Lesson number 36

Wednesday, 13th February 2008

Summary:

• Passive voice with the simple present and the simple past.
  

Rulles:







--> Auxiliar verb in the passive- To Be. It comes in the same verb tense of the active verb;







--> The active verb comes in the past participle in the passive;







--> The subject of the active comes to the agent in the passive;







--> The object of the active comes as subject i n the passive.











Turn into the passive







1. Florbela buys a cake everyday at school.
A cake is bought by Florbela everyday at school.





2. Yesterday Mary drank a vodka at the pub.
Yesterday a vodka was drunk by Mary at the pub.





3. They bought a new car last year.
A new car was bought by they last year.

Passive Voice

Activa-------------->Passiva

Verbo no Presente

Are + _ed
Is 3ª coluna (particípio passado)

Verbo no Passado

Was + _ed
Were 3ª coluna (particípio passado)