Passive Voice Practice – FCE2.

Part 1 – Video 1: Explicación detallada de la VOZ ACTIVA y PASIVA en

inglés - Passive Voice

Active Passive Recipe

Micheal Jackson Billie Jean is sung by Active present simple
sings Billy Jean Michael Jackson. =

Passive present simple

=
They’re painting The house is being painted Active present
the house. by them. continuous =

Passive present
continuous =
My mother has The dinner has been Active present perfect
prepared the prepared by my mother. =
dinner.
Passive present perfect
=

Question:
In active voice, we start the sentence with “quien hace” or, in grammatical
terms, the subject.
What do we start with in passive voice? Why? Give the term used in the video
and the grammatical term.
Answer: The passive voice structure begins whit “Quién recibe” , and why?
Because in passive voice the object is stand out.

Part 2 – Video 2: Cómo pasar a PASIVA en inglés- Tutorial fácil con

ejercicios
Watch the video in Spanish and write a short summary IN ENGLISH of the
trick to form the passive voice. Write it like a set of instructions with examples.
Passive voice trick:

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 1. In our sentences that we want to transform we will identify our subject,
verb and object

Example: The teacher corrects exams

Object: exams
Subject: The teacher
Verb: Corrects

2. Now, we will write the object first, the subject will become the add-in
and we're going to add "by".

Example: Exams______by the teacher.

3. This is the trick, we are going to count how many words the verb has, in
this case the verb only has 1, so we are going to add one more in the
passive voice, we have 2 then.

Example: Exams ___ ______ by the teacher.

4. Then in the second space we put our verb in "past participle" and in the
first space the verb "to be

Example: Exams are corrected by the teacher

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Part 3 – Video 3: Using PASSIVE in English to avoid responsibility
Watch the video and answer these questions:
1. What contexts/examples does the teacher give of who/why people
use the passive voice?

The teacher explains that the passive voice is used by businessmen and people
who give speeches as a governments.

ACTIVE PASSIVE
I made a mistake A mistake was made
We killed a lot of people A lot of people were killed
We will turn off your electricity Your electricity will be turned off

2. Why might people in these contexts want to avoid responsibility or

avoid mentioning WHO did the action?

Because with the passive voice they can dissociate themselves from the actions
made by the person, so that they would not be blamed for the actions.

3. Other contexts where the passive voice is quite common are news
articles, academic writing, political discourse and business
negotiations. Find a text from ONE of these contexts e.g. a news
article, an academic article, a quote from a politician or
businessperson, USING the passive voice.

Xiaotangshan Hospital was built in seven days, allegedly breaking the world
record for the fastest construction of a hospital.

4. Give an example that you found and tell me WHY they used the
passive voice –

(a) because the action was more important than WHO did the action,
(b) to hide responsibility
(c) because the subject is unknown.

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