Introduction

Objetives

1.2. General Objetive

 Understand the passive voice and the future simple

1.3. Specific objectives

 Know the essence of passive voice and the simple future

 Know what is the objective of passive voice and the simple future

1.4. Research Method

 The methods used for the performance of this work were the qualitative and
quantitative methods and the research technique was to the bibliographic
research.
The passive

The passive voice is used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the
object of a sentence rather than subject. This means that the subject is either less
important than the action itself or that we don’t know who or what the subject is.

The passive voice is more commonly used in English than it in other European
languages such as German or French. As well as being used in everyday English, the
passive voice is used extensively in official documents and scientific papers. . (Merry
Ansell, Free English Grammar, 2000, P. 169)
The passive voice of a verb is used when the subject of the verb refers to the person or
thing receiving the action described by the verb. Only a verb which can take an object
can be put into the passive voice. (Merry Ansell, free English grammar, 2000 P. 169).

E.g. my laptop was stolen. (The object – now the subject = my laptop / action= was
stolen)

The passive agent

When we know who the subject is, we put it at the end with by. We call this an agent.

1. Passive: The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. (agent =Leonardo
Da Vinci)
2. Active: Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
3. passive: The Moon walker was invented by Michael Jackson (agent = Michael
Jackson
4. active: Michael Jackson invent the moon walker

The passive is often used to report something or to state a fact.

Forming the passive voice

The passive voice is not a tense in English. Each tense has its own passive voice which
is created by using a form of the auxiliary verb to be + V3 (past participle)
Rule: to be + past participle
To form a passive sentence when an active sentence is given:
 Object of the active sentence becomes subject in the passive sentence
 Subject of the active sentence becomes object in the passive sentence (or is left
out)
We can only form a passive sentence from an active sentence when the there is an
object in the active sentence.
 Affirmatives forms:

To make the affirmative sentences we need to know this rule:

Subject + Auxiliary verb to be + past participle + by + object

Tense To be (Auxiliary) Verb form Example

Simple Present Am/is/are Past participle Active: Manuel studies the lesson
Passive: The lesson is studied by
Manuel
Simple past Was/were Past participle Active: Joseph built a house.
Passive: A house was built by joseph.
Present continuous Am/is/are being Past participle Active: Hilario is cleaning the room
Passive: The room was being cleaned
by Hilario
Present perfect Have/has been Past participle Active: Celma has make the makeup
Passive: The Makeup has been made by
Celma
Present perfect Have/has been Past participle Active: Hilario has been being watched
continuous being the TV
Passive: the TV has been being watched
by Hilario
Past continuous Was/were Past participle Active: Zelia was making a cake.
Passive: A cake was being made by
Zelia
Past perfect Had been Past participle Active: Jossefa had played the piano
Passive: The piano had been played by
Jossefa
Past perfect continuous Had been being Past participle Active: I had been winning the soccer.
Passive: the soccer had been being won
(by me).
Simple future Will (shall) be Past participle Active: José will make the dinner.
Passive: The Dinner will be made by
José
Future continuous Will (shall) be Past participle Active: Jossefa will be approved in the
being exams
Passive: the exams will be being
approved by Jossefa
Future perfect Will (shall) have Past participle Active: I will have done the homework.
been Passive: the homework will have been
done by me

Future perfect Will (shall) have Past participle Active: Manuel will have been studied
continuous been being English
Passive: English will have been being
studied by Manuel
 Negative forms (Auxiliary verb + not + past participle)

To form a negative statement, the word not is placed after the first auxiliary.

