We use passive voice when we want to focus on THE OBJECT of the sentence and not on THE SUBJECT, because it’s not important or it is unknown.. On the contrary, the active voice focuses i
Trang 1We use passive voice when we want to focus on THE OBJECT of the sentence and not on THE SUBJECT, because it’s not important or it is unknown On the contrary, the active voice focuses in THE SUBJECT and not THE OBJECT In the active
voice you know exactly who performs the action of the verb
Example:
ACTIVE VOICE:
The laborers take the milk to the factory
o Who takes the milk to the factory? THE LABORERS subject
o What they take? THE MILK object
PASSIVE VOICE:
The Milk is taken to the factory by the laborers
STEPS FOR PASSING AN ACTIVE VOICE SENTENCE TO A PASSIVE VOICE SENTENCE:
IN SUMMARY:
ACTIVE VOICE TO PASSIVE VOICE
The chef washes the potatoes
Created by Teacher Natalia Rojas Murillo
Subject Main
verb
Object The rest of the sentence
Subject The rest of the sentence
Verb to be
Participle
of the main verb
The passive voice in the present is formed with the present tense of the VERB TO BE and THE PAST
PARTICIPLE of the main verb
Find the object of the sentence by asking what
+verb of the sentence.
Place the object as a subject in the sentence
Find the verb to be and places it after the object (it
depends if the object is plural or singular (am-
is-are)) and when it is in past (was (singular)- were
(plural))
After the verb write the participle of the main verb
Finally, add the complement of the sentence
Trang 2The potatoes are washed by the chef
Created by Teacher Natalia Rojas Murillo