Passive Voice
a) BE + Past Participle;
b) Firstly, identify the verb tense of the active sentence;
c) Build the sentence in the passive, writing the auxiliary verb to be in the tense of the active sentence.
Examples:
Active Voice Passive Voice
Pres. Simple: Mariana drinks the chocolate milk.
Pres. Contin.: Afonso is drinking chocolate milk.
Simple Past: Carlos drank chocolate milk.
Past Conti.: Margarida was drinking chocolate milk.
Present Perfect: Bianca has drunk chocolate milk.
Past Perfect: Catarina had drunk chocolate milk. Present Perfect Continuous: it isn't used in the passive.
Future “will”: João will drink chocolate milk.
Future “Be going to”: Tomás isn’t going to drink chocolate milk.
Modal verb: Should Ana drink chocolate milk?
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The chocolate milk is drunk by Mariana.
The chocolate milk is being drunk by Afonso.
The chocolate milk was drunk by Carlos.
The chocolate milk was being drunk by Margarida.
The chocolate milk has been drunk by Bianca.
The chocolate milk had been drunk by Catarina.
The chocolate milk will be drunk by João.
The chocolate milk isn’t going to be drunk by Tomás.
Should the chocolate milk be drunk by Ana?
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Why do we use the passive voice?
-Don’t know the agent’s identity
-Not important to mention the agent of the action
-Want to avoid the agent of the action. (journalism)
-Focus on the action
Exercises:
Write the sentences given in the Passive Voice.
a) Henrique and Tomás write the newspaper articles.
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b) Margarida and Sara aren’t taking photos in Amsterdam.
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c) Were you asking questions about the Festival?
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d) Marta must obey the traffic rules.
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e) The team is now finishing the documentary.
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f) Children watch cartoons in the morning.
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g) Did Shakespeare write Hamlet and Macbeth?
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And now try these:
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