Passive Voice

Passive Voice

Sujeito sofre a ação

Estrutura: to be + P.Passado

O agente da passiva precedido da proposição “by”

Ex 1: He opend the door.

      The door was opened by him.

Ex 2: People speck Portuguese in Brazil.

          Portuguese is spoken ( by people) in Brazil.

Ex 3: Someone stole my ring yesterday.

          My ring was stole yesterday.

Ex 4: Caetano wrote these songs.

          These songs were witten by Caetano.

Sujeito passive + Verbo to be + Verbo princ. P.Passado + Agente da passiva (by)

To be

Present	Past	Future	OBJ
I -------- am	Was	Will be	Me
You -----are	Were	Will be	You
He-------is	Was	Will be	Him
She ---- is	Was	Will be	Her
It -------is	Was	Will be	It
We ----- are	Were	Will be	Us
You ---- are	Were	Will be	You
They --- are	Were	Will be	They

Passiva: Someone / body

              Pinyone / body

              No one / body

              Everyone / body

                 People

               You / they