Active/passive voice

Active/passive voice

1. Active voice

   • What is?
     • Is when a person performs the action directly or also on the same person
   • Structure
     • Subject+ver+complement (Can be direct, indirect ir circumtantial)
   • Example
     • I am looking for the car
   • Un the most English sentences with an action verb, the subject performs the action indicated by the verb
   • In general, it is preferable to use the active voice

2. Passive voice

   • What is ?
     • Is the sentence where the meaning of the verb is received by the person to whom it refers
   • Structure
     • Passive subject+se+passive verb+com.
   • Example
     • The car is wanted by me

3. To change a sentence from active voice to passive voice

   • Steps
     • 1; Move the passive sentence's subject into the active sentence's
       • Active voice
         • •Marilyn mailed the letter
           • Is direct object
       • ———————»
         • —————»
       • Passive voice
         • The letter
           • Is subject
     • 2; place the active sentence's subject into a phrase beginning with the preposición by
       • Active voice
         • Marilyn mailed the letter
       • ———————»
         • —————»
       • Passive voice
         • The letter...by Marilyn
     • 3; Add a form of the auxiliary verb be to the main verb and change the main verb's forma
       • Active voice
         • Marilyn mailed the letter
       • ———————»
         • —————»
       • Passive voice
         • The letter was mailed by Marilyn

4. To change the passive voice sentence to active voice sentence

   • Steps
     • 1; Move the passive sentence into an active voice sentence's direct object slot
       • Passive voice
         • The letter was mailed by Marilyn
       • ———————»
         • —————»
       • Active voice
         • ...(mailed) the letter
     • 2; Remove the auxiliary verb be from the main verb and change main verb's from if meeded
       • Passive voice
         • The letter was mailed
       • ———————»
         • —————»
       • Active voice
         • Mailed the letter
     • 3; place the passive sentence's object of the preposition by into the subject slot
       • Passive voice
         • By Marilyn
         • ( object of preposition by)
       • ———————»
         • —————»
       • Active voice
         • Marilyn mailed...
         • (subject)