THE PASSIVE VOICE

1. THE PASSIVE VOICE

2. Para enfatizar a ação praticada, e não quem a praticou. Television was invented in 1926. • Quando a mensagem (em geral escrita) tem tom formal ou impessoal. Your visa request has been approved.

3. Human genetic code cracked by scientists. • Em manchetesde jornais ou cronologias, normalmente sem o verbo to be. 1300 – Aqueducts and reservoirs used for irrigation in Egypt.

4. A voz passiva é formada da seguinte maneira: to be +past participle South America’s best wine isproduced in Chile. Some productivity records werebroken last year. The Nobel Prize was never awarded to a Brazilian.

5. Paulo Coelho books writes Books by Paulo Coelho are written O OBJETO TORNA-SE O SUJEITO O SUJEITO TORNA-SE O AGENTE DA PASSIVA Paulo Coelho books wrote were written Books by Paulo Coelho

6. particípio to be + O particípio é uma FORMA DO VERBO. É a terceira coluna na lista de verbos. mesmo tempo do verbo principal na VOZ ATIVA to write – wrote - written The book is writtenby Paulo Coelho

7. to invent – invented - invented Santos Dumont inventedtheairplane (VOZ ATIVA) SIMPLE PAST Theairplane was invented by Santos Dumont

8. O tempo do verbo to be é o mesmo em que o verbo principal estaria na voz ativa: voz ativa ChileproducesSouth America’s best wine. produces – present simple voz passiva SouthAmerica’sbestwineisproduced in Chile. is– present simple

9. Lionel Richie sang ‘Say you, say me’. (to sing – sang – sung) by Lionel Richie ‘Say you, say me was sung Lionel Richie sings ‘Say you, say me’. ‘Say you, say me is sung by Lionel Richie

10. Paulo Coelho a new book is writing PRESENT CONTINUOUS A new book by Paulo Coelho is being written Tom Hanks is receiving an Oscar An Oscar by Tom Hanks is being received