PASSIVE VOICE

I am a student like you. Last class we learned the passive voice. That is why I am making this kind of “tutorial”. I think it will help you if you are in the same situation.

It is not as hard as we believe. It is the same as in Spanish language. You need to follow the structure and you will do it very good. It is divided into two types, actives and passives. So, let me show a box.

	ACTIVE	PASSIVE
SIMPLE PAST	Jhon bought a new car	A new car was bought by John
SIMPLE PRESENT	Jhon buy a new car	A new car is bought by John every year
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE	Jhon is buying a new car	A new car is being bought by Jhon
Present Perfect progressive	Jhon has  bought a new car	A new car has been bought by Jhon
PAST PERFECT	Jhon had bought a new car	A new had been bougth by Jhon
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE	John has been buying a new car	A new car has been bought by Jhon

                            

I made this box for an easy learning. So, you can see that in the Active sentences, the verb is different by the time it is (simple pasta, simple present, present progressive, etc.).  

The subject and the object change the order. In actives, the subject is going to be first. In passives, the subject is going to be at the end.

Nevertheless, in the passive voice the verb always is the same, that‘s why you ever must to use the verb in past participle.

Also, the verb to be change look at the box en you can notice it. I hope you get it clearer than before.

It is a practice I made in website.

My recommendation is to practice. In the internet you can find a lot of pages to practice this. Some web sites are better than others, because sometime show a mistake only for a letter that you didn`t add.  So, don`t feel afraid if you don’t get a hundred percent. I will give u many pages to practice and to get an extra explanation.

- http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/complex_tests/passive1/index.php

- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm

- http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

- http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/passive-exercises.html

Finally, I do want you get it completely clear. Look this video.