INGLES

VOZ PASIVA/ PASSIVE VOICE 1. Se dice que una oración está en VOZ PASIVA cuando la significación del verbo es recibida por la persona gramatical a quien aquél se refiere: Buenos Aires was founded by Pedro de Mendoza. (Buenos Aires fue fundada por Pedro de Mendoza).

2. Se forma con el auxiliar del verbo to be y el participio pasado del verbo que se conjuga.

3. El complemento de la oración activa pasa a sujeto de la pasiva. Como en castellano, el sujeto de la activa se puede conservar como sujeto agente.

4. Cuando un verbo tiene dos complementos se pueden hacer dos estructuras de pasiva: a) A book was sent to Tom by Mr. Smith, Un libro fue enviado a Tom por Mr. Smith. b) Tom was sent a book by Mr. Smith (pasiva idiomática). Esta estructura no es posible en castellano.

MODELO DE VERBO EN VOZ PASIVA TO BE SEEN = SER VISTO

PRESENTE I am seen, soy visto you are seen, eres visto he is seen, es visto we are seen, somos vistos you are seen, sois vistos they are seen, son vistos PRETERITO PERFECTO I have been seen, he sido visto you have been seen, has sido visto he has been seen, ha sido visto we have been seen, hemos sido vistos you have been seen, habéis sido vistos they have been seen, han sido vistos

PASADO I was seen, fui visto you were seen, fuiste visto he was seen, fue visto we were seen, fuimos vistos you were seen, fuisteis vistos they were seen, fueron vistos FUTURO I shall be seen, seré visto you will be seen, serás visto he will be seen, será visto we shall be seen, seremos vistos you will be seen, seréis vistos they will be seen, serán vistos

PRETERITO PLUSCUAMPERFECTO:  I had been seen, había sido visto CONDICIONAL:  I should be seen, sería visto FUTURO PERFECTO:  I shall have been seen, habré sido visto CONDICIONAL PERFECTO:  I should have been seen, habría sido visto

Verb Tense	Structure	Example
PRESENT SIMPLE	am/are/is + pp	Spanish is spoken here.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS	am/are/is being + pp	Your questions are being answered.
FUTURE (WILL)	will be + pp	It’ll be painted by next week.
FUTURE (GOING TO)	am/are/is going to be + pp	Terry is going to be made redundant next year.
PAST SIMPLE	was/were + pp	We were invited to the party, but we didn’t go.
PAST CONTINUOUS	was/were being + pp	The hotel room was being cleaned when we got back from shopping.
PRESENT PERFECT	have/has been + pp	The President of America has been shot.
PAST PERFECT	had been + pp	When he got home he found that all of his money had been stolen.
FUTURE PERFECT	will have been + pp	Our baby will have been born before Christmas.