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    The document discusses the passive voice in English. It defines the active and passive voice, noting that the passive voice emphasizes the action and object of a sentence rather than the subject. It provides examples of converting sentences from active to passive voice by making the object the subject, using a form of "to be" plus the past participle, and optionally noting who performed the action.

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    The document discusses the passive voice in English. It defines the active and passive voice, noting that the passive voice emphasizes the action and object of a sentence rather than the subject. It provides examples of converting sentences from active to passive voice by making the object the subject, using a form of "to be" plus the past participle, and optionally noting who performed the action.

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    PASSIVE VOICE

    WHAT IS THE PASSIVE VOICE?

    ➔ In English as in Spanish we have two ways to say


    something, with the ACTIVE VOICE and with the
    PASSIVE VOICE. But now, we are focusing on the
    PASSIVE VOICE.
    ➔ Definitions:
    ● ACTIVE VOICE: is a type of a clause or sentence in which a subject performs an
    action and expresses it through its representative verb. To simply put it, when a
    subject performs an action directly, it is in active voice

    ● PASSIVE VOICE: is used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the
    object of a sentence rather than subject. This means that the subject is either less
    important than the action itself or that we don’t know who or what the subject is.
    In summary… When can we use the passive?

    EASY! When we want to emphasize the


    action (verb) and the object OVER the
    subject.
    The PASSIVE structure

    Verb TO-BE + past participle (3rd column)

    Example: This book was written in 1760.


    HOW TO TURN INTO PASSIVE
    ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE

    1. They always serve tea with cakes. 1. Tea is always served with cakes. (by
    2. I repaired the roof last year. them)
    3. They are renovating the hotel. 2. The roof was repaired last year. (by
    4. We have removed all the furniture me)
    from the living room. 3. The hotel is being renovated.
    4. All the furniture has been removed
    from the living room.
    HOW TO TURN INTO PASSIVE II

    ● First of all we have to recognize the parts of the sentence or clause. Every sentence or
    clause is divided in two parts, the SUBJECT and the PREDICATE. Mostly, the
    subject is at the beginning and the predicate is at the ending.

    Example (active voice): Shakespeare wrote Hamlet in 1603.

    ● Secondly, we have to recognize the VERB and in which time is it.

    Example (active voice): Shakespeare wrote Hamlet in 1603. (This sentence is in the past
    simple form)
    HOW TO TURN INTO PASSIVE III
    ● Thirdly, we have to identify the OBJECT inside the predicate. The object is usually
    the last part of the sentence or clause, and then is where we have to put our focus.

    Example (active voice): Shakespeare wrote Hamlet in 1603.

    We have all our analysis ready, so is time to turn into passive.


    HOW TO TURN INTO PASSIVE IV

    Now, PAY ATTENTION!


    We are going to use the OBJECT as SUBJECT and put it at the beginning, then we are
    going to add the VERB TO-BE using the time of the active voice sentence and add the
    PARTICIPLE verb, too. Finally we are ending the sentence with the rest of it.

    Hamlet was written in 1603.


    HOW TO TURN INTO PASSIVE V
    What happen with the subject?
    In the active voice sentence “Shakespeare” is the subject, but now, we have not got a real
    subject, so where can we put it?

    We are going to use the preposition BY and we place it at the final of the sentence and
    between parenthesis .

    Example (passive voice): Hamlet was written in 1603 (by Shakespeare).

    *Is not necessary mention the person who make or do the action. But if you want, you
    have to use this way to write it.

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