Voz pasiva

Como en espaol, la voz pasiva se forma con el verbo 'to be' (ser) y el participio pasado. They made this car in 1963. (active) This car was made in 1963. (passive)

El sujeto de un verbo en pasiva corresponde al objeto de un verbo en activa. Spanish is spoken in Argentina (sujeto) Argentinians speak Spanish (objeto) Estudia la siguiente lista de las formas del verbo en pasiva. (pp = participio pasado) PASIVA

ACTIVA

Verb Tense PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS FUTURE (WILL)

Structure
am/are/is + pp

Example
Spanish is spoken here. Itll be painted by next week. Terry is going to be made redundant next year.

am/are/is being + pp Your questions are being answered.

will be + pp am/are/is going to FUTURE (GOING TO) be + pp PAST SIMPLE was/were + pp

We were invited to the party, but we didnt go. The hotel room was being cleaned when we got PAST CONTINUOUS was/were being + pp back from shopping. PRESENT PERFECT have/has been + pp The President of America has been shot. When he got home he found that all of his PAST PERFECT had been + pp money had been stolen.

FUTURE PERFECT

will have been + pp

Our baby will have been born before Christmas.

En las formas del future progressive (will be being + pp) y perfect progressive (has been being + pp) no es muy comn su uso. Para decir quin haca la accin o qu la causaba, usa 'by'. This house was built by my mother. / Esta casa fue construida por mi madre. Washington was bombed by Pakistan. / Washington fue bombardeado por Pakistn. La voz pasiva se suele utilizar cuando se desconoce o no interesa mencionar quin o qu hace la accin. Es ms normal encontrar en espaol formas con se, por ejemplo: se habla, se alquila o verbos en plural como venden, compran. German is spoken here / Aqu se habla alemn When was this house built? / Cuando se construy ( fue construida) sta casa? A lot of songs have been written about love / Se han escrito muchas canciones sobre el amor

1 - Relaciona los siguientes carteles con el sitio donde los veas siguiendo el ejemplo.
1. car park - 2. pub - 3. restaurant - 4. airport - 5. shop 6. hotel - 7. library - 8. garage - 9. web page

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

f)

g)

h)

i)

2 - Completa cada frase con su correspondiente participio pasado.

1. The beds in our room havent been yet. 2. Do you think well be to the party? 3. La Mansin del Ingls is so successful it will probably be into twenty different languages. 4. When our flat was last month, my laptop computer was . 5. I went to work early to go to the meeting yesterday and I realised that the date had been to the 13th February. 6. A new sports centre is being in front of our house and its completely spoiling our view of the sea. 7. When I saw my grandmother yesterday she told me she had been in the street on her way to bingo. 8. Cathy cant use her office until next week as its being . 9. Elton John was in Pinner, Middlesex, England. 10. I thought the interview went well, but I still wasnt the job.

Solucin

- Ejercicio 1 a) shop b) pub c) hotel d) car park e) restaurant f) airport g) library h) web page i) garage - Ejercicio 2 1. The beds in our room havent been made yet. 2. Do you think well be invited to the party? 3. La Mansin del Ingls is so successful it will probably be translated into twenty different languages. 4. When our flat was broken into last month, my laptop computer was stolen. 5. I went to work early to go to the meeting yesterday and I realised that the date had been changed to the 13th February. 6. A new sports centre is being built in front of our house and its completely spoiling our view of the sea. 7. When I saw my grandmother yesterday she told me she had been attacked in the street on her way to bingo. 8. Cathy cant use her office until next week as its being redecorated. 9. Elton John was born in Pinner, Middlesex, England. 10. I thought the interview went well, but I still wasnt offered the job.