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Subido el 30 de agosto de 2023 por Jose Antonio M.

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hello class today we are going to study the passive voice when we communicate we 00:00:00
normally use the active voice what is important is who or what is performing 00:00:07
the action of the verb and therefore we put him her or it at the beginning of 00:00:11
the sentence but what happens when we focus on the object or the person that 00:00:16
receives the action that we use a passive voice to emphasize their 00:00:23
importance so we decide who or what is the subject depending on what or who we 00:00:28
grant the main role to in the sentence using the passive voice in English is 00:00:34
quite easy we just need the verb to be plus the past participle of the verb 00:00:41
that is used in the active voice some verbs such as give can have two objects 00:00:46
for example he gave me the book both me and the book can become the subjects of 00:00:53
the passive voice sentence depending on what we think is more important so the 00:00:59
two possible sentences in the passive voice are the book was given to me and I 00:01:04
was given the book the subject of the active voice does not disappear in all 00:01:09
cases it only does when it has no importance in the sentence if it appears 00:01:15
it is preceded by the preposition by. Let's see some examples. So, in order to 00:01:20
transform the object of an active sentence into the subject of a passive 00:01:28
one, we have to place it at the beginning. Then, as we have seen, we have to 00:01:32
conjugate the verb to be in the same tense as the main verb in the active 00:01:37
voice and then add the past participle of the specific verb. Remember that if 00:01:42
If you want to keep the performer of the action, you have to use the preposition by. 00:01:48
Here you have a table with a few examples of how the verbs are used. 00:01:53
For example, if you go to the future simple, you see that the sentence is I will make a 00:01:57
cake. 00:02:02
The cake becomes the main focus of the sentence in the passive voice and, as the tense used 00:02:03
in the active voice was future simple, you have to conjugate the verb to be in that same 00:02:09
tense and then add the past participle of the verb make will be made finally 00:02:14
you can add by me if you want to stress somehow who is performing the action 00:02:20
let's see another example we have a simple sentence in the active voice 00:02:24
someone has stolen my car we have three different parts subject verb and object 00:02:31
someone the subject is not really important we don't know exactly who 00:02:40
stole the car so it can be placed at the end of the sentence my car is the most 00:02:45
important piece of information so it must be placed at the beginning of the 00:02:50
new sentence what do we do with the verb we use the same tense past perfect with 00:02:54
the verb to be from past stolen to has been and we add the past participle of 00:03:00
about to sit stolen has been stolen and as we said before do we know who stole 00:03:05
the car obviously it must have been stolen by someone so I didn't buy 00:03:11
someone does not give any relevant information and we can end the sentence 00:03:16
without that my car has been stolen contains the same information that the 00:03:20
sentence of all but it puts all the stress on the stolen object my car while 00:03:24
we remove the non-significant information here you have some extra information about the passive 00:03:29
voice same as the active voice it can be used in affirmative negative and interrogative sentences 00:03:38
the use of the passive voice does not always mean that the performer of the action is not important 00:03:47
it is a question of who or what one prefers to give the most relevant place in the sentence 00:03:52
In other words, who or what one chooses to be the subject. 00:03:57
A passive voice sentence containing modal verbs or other verbs that are usually followed by an 00:04:02
infinitive needs to be used with infinitives. This also happens with verbs that are usually 00:04:07
followed by a gerund or by a preposition before a gerund. This means that we have to follow the same 00:04:16
rule of using the verbs at same tense as in the active voice and of using the same verbal structure. 00:04:21
Let's review what we have learned in this unit. 00:04:30
We use the passive voice to emphasize the importance of the object or the person that 00:04:36
receives the action. 00:04:40
In order to transform an active sentence into a passive one, we have to use the verb to 00:04:45
be in the same tense that is used in the active voice, and then add the past participle of 00:04:50
the verb used in the active voice. 00:04:56
If the performer of the action is important and must be mentioned, we can do so by using 00:04:58
the preposition by. 00:05:04
The passive voice can be used in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences. 00:05:07
We can transform a passive voice sentence into an active one and vice versa. 00:05:12
It only depends on who or what you think is more important and therefore should be the 00:05:17
subject of the sentence. 00:05:21
Don't get the wrong idea that the passive voice is a hard issue, it is easier than it 00:05:24
seems. 00:05:30
We have selected two blocks of online exercises for you to practice. 00:05:31
This first set of exercises is quite easy and will help you to learn how to use the 00:05:38
passive voice properly. 00:05:42
The second set is a bit more complicated but those exercises are easy too, so we hope you 00:05:47
don't have any problem solving them. 00:05:52
If you have any trouble please contact us and let us know. 00:05:54
Thank you for your attention and we hope you have enjoyed this unit. 00:06:04
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Autor/es:
José Antonio Menor Martínez
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Jose Antonio M.
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30 de agosto de 2023 - 18:45
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