Active and Passive Voice
Active and Passive Voice
Active and Passive Voice
ACTIVE VOICE
Julia bought the new Game of Thrones book. (Julia compr el nuevo libro de Game of Thrones.)
PASSIVE VOICE
The new Game of Thrones book was bought by Julia.(El nuevo libro de Game of Thrones fue comprado
por Julia.)
La estructura de las frases en la voz activa es la ms comn, la primera que aprendemos, la ms clara y
la que ms usamos diariamente.
QUIEN HACE LA ACCIN + VERBO + OBJETO QUE
RECIBE LA ACCIN
A new shopping mall was built near our school. (Un nuevo centro comercial fue
construido cerca de nuestra escuela.)
Marco repaired the car.
John will make a great dinner tonight.
Everyday Claire reads the newspaper.
The professor gave the books to the
students.
Right now, Margaret is writing an e-mail.
The car was repaired by Marco
A great dinner will be made by John
tonight.
Everyday the newspaper is read by Claire.
The books were given to the students by
the professor.
Right now, an e-mail is being written by
Margaret.