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Worksheet 2: Passive Voice
NIVEL
A.E.
C.M.O.
HABILIDAD
Cuarto Medio
El estudiante debe ser capaz de generar entendimiento, uso y aplicación
correcto de la Voz pasiva.
Passive Voice
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Passive Voice (Voz Pasiva)
 Observa la diferencia entre estos dos grupos de oraciones:
- She ate an apple. ® An apple was eaten (by her).
- Jill washed the dishes. ® The dishes were washed (by Jill).
- They buy the newspaper on Sundays.®The newspaper is bought (by them) on
Sundays.
- We feed the dog every day. ® The dog is fed (by us) every day.
Las oraciones del primer grupo están en voz activa y las del segundo en pasiva. Al
transformar una oración activa en otra pasiva el sujeto y la forma verbal cambian.
 Puede ser el complemento directo de la oración activa el que pasa a ser el sujeto de
la oración pasiva:
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She ate an apple. ® An apple was eaten (by her).
(an apple = complemento directo) (an apple = sujeto)
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 La estructura verbal de las oraciones pasivas es esta:
sujeto + verbo to be (en cualquier tiempo) + participio pasado del verbo principal
She ate an apple. ® An apple was eaten (by her).
(ate = pasado simple de eat) (was eaten = pasado de to be + participio de eat)
ACTIVA
PASIVA
I read a book every week.
A book is read by me every week.
She is cooking dinner now.
Dinner is being cooked by her now.
They bought too many vegetables.
They bought too many vegetables.
They were discussing the film.
The film was being discussed.
I have done all the work.
All the work has been done by me
We´ve been reading that book.
That book has been being read. (poco
frecuente)
She had cleaned everything.
Everything had been cleaned by her.
They had been learning that.
That had been being learnt by them. (muy
poco frecuente)
I will pay that.
That will be paid by me.
He´ll have finished the work.
The work will have been finished.
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
El sujeto agente (la persona o cosa que realiza la acción) se puede indicar en la
oración pasiva si se desea. Tiene que ir precedido de by:
She ate an apple. ® An apple was eaten (by her).
(she = sujeto) (by her = sujeto agente)
Pero muchas veces no se menciona quien realiza la acción en la pasiva porque se
entiende por el contexto o no interesa.
 El complemento indirecto de una oración activa puede convertirse también en el
sujeto de una oración pasiva, algo que no es posible en español:
His parents gave him a present. ® He was given a present by his parents.
(him = CI, a present = CD) A present was given to him by his parents.
Otros ejemplos:
- They told her the truth ® She was told the truth.
- He paid me ® I was paid by him.
- They sent him a letter ® He was sent a letter.
 La voz pasiva se usa con mucha más frecuencia en inglés que en español.
 No todos los verbos se pueden utilizar en voz pasiva. Ésta es sólo posible con los
verbos transitivos, es decir, con aquellos que necesitan ir acompañados de un
complemento directo.
Ejemplos de oraciones que sólo son posibles en voz activa:
- I went to the cinema.
- She´ll become a doctor when she grows up.
- We aren´t happy in this company.
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EXERSICES: THE PASSIVE
I. Complete the questions using the verb in brackets in Passive Voice. Then
answer the questions.
1. When ______ America ______ (discover)?
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2. In what year ______ the Olympic Games ______ (hold) in Barcelona?
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3. In what century ______ William Shakespeare ______ (bear)?
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4. Where ______ Coca-Cola ______ (invent)?
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5. What ______ ______ (consider) the highest mountain in the world?
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6. Where ______ rubles1 ______ (use)?
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7. In what country ______ Kiev ______ (locate)?
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8. In what country ______ Thai ______ (speak) by 92% of the population?
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9. How many Harry Potter´s novels have ______ ______ (write)?
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10. When ______ Halloween ______ (celebrate)?
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11. When ______ St Patrick´s Day ______ (celebrate)?
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12. When ______ Thanksgiving Day ______ (celebrate)?
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13. When ______ the Eiffel Tower ______ (build)?
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14. ______ the Channel Islands ______ (include) in the “United Kingdom”?
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15. In what century ______ Australia ______ (settle2) by the British?
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16. Where ______ most bananas ______ (produce)?
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17. In what museum can La Gioconda painting ______ ______ (see)?
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18. How many stars and bars ______ ______ (represent) in the flag of the
USA?
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19. What two ingredients ______ candy floss3 ______ (make) of?
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20. What ______ the largest lake in the world ______ (call)?
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