viernes, 19 de julio de 2013

Present Active and Passive voice

Active Voice


It is important to remind you that for this term we are working active voice in simple present that´s why, we are going to add some information about Simple Present just to clarify if you have any questions.

In this chart you can find some conjugations in simple present with one example in the possible ways.

For conjugating the SIMPLE PRESENT we use the infinite for the subjects  "I", "you", "we" and "they" and for the third person  "he", "she" y "it", we add "-s" at the end of the verb.
 
Example:
 
I, You, We, Theytalk, eat, learn, watch, do, go...
He, She, Ittalks, eats, learns, watches, does, goes...

There are some gramatical exceptions in the third person, taking into a count the consonant or vowel of the end.




                         
   



                                           












          




















     



      

 



     
     
     
     
     
     
    

lunes, 8 de julio de 2013

Passive Voice vs Active voice

Passive voice vs Active voice


There are two special forms for verbs called voice:
  1. Active voice
  2. Passive voice
The active voice is the "normal" voice. This is the voice that we use most of the time. You are probably already familiar with the active voice. In the active voice, the object receives the action of the verb:

activesubjectverbobject

>
Catseatfish.

The passive voice is less usual. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb:

passivesubjectverbobject
<
Fishare eatenby cats.

The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb:


subjectverbobject
activeEverybodydrinkswater.
passiveWateris drunkby everybody.

Passive Voice

The passive voice is less usual than the active voice. The active voice is the "normal" voice. But sometimes we need the passive voice. In this lesson we look at how to construct the passive voice, when to use it and how to conjugate it.

Construction of the Passive Voice

The structure of the passive voice is very simple:
subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)
The main verb is always in its past participle form.
Look at these examples:

subjectauxiliary verb (to be)
main verb (past participle)
Wateris
drunkby everyone.
100 peopleare
employedby this company.
Iam
paidin euro.
Wearenotpaidin dollars.
Arethey
paidin yen?

Use of the Passive Voice

We use the passive when:
  • we want to make the active object more important
  • we do not know the active subject

subjectverbobject
give importance to active object (President Kennedy)President Kennedywas killedby Lee Harvey Oswald.
active subject unknownMy wallethas been stolen.?

Note that we always use by to introduce the passive object (Fish are eaten by cats).
Look at this sentence:
  • He was killed with a gun.
Normally we use by to introduce the passive object. But the gun is not the active subject. The gun did not kill him. He was killed by somebody with a gun. In the active voice, it would be: Somebody killed him with a gun. The gun is the instrument. Somebody is the "agent" or "doer".

Conjugation for the Passive Voice

We can form the passive in any tense. In fact, conjugation of verbs in the passive tense is rather easy, as the main verb is always in past participle form and the auxiliary verb is always be. To form the required tense, we conjugate the auxiliary verb. So, for example:
  • present simple: It is made
  • present continuous: It is being made
  • present perfect: It has been made
Here are some examples with most of the possible tenses:

infinitiveto be washed
simplepresentIt is washed.
pastIt was washed.
futureIt will be washed.
conditionalIt would be washed.
continuouspresentIt is being washed.
pastIt was being washed.
futureIt will be being washed.
conditionalIt would be being washed.
perfect simplepresentIt has been washed.
pastIt had been washed.
futureIt will have been washed.
conditionalIt would have been washed.
perfect continuouspresentIt has been being washed.
pastIt had been being washed.
futureIt will have been being washed.
conditionalIt would have been being washed.

Activities

Active and Passive voice explanation
Active vs Passive voice explanation 2
Passive voice examples
Cartoon
Song
Exercise (rewrite)


Third Term


Our dear students!!!
Welcome to this third term, this is going to be a little hard but take it easy if you pay attention of all the teachers explanations and if you check frequently the blog you are going to have good academical results.

Remind that it´s super important to participate coherently using the grammatical structure suggested, this is going to give you extra points.

Ready to work, now let´s start!!!