Universidad

Bolivariana de Venezuela
Centro de Idiomas Rosa Luxemburgo
Ingls Tcnico Instrumental (Pre Grado y Post Grado)

Passive voice Voz pasiva

1.- Es necesario conocer muy bien la conjugacin del verbo TO BE en su tiempos simples
(presente, pasado y futuro), as como los tiempos compuestos, adems del participio pasado de
la accin principal y por ltimo, tener en cuenta que la estructura BEING se interpreta
bsicamente Siendo no estando.
2.-Ahora se expone un ejemplo en espaol que ser la Active Voice, para cambiarla o pasarla a
Passive Voice:
AV:
Jhonny repara la bicicleta rpidamente. (observa que est en tiempo presente simple,
repara)
En ingls:

Jhonny fixes the bike fastly

3.- Ahora se cambia a Passive Voice:

recuerde que segn el tiempo en que esta la AV
(presente, pasado o futuro), el uso de TO BE debe corresponder a este tiempo al cambiar a PV.
Es decir, lo que en la AV est como objeto directo de la accin, al cambiar a PV se
convierte en sujeto directo de la accin y lo dems pasa a segundo orden o plano.
4.-Observe el cambio a PV de la oracin arriba planteada:
La Estructura a aplicar es:
Subject + To BE (segn tiempo en AV)+ Past participle (de la accin o verbo principal) + by
+ Object pronouns (me,you,him,her,it,us,you,them).
En espaol: .

PV La bicicleta es reparada rpidamente por l (por Jhonny) .

Subject + To BE + Verb in Past participle+ by + Object pronoun

En ingls : PV The bike is fixed fastly by him

5.-Si la oracin estuviera en pasado en su AV:

Jhonny fixed the bike fastly.

Entonces, la PV queda as: The bike was fixed fastly by him.

Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela

Centro de Idiomas Rosa Luxemburgo
Ingls Tcnico Instrumental (Pre Grado y Post Grado)

Structures of Passive

Tense
Simple Present

Subject
Active:
Passive:

Simple Past

Active:
Passive:

Present Perfect

Active:
Passive:

Future I

Active:
Passive:

Modal Verbs:
Can, Could, May, Might,
Must
Present Progressive

Active:
Passive:
Active:
Passive:

Past Progressive

Active:
Passive:

Past Perfect

Active:
Passive:

Future Perfect

Active:
Passive:

Conditional I

Active:
Passive:

Conditional II (Perfect)

Active:
Passive:

Hugo
A letter
Hugo

Voice

Verb
writes
is written
wrote

Object
a letter.
by Hugo.
a letter.

A letter

was written

by Hugo.

Hugo

has written

a letter.

has been written

by him.

will write

a letter.

will be written

by him.

can write

a letter.

can be written

by Hugo

A letter
Hugo
A letter
Hugo
A letter
Hugo
A letter
Hugo
A letter
Hugo

is writing
is being written
was writing
was being written
had written

a letter.
by Hugo
a letter.
by Hugo .
a letter.

A letter

had been written

by Hugo .

Hugo

will have written

a letter.

A letter
Hugo
A letter
Hugo
A letter

will have been written

would write
would be written
would have written
would have been written

by Hugo
a letter.
by Hugo .
a letter.
by Hugo .

Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela

Centro de Idiomas Rosa Luxemburgo
Ingls Tcnico Instrumental (Pre Grado y Post Grado)

Near future:
Active
Luis is going to make a big door
Passive
A big door is going to be made by Luis

Pasiva con dos objetos

Una oracin activa con dos objetos en voz pasiva significa que uno de los dos objetos se
convierte en el sujeto, el otro sigue siendo un objeto. Cuyo objeto se transforma en un sujeto
dependiendo de lo que se quiere destacar.
Subject
Active:

Hugo

Verb

Object 1

Object 2

wrote

a letter

to me.

Passive:

A letter

was written

to me

by Hugo

Passive:

was written

a letter

by Hugo

.
Pasiva personal e impersonal
Pasiva Personal sencillamente significa que el objeto de la oracin activa se convierte en el
sujeto de la oracin pasiva. As, cada verbo que necesita un objeto (verbo transitivo) puede
formar una pasiva personal.
They build bridges. Bridges are built.
They say that women live longer than men. Women are said to live longer than men.
Pasiva impersonal no es tan comn en Ingls, pero es slo posible con verbos de percepcin
(por ejemplo, think, know).
He says

it is said

They say that women live longer than men. It is said that women live longer than men.
*Importante: En clases y en las evaluaciones escrita u oral, los ejercicios

cortos se

plantearan en voz activa AV, con el fin de cambiarlos a voz pasiva PV. As como tambin, para
identificar en un texto determinado a la voz pasiva PV existente o llevar a voz activa AV, algun
planteamiento.