Passive voice Integrantes: Estrada Sollano Livia Vanessa Franco Díaz Brenda Margarita Garduño González Sharone Olivos Gutiérrez Reyes Orlando Torres Ramírez Laura Marisela

Grupo: 502 Inglés V

The subject or the agent becomes irrelevant, now

the action is the most important part in the

speech.

Subject To beVerb in

past participle

We can use it when the

action is more important than the

agent

Present tenseAm/ I´m not

Is/isn´tAre/ aren´t

Past tenseWas/ wasn´t

Were/weren´t

Changing

PassiveThe Mona Lisa was painted by Da Vinci

time ago.

ActiveDa Vinci painted The Mona Lisa time

ago.

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Passive voice

We can use:1. Tense Present continuousVerb to be+ verb +ing+ verb in past participle2. Tense Present perfectHave/has been+ verb in past participle 3. Tense Past continuousWas/were+ verb+ ing+ verb in past participle4. Tense Past perfectHad been+ verb in past participle5. Tense FutureWill/ won´t be+ verb in

past participle

6.Modal auxiliary verbscan be could be may be might be should be must be Would be

* We can omit the verb to be in present tense.