INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO SUPERIOR DE PUERTO

VALLARTA

ENGLISH LEVEL 5Miss Cinthya González López

Cláusulas de la voz pasiva.La voz pasiva con by.La voz pasiva:-Afirmativa- Negativa-Interrogativa-Negativa-Interrogativa

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Puerto Vallarta, Jal. 01 de Octubre de 2011

Use:

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Form:

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle.

Example: A letter was written.

Bells were listened

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).

MORE EXAMPLES:

Fingers were pointed

He was found

It has been decided

If the agent is important (the person, company or thing that does the action) , use "by“. Look at this sentence:

He was killed with a gun.

Normally we use by to introduce the passive object. But the gun is not the active subject. The gun did not kill him. He was killed by somebody with a gun. In the active voice, it would be: Somebody killed him with a gun. The gun is the instrument. Somebody is the "agent" or "doer".

President Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.

More examples:

An apple is eaten by Tom

I am liked by my friends

Presents are bought by Mary

Affirmative:

Fingers were pointed.He was found.It has been decided.My bike was stolen.A mistake was made.

Interrogative:

Is the book written?Was the book written?Will the book be written?

Negative:

The book is not writtenThe book will not be writtenThe book had not been written

Interrogative-Negative :

Was the book not written?

ON THIS DAY.

International Day of Older Persons

On December 14th. 1990, the United Nations General Assembly (by resolution 45/106) designated October 1st. the International Day of Older Persons.

ON THIS DAY.

International Day of Older Persons

This was preceded by initiatives such as the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing - which was adopted by the 1982 World Assembly on Ageing - and endorsed later that year by the UN General Assembly.

ON THIS DAY.

International Day of Older Persons

In 1991, the General Assembly (by resolution 46/91) adopted the United Nations Principles for Older Persons.In 2002, the Second World Assembly on Ageing adopted the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, to respond to the opportunities and challenges of population ageing in the 21st century and to promote the development of a society for all ages.

ON THIS DAY.

International Day of Older PersonsThe theme of the year 2011's commemoration is "Launch of Madrid+10: The Growing Opportunities & Challenges of Global Ageing".