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hello class today we are going to study the passive voice when we communicate we

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normally use the active voice what is important is who or what is performing

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the action of the verb and therefore we put him her or it at the beginning of

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the sentence but what happens when we focus on the object or the person that

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receives the action that we use a passive voice to emphasize their

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importance so we decide who or what is the subject depending on what or who we

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grant the main role to in the sentence using the passive voice in English is

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quite easy we just need the verb to be plus the past participle of the verb

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that is used in the active voice some verbs such as give can have two objects

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for example he gave me the book both me and the book can become the subjects of

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the passive voice sentence depending on what we think is more important so the

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two possible sentences in the passive voice are the book was given to me and I

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was given the book the subject of the active voice does not disappear in all

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cases it only does when it has no importance in the sentence if it appears

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it is preceded by the preposition by. Let's see some examples. So, in order to

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transform the object of an active sentence into the subject of a passive

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one, we have to place it at the beginning. Then, as we have seen, we have to

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conjugate the verb to be in the same tense as the main verb in the active

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voice and then add the past participle of the specific verb. Remember that if

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If you want to keep the performer of the action, you have to use the preposition by.

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Here you have a table with a few examples of how the verbs are used.

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For example, if you go to the future simple, you see that the sentence is I will make a

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cake.

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The cake becomes the main focus of the sentence in the passive voice and, as the tense used

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in the active voice was future simple, you have to conjugate the verb to be in that same

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tense and then add the past participle of the verb make will be made finally

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you can add by me if you want to stress somehow who is performing the action

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let's see another example we have a simple sentence in the active voice

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someone has stolen my car we have three different parts subject verb and object

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someone the subject is not really important we don't know exactly who

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stole the car so it can be placed at the end of the sentence my car is the most

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important piece of information so it must be placed at the beginning of the

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new sentence what do we do with the verb we use the same tense past perfect with

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the verb to be from past stolen to has been and we add the past participle of

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about to sit stolen has been stolen and as we said before do we know who stole

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the car obviously it must have been stolen by someone so I didn't buy

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someone does not give any relevant information and we can end the sentence

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without that my car has been stolen contains the same information that the

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sentence of all but it puts all the stress on the stolen object my car while

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we remove the non-significant information here you have some extra information about the passive

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voice same as the active voice it can be used in affirmative negative and interrogative sentences

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the use of the passive voice does not always mean that the performer of the action is not important

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it is a question of who or what one prefers to give the most relevant place in the sentence

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In other words, who or what one chooses to be the subject.

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A passive voice sentence containing modal verbs or other verbs that are usually followed by an

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infinitive needs to be used with infinitives. This also happens with verbs that are usually

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followed by a gerund or by a preposition before a gerund. This means that we have to follow the same

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rule of using the verbs at same tense as in the active voice and of using the same verbal structure.

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Let's review what we have learned in this unit.

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We use the passive voice to emphasize the importance of the object or the person that

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receives the action.

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In order to transform an active sentence into a passive one, we have to use the verb to

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be in the same tense that is used in the active voice, and then add the past participle of

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the verb used in the active voice.

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If the performer of the action is important and must be mentioned, we can do so by using

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the preposition by.

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The passive voice can be used in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.

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We can transform a passive voice sentence into an active one and vice versa.

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It only depends on who or what you think is more important and therefore should be the

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subject of the sentence.

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Don't get the wrong idea that the passive voice is a hard issue, it is easier than it

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seems.

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We have selected two blocks of online exercises for you to practice.

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This first set of exercises is quite easy and will help you to learn how to use the

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passive voice properly.

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The second set is a bit more complicated but those exercises are easy too, so we hope you

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don't have any problem solving them.

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If you have any trouble please contact us and let us know.

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Thank you for your attention and we hope you have enjoyed this unit.