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Future Passive Voice

Future Passive Voice. Grammar essential #101. Active/ Passive Voice definition. A verb is said to be active voice when it expresses an action performed by its subject. A verb is said to be passive voice when the action it expresses is performed upon its subject.

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Future Passive Voice

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  1. Future Passive Voice Grammar essential #101

  2. Active/ Passive Voice definition A verb is said to be active voice when it expresses an action performed by its subject. A verb is said to be passive voice when the action it expresses is performed upon its subject.

  3. Active / Passive examples active voice The coach will instruct the players. The subject performs the action. Passive voice The players will be instructed by the coach. The subject receives the action.

  4. Passive or active? • The album will be received unfavorably by the fans. • The student body elects its council reps. • Angelo’s courageous act averted a tragedy. • A bit part will be played by the well-known actor. • Someone at the airport recognized the popular actor. • A volunteer usually leads the discussions. • That counting game will be played by more than one person. • A prophet’s warnings will be usually ignored at first. • WC Handy composed many famous jazz pieces. • Handy’s contributions to music will be appreciated by many listeners.

  5. Passive or active? • The album will be received unfavorably by the fans. p • The student body elects its council reps. a • Angelo’s courageous act averted a tragedy. a • A bit part will be played by the well-known actor. p • Someone at the airport recognized the popular actor.a • A volunteer usually leads the discussions. a • That counting game will be played by more than one person.p • A prophet’s warnings will be usually ignored at first.p • WC Handy composed many famous jazz pieces.a • Handy’s contributions to music will be appreciated by many listeners. p

  6. Passive voice in Spanish Passive voice is always made with the same pattern. Ser + past participle If you look at the examples, ser is the first part of the passive voice structure followed by a past participle in English.

  7. Future passive voice The pattern is the same as present passive voice. Ser + past participle The only difference is instead of conjugating ser in the present tense, it is now in the future tense. Ser (future tense) + past participle

  8. Look at the passive examples. • The album will be received unfavorably by the fans. • A bit part will be played by the well-known actor. • That counting game will be played by more than one person. • A prophet’s warnings will be usually ignored at first. • Handy’s contributions to music will be appreciated by many listeners. Do you see the ser and past participles going to happen?

  9. REMEMBER Remember regular past participles are made by adding –ado or –ido to the stem. There are the irregulars. Abierto / visto / puesto / dicho / cubierto / escrito / vuelto / hecho / muerto / roto

  10. Passive voice Passive voice is made using ser (future tense) + past participle. The book will be written… El libro será escrito The map will be read… El mapa será leído.

  11. Passive voice Unlike the perfect tenses, the past participle will agree with the subject of the sentence. La mesa será puesta… The table will be set…

  12. Practice The rule will be made by the teacher. The house will be dreamed by the artist. The alarm clock will be thrown by the child. The closet will be cleaned by the manager. The storm will be photographed (sacar foto) by the person. The bottle will be broken by the referee.

  13. Answers The rule will be made by the teacher. La regla será hecha por la profesora. The house will be dreamed by the artist. La casa será soñada por el artista The alarm clock will be thrown by the child. El despertador será tirado por el chico.

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