1 00:00:00,370 --> 00:00:03,930 Hello everybody. This is a short presentation about the passive. 2 00:00:04,830 --> 00:00:07,190 That's the grammar we've got in Unit 8. 3 00:00:07,809 --> 00:00:10,869 The passive in the present form. 4 00:00:11,710 --> 00:00:13,070 Look at what the dog is saying. 5 00:00:16,050 --> 00:00:19,010 The water is splashed by the dog. 6 00:00:21,030 --> 00:00:22,309 How do we form the passive? 7 00:00:22,570 --> 00:00:27,170 The passive voice is formed in English in the same way as in Spanish, 8 00:00:27,530 --> 00:00:32,450 with the appropriate form of the verb to be, ser, and the past participle. 9 00:00:32,450 --> 00:00:37,429 Se forma de la misma manera que en el español 10 00:00:37,429 --> 00:00:39,530 Look at these examples 11 00:00:39,530 --> 00:00:41,829 The girl buys the flowers, active 12 00:00:41,829 --> 00:00:44,450 Normalmente hablamos en activa 13 00:00:44,450 --> 00:00:47,149 Una persona desempeña una acción 14 00:00:47,149 --> 00:00:49,729 La niña compra las flores 15 00:00:49,729 --> 00:00:52,829 But we can transform this sentence into the passive 16 00:00:52,829 --> 00:00:55,030 ¿Cómo pasamos esta oración a pasiva? 17 00:00:55,490 --> 00:00:57,609 Hay un cambio en el orden de los elementos 18 00:00:57,609 --> 00:01:00,250 The flowers are bought by the girl 19 00:01:00,250 --> 00:01:03,929 Las flores son compradas por la niña. 20 00:01:04,349 --> 00:01:05,989 Let's see how we form this. 21 00:01:08,569 --> 00:01:10,290 How do we form the passive voice? 22 00:01:10,549 --> 00:01:10,870 Let's see. 23 00:01:10,989 --> 00:01:12,129 Vamos a ir paso por paso. 24 00:01:12,909 --> 00:01:20,189 We've got the object, the verb to be, the past participle of the verb that expressed the action, and the agent. 25 00:01:20,930 --> 00:01:21,409 Let's see. 26 00:01:22,209 --> 00:01:22,730 Object. 27 00:01:23,730 --> 00:01:25,069 El objeto, la cosa. 28 00:01:26,049 --> 00:01:27,209 The verb to be. 29 00:01:27,930 --> 00:01:30,390 Is or are, depending if it's singular or plural. 30 00:01:30,390 --> 00:01:37,209 The past participle, remember, the third word, the third column in the verb list. 31 00:01:37,930 --> 00:01:42,730 Volvemos a la parte de participio, ¿recordáis que lo hemos estado usando para el present perfect también? 32 00:01:43,310 --> 00:01:49,750 By, but, bought, recordar el tercer verbo, la tercera forma de la lista de verbos. 33 00:01:50,730 --> 00:01:57,370 And then we've got the agent, el que era el sujeto, quien hacía la acción en oración activa, se convierte en el agente, 34 00:01:57,370 --> 00:02:01,489 Sigue haciendo la acción, pero la colocación de los elementos es diferente. 35 00:02:01,909 --> 00:02:05,269 There is a different place in the elements in the sentence. 36 00:02:05,969 --> 00:02:12,479 The girl buys the flowers. 37 00:02:12,979 --> 00:02:14,659 Esta última es la activa. 38 00:02:14,780 --> 00:02:16,020 The girl buys the flower. 39 00:02:16,479 --> 00:02:17,800 La niña compra las flores. 40 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:20,360 Vamos a transformarla en pasiva. 41 00:02:20,939 --> 00:02:23,340 The flowers son el objeto. 42 00:02:23,599 --> 00:02:24,539 Pasan al principio. 43 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:25,639 They go to the front. 44 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,639 The flowers son compradas. 45 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:35,680 are bought by the girl. La niña, que era el sujeto de la oración, pasa a ser el complemento 46 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:42,539 agente, que en inglés ponemos con la preposición by. In Spanish we say por la niña, in English 47 00:02:42,539 --> 00:02:50,849 we say by the girl. Ok? Ok, let's practice the change from active to passive. Look at 48 00:02:50,849 --> 00:02:57,289 this picture. Do you recognize the story? Yes, Snow White. The wicked queen poisons 49 00:02:57,289 --> 00:03:03,229 the apple. This is the active sentence. La reina malvada envenena la manzana. Let's put it in the 50 00:03:03,229 --> 00:03:09,569 passive. The apple is poisoned by the wicked queen. La manzana es envenenada por la reina 51 00:03:09,569 --> 00:03:18,129 malvada. Let's see another example. What about this story? The Hamelin. Yes, the piper of Hamelin. 52 00:03:18,490 --> 00:03:25,909 Let's see. Look at the active sentence. The rats follow the Hamelin piper. La rata siguen al 53 00:03:25,909 --> 00:03:32,849 flautista de Améline. Let's put it in the passive. The Hamelin Piper is followed by the rats. El 54 00:03:32,849 --> 00:03:40,270 flautista de Améline es seguido por las ratas. Okay, you turn now. Think carefully. Look at this 55 00:03:40,270 --> 00:03:49,669 picture. Do you recognize it? King Kong in New York. Okay, who climbs the skyscraper? Who? King 56 00:03:49,669 --> 00:03:57,039 Kong yes King Kong climbs skyscraper let's transform this sentence into the 57 00:03:57,039 --> 00:04:02,680 passive King Kong climbs the skyscraper is an active sentence because King Kong 58 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:08,379 is doing an action the action is climb he climbs the skyscraper to transform 59 00:04:08,379 --> 00:04:12,860 this sentence into the passive form remember what do we have to do we move 60 00:04:12,860 --> 00:04:24,019 the words in the sentence so skyscraper goes to the beginning the skyscraper is 61 00:04:24,019 --> 00:04:30,800 climbed we put it into the passive form to be plus the past participle by King 62 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:38,959 Kong King Kong becomes the agent and goes at the end of the sentence okay so 63 00:04:38,959 --> 00:04:45,600 hope with this presentation you understand the way the passive is formed you've got all these 64 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:54,199 explanations in your book on page 84 so pay attention to the grammar box and then you 65 00:04:54,199 --> 00:04:57,959 will understand okay thank you for listening bye