Passive Voice

Luciane Miyuki

Clues about Passive Voice

• O sujeito sofre a ação do verbo.

• O verbo to be será usado no tempo

verbal do verbo principal na voz ativa.

• O verbo principal assume sua forma do

particípio passado.

• Se o sujeito for nobody ou no one, a

voz passiva será negativa.

• TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE.

Voz Ativa X Voz Passiva

Ganso, Robinho,

Neymar and Pato

remake the Brazilian

magic square of 2006

World Cup.

The Brazilian magic

square of 2006 World

Cup is remaked by

Ganso, Robinho,

Neymar and Pato.

Monaco celebrates Prince Albert and

Charlene Wittstock's wedding gala.

Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock's

wedding gala is celebrated by Monaco.

A veterinary student abandons his studies after his

parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as

their vet.

Voz Ativa Voz Passiva

Present Tense Gruen writes the book. The book is written by her.

Present Continuous Gruen is writing the book. The book is being written by her.

Past Tense Gruen wrote the book. The book was written by her.

Present Perfect Gruen has written the book. The book has been written by her.

Past Perfect Gruen had written the book. The book had been written by her.

Future Tense Gruen will write the book. The book will be written by her.

Going to – Future Gruen is going to write the book. The book is going to be written by her.

Conditional Tense Gruen would write the book. The book would be written by her.

Modals Verbs Gruen can

may write the book.

must

should

The book can

may be written…

must

should

James Cameron produced

Avatar 3D.

The mobile phones’

technology has changed the

human’s communication.

Future scientists will create

solar houses.

01. Professional athletes _________________

some of the highest salaries in the world.

a. pay

b. are paid

c. paid

d. are paying

e. have paid

02. The passive form of: “That fellow is typing

my letter” is:

a. My letter is being typing by that fellow.

b. My letter typed by that fellow.

c. My letter is being typed by that fellow.

d. My letter was being typed by that fellow.

e. My letter was being typing by that fellow.

03. This sentence is in the Passive Voice: “Women

are warned by doctors.” The Active Voice is:

a. Women warn doctors.

b. Doctors are warned by women.

c. Doctors warned women.

d. Women are being warned.

e. Doctors warn women.

04. The passive form of “Nobody beat the record of

this race” is:

a. The record of this race wasn’t beaten.

b. The record of this race was beat by nobody.

c. The record of this race was beaten by nobody.

d. Nobody is beat by record of this race.

e. Nobody was beat the record of this race.

05. Which the alternatives are in the passive voice:

01) Dogs are considered man’s best friends.

02) Some animals eat a lot of meat.

03) Lions are wild animals.

04) The tiger is found in some parts of the African

Continent.

05) Plants are sometimes destroyed by different

kinds of insects.

06. Problems of famine, pollution, resources and

arms control were discussed by the principal. The

active voice verb for this sentence is:

a. was discussed

b. will discussed

c. discussed

d. is discussed

e. discuss

Analise o tempo do verbo principal:

Lembre-se que a voz passiva é: to

be + past participle:

Reescreva o quote ao lado na voz

passiva:

The proverb is using a modal verb.

Rewrite it in a passive voice sentence:

John Heywood (1562) print this

proverb in his collection “The

Proverbs and Epigrams”. In your

opinion, what is the meaning?

Se o verbo admitir objeto direto e indireto poderemos ter duas formas de

voz passiva. (Verbos como ASK, CALL, GIVE, LEND, SEND, SHOW e TELL)

Exemplos:

Langara has sent him many ideas.

He has been sent many ideas by Langara.

Many ideas have been sent to him by Langara.

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