•Passive Voice

Alexander Vizcaíno

English Class

August 27 th , 2015

The Passive VoiceMeaning Simple

Form (Structure) Continous PerfectUses

What the passive voice express?

• It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Is a type of sentence or clause in which the subject receives the action of the verb.

Form

Passive Voice

SimpleContinuos

Perfect

FormSimple Present Passive

Subject

Verb To be

Past

Participle

Simple Present Passive

The letters are delivered The dog is fed by Thomas

FormSimple Past Passive

Subject

Past of Verb To be

Past

Participle

Simple Pas

t Passive

This church was built in 1815

Jane was shot.

FormPresent Continuos Passive

Subject

Verb to be + being

Past participle

The treaty is being signed by the two kings. 

FormPast Continuos Passive

Subject

Verb to be in past + being

Past participle

The treaty is being signed by the two kings. 

Form

Subject

Have/has + Been

Past Participle

Present Perfect Passive

The clinic has been cleaned by them.

Form

Subject

Had +

Been

Past Participle

Present Perfect Passive

The power point presentation had been done by Alexander.

is/are + past participleExample:A scene isn´t filmed just onceOnly the best shots are used

Uses of Passive VoiceThe passive voice to describe process

Modal + be + past participleExample: • Once scene may be shot from five

different angles• Lots of different shots have to be taken