1 Passive voice;Silvana Gutirrez

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1. ADITZAK / VERBS

To change a verb from active into passive form we identify the tense of the verb.Then we write the equivalent tense of the verb to be and we finish by adding as the last element the past participle of the verb we want to use,

Examples:

They see they are seen Pres.Simp. Pres.Simp. Verb to be + past participle verb to see

I needed I was needed Past Simp. Past Simp. Verb to be + past participle of verb to need

You will stop You will be stopped Fut.Simple Fut.Simp. verb tobe + past participle verb to stop

2. ESALDIAK / SENTENCES

To change a whole sentence we must follow the following steps:

1) identify the subject, verb and object 2) Move the object to the first position (and the subject to the third

position preceded by the preposition by, only if the information it gives us is really essential)

3) Change the verb from the active into the passive form,following the procedure above (1)

Examples:

1) The students cleaned the blackboard Subject Verb (Past simple) object

2) The blackboard .................... by the students Passive subject agent

2 Passive voice;Silvana Gutirrez

3) The blackboard was cleaned by the students Past simp. Passive

1) The teacher will mark our tests Subject verb (Fut.Simp.) object

2) Our tests ......... by the teacher Passive subject agent

3) Our test will be marked by the teacher Fut.Simp. passive

3. MOST IMPORTANT TENSE CHANGES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE / AKTIBATIK PASIBARA PASATZEKO

ALDI ALDAKETARIK INPORTANTEENAK

VERB TENSE ACTIVE PASSIVE

Present Simple : It breaks It is broken Present Continuous

It is breaking It is being broken.

Past Simple It broke It was broken Past continuous It was breaking It was being

broken Present Perfect It has broken It has been broken Past Perfect It had broken It had been broken Future Simple It will break It will be broken Simple Conditional It would break It would be broken Going to future It is going to break It is going to be

broken