Passive Voice ( Voz Pasiva) Ingles

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Passive Voice


Passive Voice


There are two voices in English, the active and the passive. The active tells us what the subject does, for example:
- The secretary wrote aletter.
The passive tells us what is done to the subject. For example:
- The letter was written by the secretary.


Form


The passive is made with the verb "to be" and the past participle.Here are the main English tenses used in the passive voice.
|Tense |Subject |Verb "to be" |Past Participle ||Simple present: |Flowers |are |planted every year |
|Present continuous: |Flowers |are being|planted now. |
|Simple past: |Flowers |were |planted last year ||Past continuous: |Flowers |were being |planted last summer. |
|Present perfect: |Flowers |have been|planted here for 10 years. |
|Past perfect: |Flowers |had been |planted until last year. ||Future: |Flowers |will be |planted next year. |
|Future continuous: |Flowers |will bebeing |planted during the summer. |
|Present conditional: |Flowers |would be |planted if we had seeds. ||Past conditional: |Flowers |would have been |planted if we had had seeds. |




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