Liliana esta es la explicación de PASSIVE VOICE
Escribir
una frase en voz pasiva es muy simple.
Se
deben seguir los siguientes pasos.
1-
El complemento directo pasa a ser sujeto.
2-
Se escribe el verbo to be en el mismo tiempo que el verbo activo.
3-
El verbo activo se escribe en participio pasado (tercera columna en
los verbos irregulares y ED en los regulares)
4-
El sujeto pasa a ser complemento agente
Ejemplo
My
brother broke a vase yesterday.
A
vase was broken by my brother yesterday
Algunas
aclaraciones
El
complemento agente sólo se escribe si es bien concreto.
NUNCA
SE ESCRIBE
by
people
by
everybody
by
somebody
by
anybody
by
someone
by
me/you/him/her/it/us/them
He
writes a letter every day
A
letter is written every day.
People
watched this programme last night.
This
programme was watched last nigth.
Frases
con dos complementos
En
estos casos se realizan dos pasivas siendo siempre mas importante el
complemento indirecto.
The
doctor gave a report to him last week.
He
was given a report by the doctor yesterday.
A
report was given to him by the doctor yesterday.
Frases
en distintos tiempos verbales
Pupils
study math every week
Math
is studied by pupils every week.
He
is looking after his cat.
His
cat is being looked after.
My
boss didn’t write the invoice.
The
invoice wasn’t written by my boss.
Janet
was reading several magazines yesterday.
Several
magazines were read by Margaret yesterday.
His
cat has stolen some fish.
Some
fish has been stolen by his cat.
They
have repaired the new camera.
The
new camera has been repaired.
Paul
is going to paint his room.
His
room is going to be painted by Paul.
Someboy
will close the window.
The
window will be closed,
That
dog can drink milk.
Milk
can be drunk by that dog.
Preguntas
en pasiva
Does
Harry repair the roof?
Is
the roof repaired by Harry?
What
did your mother make for dinner?
What
was made for dinner by your mother?
Who
bought the present?
Who
was the present bought by?
Frases
con verbos modales
Si
se pasa una frase de activa a pasiva donde aparecen verbos modales,
el modal no se modifica y a continuación se escribe BE y el verbo
principal en participio.
Paul
can write a tale.
A
tale can be written by Paul.
My
mother has to clean the house.
The
house has to be cleaned by my mother
Se
Cuando
en Inglés se quiere utilizar la palabra se, ( como reflejo)
utilizamos la voz pasiva.
Ejemplos
Este
ordenador se usa todos los días.
This
computer is used every day.
Se
dice que los nuevos alumnos son mejores que los viejos.
It
is said that the new pupils are better than the old ones.
Las
instalaciones se controlaban dos veces al año
The
facilities were checked twice a year.
