lunes, 30 de noviembre de 2015


 Passive Voice.

The passive voice is used to emphasize an action rather than who or what is responsible for it.


Estructure:
Active Voice.                                          Passive Voice.
William eats cauliflower everyday.                                           Cauliflower is eaten everyday by William.

subject+verb+object                                object+verb be+past participle+(by agent)
                                                                           *the "by agent" can be omitted.


Examples:





How to conjugate the verb be in Passive Voice:

Present Simple: 
                                              is/are/am+past participle
Past Simple:
                                              was/were+past participle
Present Perfect Simple: 
                                               has/have+been+past participle
Past Perfect Simple: 
                                               had+been+past participle
Future will: 
                                               will be+past participle
Going to: 
                                               is/are/am+goint to be+past participle
Future Perfect Simple: 
                                               will+have/has+been+past participle
Present Infinitive:
                                               verb to+be+past participle
Modal Verb: 
                                               modal+be+past participle
Present Progressive:
                                               is/are+being+past participle
Past Progressive:
                                                was/were+being+past participle
-ing form:


                                                verb+being+past partciple