Complement and action of the sentence are more
important than the subject. In the passive voice the
complement performs the action and the subject
receives it. "CHANGING ROLES"
WHAT IS THE DIFERENCE WITH
ACTIVE VOICE?
The complement performs the action of the sentence
the passive voice fundamentally uses the past participle
the subject changes into an agent subject where the use of the preposition "by" is necessary.
WHAT IS THE USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE?
The passive voice is used for situations where
it is not known who carried out the action or
does not want to mention the subject.
The passive voice is used to give more importance to the
complement and the action of a sentence in active voice.
When it is not necessary to mention who performs the action because it is evident.
WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE?
AFF: OBJECT + TO BE (CONJUGED) + PAST PARTICIPLE + BY + SUBJECT
NEG: OBJECT + TO BE IN NEGATIVE (CONJUGED) + PAST PARTICIPLE + BY + SUBJECT
INT: IN THE PASSIVE VOICE, THE DID AND THE DOES ARE NOT USED IN THE INTERROGATIVE FORM:
TO BE (CONJUGED) + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE + BY + SUBJECT + ?
EXAMPLES OF PASSIVE VOICE
Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.
Was your wallet stolen again?
His new book was just published around the world
A book must be given to Laura by Nicolas
RULES OR RECOMENDATIONS FOR PASSIVE VOICE
IN CASES WHERE IT IS NOT KNOWN WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE ACTIVE VOICE WHEN TRANSFORMING
SENTENCE IN A PASSIVE VOICE WE USE THE OBJECT PRONOUNS
IMPERSONAL PASSIVE SENTENCE
The impersonal passive voice is used when we want to express what a
greater or lesser number of people think, think, believe or feel about a
situation. It is usually used in texts, in the media and in general in formal
contexts.
EXAMPLE: He is said to be a creative and ingenious writer.
Se dice que es un escritor creativo e ingenioso.
It + be (is / was / has been...) + reporting verb (en past participle) + (that) frase
Sujeto + be (am / is ..) + reporting verb (en past participle) + to + infinitive / perfect infinitive