PRESENT PASSIVE

1. PRESENT PASSIVE Lorena Guerrero Alexandra Bolaños

2. PRESENT PASSIVEUSES The passive voice is used to describe what happens to the subject of the sentence. Passive sentences is more important the subject performs the action. Ex: The film is made in Japan

3. PASSIVE VOICE STRUCTURE In passive sentences we distinguish four parts: Sujectpatient+ To Be +VerbPastParticiple+AgentComplement ArgentiniansspeakSpanish Active (Object) SpanishisspokenbyArgentiniansPassive (Subject)

4. PRESENT PASSIVE SENTENCES STEPS • The object of an active sentence becomes the subject of passive • We look at the tense of the verb in the active sentence ArgentiniansspeakSpanish Active (Object)

5. PRESENT PASSIVE SENTENCES STEPS 3. The verb of the active sentence is placed on past participle 4. In passive to the person performing the action he is not always mentioned. If we want to indicate who performed the action, the subject of the active sentence becomes a complement agent and it is introduced by the preposition "by" ArgentiniansspeakSpanish Active (Object)

6. AFIRMATIVE Affirmative present the passive voice is formed with Subject + Be+ Verb Past participle A book is written by John T-shirts are made of cotton by them. The speech is written by the president.

7. NEGATIVE Negative present the passive voice is formed with Subject + Be (negative)+ Verb Past participle A book isn´t written by John T-shirts aren´t made of cotton by them. The speech isn´t written by the president.

8. INTERROGATIVE Interrogative present the passive voice is formed with Be +Subject + Verb Past participle Is a book written by John? Are T-shirts made of cotton ? Is the speech written by the president?

9. EXERCICES Active : The gardener waters the flowers every evening. Passive: The flowers are watered by the gardener every evening. Active : Helen doesn't drink anything in parties. Passive: Nothing is drunk by Helen in parties. Active : My mother doesn't paint the walls. Passive: The walls aren't painted by my mother.

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