Tense To be (Auxiliary) Verb form Example

+ not
Simple Present Am/is/are + not Past participle Affirmative: The lesson is studied by
Manuel
Negative: The lesson is not studied by
Manuel
Simple past Was/were + not Past participle Affirmative: A house was built by
joseph.
Negative: A house was not built by
joseph.
Present continuous Am/is/are being + Past participle Affirmative: The room was being
not cleaned by Hilario
Negative: The room was not being
cleaned by Hilario
Present perfect Have/has been + Past participle Affirmative: The Makeup has not been
not made by Telma
Negative: The Makeup has not been
made by Telma
Present perfect Have/has been Past participle Affirmative: The TV has been being
continuous being + not watched by Hilario
Negative: The TV has been not being
watched by Hilario
Past continuous Was/were + not Past participle Affirmative: A cake was being made
by Zelia
Negative: A cake was not being made
by Zelia
Past perfect Had been + not Past participle Affirmative: The piano had been
played by Jossefa
Negative: The piano had not been
played by Jossefa
Past perfect continuous Had been being + Past participle Affirmative: the soccer had been being
not won by me
Negative: the soccer had not been being
won by me
Simple future Will (shall) be + Past participle Affirmative: The Dinner will be made
not by José
Negative: The Dinner will not be made
by José
Future continuous Will (shall) be Past participle Affirmative: The exams will be being
being + not approved by Jossefa
Negative: the exams will not be being
approved by Jossefa
Future perfect Will (shall) have Past participle Affirmative: the homework will have
been + not been done by me
Negative: the homework will have not
been done by me
Future perfect Will (shall) have Past participle Affirmative: English will have been
continuous been being + not being studied by Manuel
Negative: English will have not been
being studied by Manuel

Interrogative form (Auxiliary verb + subject + past participle)

To form a question, the first auxiliary is placed before the subject, for example:

Tense To be (Auxiliary) Verb form Example

+ Subject
Simple Present Am/is/are (I, you, Past participle Is the lesson studied by Manuel?
he she, it, you, we,
they)
Simple past Was/were Past participle Was a house built by joseph?

Present continuous Am/is/are being Past participle was the room being cleaned by Hilario

Present perfect Have/has been Past participle Has the makeup been made by Telma?
Present perfect Have/has been Past participle Has the TV been being watched by
continuous being Hilario?
Past continuous Was/were Past participle Was a cake being made by Zelia?
Past perfect Had been Past participle Had The piano had been played by
Jossefa ?
Past perfect continuous Had been being Past participle Had the soccer been being won by me?
Simple future Will (shall) be Past participle Will be made The Dinner by José?
Future continuous Will (shall) be Past participle Will be being the exams approved by
being Jossefa?
Future perfect Will (shall) have Past participle will have been the homework done by
been me

Future perfect Will (shall) have Past participle will have been being English studied by
continuous been being Manuel

Negative question (auxiliary Verb + not + past participle)

To form a negative question, the first auxiliary is placed before the subject, and the
word not is placed after the subject. However, when contractions are used the contracted
form of not follows immediately after the auxiliary.

1. Without contractions

Were you not shown the sights?

Should we not love music?

Is She not being done the dinner?

2. With contractions

Weren’t you shown the sights?

Shouldn’t we love music?

Isn’t She being done the dinner?

Passive voice with two objects: (Verb + past participle + object 1 + object 2)

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the
two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to
transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on.

Active: Joseph offered a flower to me

Passive: A flower was offered to me by joseph

Passive: I was offered a flower by joseph

Simple Future

This tense tells us about an action which has not occurred yet and will occur after saying
or in future

Rule – Will/Shall + Verb (Ist form)

In Future Tense helping verb ‘Shall’ is used with ‘I’ and ‘We’. Helping verb ‘Will’ is
used with all others. When you are to make a commitment or warn someone or
emphasize something, use of 'will/shall' is reversed. ‘Will’ is used with ‘I’ & ‘We’ and
'shall' is used with others.

In general speaking there is hardly any difference between 'shall & will' and normally
‘Will’ is used with all.

Forms:

1. Positive / Affirmative Sentences

Subject + Will/Shall + Verb (Ist form) + Object

She will write a letter.

2. Negative Sentences

Subject + Will/Shall + Not + Verb (Ist form) + Object

She will not write a letter.

3. Interrogative Sentences

Will/Shall + Subject + Verb (Ist form) + Object + (?)

Will she write a letter?

4. Interrogative Negative Sentences

Will/Shall + Subject + Not + Verb (Ist form) + Object + (?)

Will she not write a letter?

Conclusion
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