Passives

Activas vs. pasivas Utilizamos un verbo en voz activa

cuando queremos expresar lo que el sujeto hace:My grandfather built this house in 1900

Utilizamos el verbo en voz pasiva para decir lo que le ocurre al sujeto

This house was built in 1900

Cómo se forma la pasiva Shakerpeare wrote Hamlet in 1600

Hamlet Shakespearewas written by

Be + past participle

El agente Cuando el sujeto de la oración activa

es they, someone, people, en la pasiva se omite:

They make these cars in JapanThese cars are made in Japan

Someone has stolen my walletMy wallet has been stolen

People didn’t understand the end of the filmThe end of the film wasn’t

understood

El agente IITambién omitimos el complemento agente cuando se sobreentiende:

A murderer killed J.F. Kennedy in 1963J.F. Kennedy was killed in 1963

Oraciones con 2 objetos

We gave the police the information

The police were given the information

The information was given to the policeNormalmente empezamos con el que se

refiere a personaOtros verbos: ask, offer, pay, show, teach, tell