VOZ ACTIVA Y PASIVA

CARACTERISTICAS
1. Se dice que una oracin est en VOZ ACTIVA cuando la significacin del verbo es producida por la persona gramatical a quien aqul se refiere: Pedro de Mendoza founded Buenos Aires. (Pedro de Mendoza fund Buenos Aires). 2. Se dice que una oracin est en VOZ PASIVA cuando la significacin del verbo es recibida por la persona gramatical a quien aqul se refiere: Buenos Aires was founded by Pedro de Mendoza. (Buenos Aires fue fundada por Pedro de Mendoza). 3. Se forma con el auxiliar del verbo to be y el participio pasado del verbo que se conjuga. 4. El complemento de la oracin activa pasa a sujeto de la pasiva. Como en castellano, el sujeto de la activa se puede conservar como sujeto agente. 5. Cuando un verbo tiene dos complementos se pueden hacer dos estructuras de pasiva: o o A book was sent to Tom by Mr. Smith, Un libro fue enviado a Tom por Mr. Smith. Tom was sent a book by Mr. Smith (pasiva idiomtica). Esta estructura no es posible en castellano.

MODELO DE VERBO EN VOZ PASIVA

TO BE SEEN = SER VISTO

SIMPLE PRESENT 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 PRESENT PERFECT 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, habis sido vistos they have been seen, han sido vistos

SIMPLE PAST 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 FUTURE I I shall be seen, ser visto you will be seen, sers visto he will be seen, ser visto we shall be seen, seremos vistos you will be seen, seris vistos they will be seen, sern vistos

PAST PERFECT : I had been seen, haba sido visto CONDITIONAL I : I would be seen, sera visto FUTURE (Perfect) II : I will have been seen, habr sido visto CONDITIONAL (Perfect) II : I would have been seen, habra sido visto

REGLAS PRACTICAS

1. La voz pasiva se forma con el verbo to be conjugado ms el participio del verbo principal.
En ingls es mucho ms frecuente que en espaol y, normalmente, aparece cuando no es importante quien realiza una accin sino el hecho en s. Por eso, no siempre que veamos una pasiva, tenemos que traducirlo literalmente, puesto que en espaol suena ms forzado. Slo es posible el uso de la voz pasiva con verbos transitivos (verbos que llevan complemento directo). Tense Subject Verb writes is written wrote was written has written has been written will write will be written can write can be written Verb is writing is being written was writing was being written had written had been written will have written will have been written would write would be written would have written would have been written Object a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. Object a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita.

Simple Present

Active: Passive:

Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Subject

Simple Past

Active: Passive:

Present Perfect

Active: Passive:

Future I

Active: Passive:

Modal verb

Active: Passive: Tense

Present Progressive

Active: Passive:

Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter

Past Progressive

Active: Passive:

Past Perfect

Active: Passive:

Future II

Active: Passive:

Conditional I

Active: Passive:

Conditional II

Active: Passive:

2. El sujeto agente se expresa con by. Sin embargo, en la mayora de las ocasiones se prescinde
del sujeto ya que no nos interesa saber quin exactamente ejecuta la accin.

o Si una oracin activa tiene complemento directo e indirecto, cualquiera de los dos
complementos puede ser sujeto paciente de la pasiva: ACTIVE: Someone gives me a dog PASSIVE 1: A dog is given to me PASSIVE 2: I am given a dog (forma pasiva idiomtica)

o La forma pasiva de doing, seeing, etc es being done, being seen, etc.
ACTIVE: I don't like people telling me what to do PASSIVE: I don't like being told what to do

o En ocasiones en las que ocurre algo a veces imprevisto, no planeado o fortuito para la
formacin de la voz pasiva se prefiere usar get y no be: get hurt, get annoyed, get divorced, get married, get invited, get bored, get lost

3. Las construcciones impersonales (se dice, se comenta, etc.) son muy tpicas de la pasiva y
difciles de traducir para los hispanoparlantes. Este tipo de construccin pasiva -utilizada cada vez con mayor frecuencia en los medios de comunicacin - se forma con la estructura sujeto + to be + participle: It is reported (Se informa); It is said (Se dice); It is known(Se sabe); It is supposed (Se supone); It is considered (Se considera); It is expected(Se espera). Veamos algunos ejemplos: ACTIVE: Everybody thinks Cathy works very hard. PASSIVE 1: Cathy is thought to work very hard. (Se piensa que Cathy...) PASSIVE 2: It is thought that Cathy works very hard. (Se piensa que Cathy...) ACTIVE: They believe Tom is wearing a white pullover. PASSIVE 1: Tom is believed to be wearing a white pullover. (Se cree que...) PASSIVE 2: It is believed that Tom is wearing a white pullover. (Se cree que...)

4. USOS ADICIONALES DE SUPPOSE o Se usa en afirmativo para acciones que estaban planeadas, que se supone que se van a
realizar, u obligaciones que uno debera cumplir. You were supposed to be here at 9:00 am!!

o Otras veces, el uso de supposed indica que estos planes o obligaciones finalmente no
se cumplieron: The train was supposed to arrive at 5 o'clock. (but it arrived at 8 o'clock) You were supposed to go to the supermarket. (but you didn't go)

o Por el contrario, en negativo, supposed significa la no conveniencia o prohibicin de

hacer algo: You are not supposed to smoke here. (you are not allowed to smoke here) You are not supposed to copy our web files. (you must not copy our web files)