The passive: past simple
Área Académica: Licenciatura en Ingeniería Industrial
Profesor(a):LELI. Leticia Sánchez Franco
Periodo: Enero-Junio 2015
La voz pasiva se utiliza cuando se desconoce quien realizo o realiza la acción, al describir un proceso, cuando se desea ser formal y cuando una acción es mas importante que la persona o situación que la realiza.El presente material se enfocara en practicar la voz pasiva en pasado enfatizando el objeto o situación.
Key words: passive voice, action, person, thing, past simple.
Abstract
When an action that took place in the past is more important than the person or thing which did the action we use the passive voice in the past simple tense.
The passive: past simple
ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
We emphasize who did the action We emphasize the object that receives the action
Guillermo González invented the color television .
Guillermo González invented the color television.
Subject + verb past + object
The color television was invented by
Guillermo González
The color television was invented by Gullermo G.
Object + was + verb + Subject were past participle
The passive: past simple
Practice the passive voice in the simple past tense.
Complete the following ideas with
the appropriate form of the verb.
Frankestein ___ _____ (write)by ______.
a) Shakespeare b) Shelley
c) Mellville
Shelley
was written
http://satelitemedia.mx/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Frankenstein-Day-1.jpeg
The Mona Lisa ____ _____ (paint) by _______.
a) Picasso
b) Van Gogh c) Da Vinci
Da Vinci
was painted
http://galeriemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/mona-lisa.jpeg
The light bulb ___ ______ (invent) by ______.
a) Marconi b) Edison
c) Graham Bell
Edison
was invented
http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/files/2011/03/Light-bulb1.jpg
The first successful flying machine ___ ___(build) by ______________.
a) The Wright brothers b) Guglielmo Marconi c) The Grimm brothers
the Wright brothers was built
http://www.wright-
brothers.org/Information_Desk/Just_the_Facts/Airplanes/Wright_A irplane_images/Model%20B/Atwood_in_Model_B.jpg
The moons of Jupiter
____ ________(discover) by _____.
a) Newton b) Galilei c) Pascal
Galileo were discovered
http://d38zt8ehae1tnt.cloudfront.net/FULL_MOONS_OF_JUPITER__36385.jpg
The three laws of motion ___ first ______ (compile)
by ______.
a) Newton b) Galilei c) Aristotle
Newton were compiled
http://www2.muw.edu/~gdh/PORTFOLIO/newton_laws.jpg
The general theory of relativity
___ ________ (develop)by _______.
a) Newton b) Galileo c) Einstein
Einstein was developed
https://thescienceclassroom.wikispaces.com/file/view/General_Relativity.png/2258489 50/321x379/General_Relativity.png
The Lord of the Rings ___ ______
(film) in ___________.
a) England
b) New Zealand c) Ireland
New Zealand
was filmed
https://demeliou.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/lord-of-the-rings-movie.jpg
Titanic ___ ______ (direct) by ____________.
a) Steven Spielberg b) James Cameron
c) Francis Ford Coppola
James Cameron was directed
http://www.titanicuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/titanic-movie.jpg
The Pastoral Symphony ___ ______
(compose) by __________.
a) Chopin b) Mozart
c) Beethoven
Beethoven
was composed
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/musicmanu/beethoven/beethovensml.jpg
The radio ___ _______(invent) by ______.
a) Marconi b) Cooper c) Edison
Marconi
was invented
http://www.carlosarredondo.com/galeria/ia%20radio.jpg
Moby Dick ___ _____ (write) by ________.
a) Hemingway b) Mellville
c) Shakespeare
Mellville
was written
http://pqs.pe/sites/default/files/field/image/atbgygltg.jpg
