The house was built The house wasn't Was the house built in Wasn't the house built in
in 1899. built in 1899. 1899? 1899?
These houses were These houses weren't Were these houses Weren't these houses
built in 1899. built in 1899. built in 1899? built in 1899?
"TO CLEAN", VOZ PASIVA
Simple present
Present continuous
Simple past
Past continuous
Present perfect
Past perfect
Future
Future continuous
Sujeto + "to be" (conjugado) + "past participle" + resto de la oracin
Present conditional
Past conditional
Inifinitivo
EJEMPLOS
You have to be tested on your English grammar.
EJEMPLOS
I remember being taught to drive.
EJEMPLOS
I was born in 1976.
En ocasiones, la voz pasiva se forma utilizando los verbos "to get" o "to have" en lugar del
verbo "to be". Estas particularidades se tratan en una pgina aparte, modos alternativos de
formar la voz pasiva.