 When is used passive voice?  Active voice Passive voice  Passive voice in present tenses  Passive voice in future tenses  Passive voice in future tenses with going to  Passive voice in past tenses  Passive voice in conditional tenses  Exercises

 We can use the passive form when the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized.  We can also use the passive form if we don’t know who is doing the action or if we don’t want to mention who is doing this action.

[Thing/person doing action] + [verb] + [thing/person receiving action] Subject Object

[Thing/person receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing/person doing action] Subject Opcional object

Marco pays a lot of money Subject Verb Object A lot of money is paid by Marco Subject Verb Object

TenseSubjectVerbObject Simple Present Active:Olgawritesa letter Passive:A letteris writtenby Olga Present perfect Active :Olgahas writtena letter Passive:A letterhas been written by Olga Present continuous Active :OlgaIs writtinga letter Passive:A letterIs being written by Olga Present perfect continuous Active :OlgaHas been writting a letter Passive:A letterHas been being write by Olga

TenseSubjectVerbObject FutureActive :Olgawill writea letter Passive:A letterwill be writtenby Olga Future perfectActive :OlgaWill have written a letter Passive:A letterWill have been written by Olga Future continuous Active :OlgaWill be writtinga letter Passive:A letterWill be being writted by Olga Future perfect continuous Active :OlgaWill have been writting a letter Passive:A letterWill have been being writted by Olga

TenseSubjectVerbObject Future (going to) Active :OlgaIs going to writte a letter Passive:A letterIs going to be written by Olga Future perfect (going to) Active :OlgaIs going to have written a letter Passive:A letterIs going to have been written by Olga Future continuous (going to) Active :OlgaIs going to be writting a letter Passive:A letterIs going to Be being writted by Olga

TenseSubjectVerbObject Simple pastActive :Olgawrotea letter Passive:A letterwas writtenby Olga Past PerfectActive :OlgaHad writtena letter Passive:A letterHad been written by Olga Past continuous Active :OlgaWas writtinga letter Passive:A letterWas being writted by Olga Past perfect continuous Active :OlgaHad been writting a letter Passive:A letterHad been being writted by Olga

TenseSubjectVerbObject ConditionalActive :OlgaWould writea letter Passive:A letterWould be written by Olga Conditional perfect Active :OlgaWould have written a letter Passive:A letterWould have been written by Olga

Active: Blanca sends s. Passive: s are sent (by Blanca). A: Somebody cleans the office every day. P: The office is cleaned every day. A: Mar sells vegetables in the market. P: Vegetables are sold in the market (by Mar). A: Would they have given the right answer? P: Would the right answer have been given

A: You don’t write the letter. P: The letter is not written by you. A: We would have painted the walls green. P: The walls would have been painted green. A: Does the police officer catch the thief? P: Is the thief caught by the police officer. A: They wear blue shoes. P: Blue shoes are worn by them. A: I draw a picture. P: A picture is drawn by me

The Wall (guard) by 15,000 soldiers in Forts (call) milecastles because the distance from one fort to another (be) one mile. In 1987, this place (become) a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If the Wall (attack) by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) to the nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can – see) by the soldiers in the milecastle.

The Wall was guarded by 15,000 soldiers in Forts (call) milecastles because the distance from one fort to another (be) one mile. In 1987, this place (become) a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If the Wall (attack) by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) to the nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can – see) by the soldiers in the milecastle.

The Wall was guarded by 15,000 soldiers in Forts were called milecastles because the distance from one fort to another was one mile. In 1987, this place (become) a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If the Wall (attack) by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) to the nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can – see) by the soldiers in the milecastle.

The Wall was guarded by 15,000 soldiers in Forts were called milecastles because the distance from one fort to another was one mile. In 1987, this place became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If the Wall (attack) by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) to the nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can – see) by the soldiers in the milecastle.

The Wall was guarded by 15,000 soldiers in Forts were called milecastles because the distance from one fort to another was one mile. In 1987, this place became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If the Wall was attacked by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) to the nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can – see) by the soldiers in the milecastle.

The Wall was guarded by 15,000 soldiers in Forts were called milecastles because the distance from one fort to another was one mile. In 1987, this place became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If the Wall was attacked by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets ran to the nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can – see) by the soldiers in the milecastle.

The Wall was guarded by 15,000 soldiers in Forts were called milecastles because the distance from one fort to another was one mile. In 1987, this place became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If the Wall was attacked by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets ran to the nearest milecastle for help or lit a fire that (can – see) by the soldiers in the milecastle.

The Wall was guarded by 15,000 soldiers in Forts were called milecastles because the distance from one fort to another was one mile. In 1987, this place became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If the Wall was attacked by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets ran to the nearest milecastle for help or lit a fire that could be seen by the soldiers in the milecastle.

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