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.

AbstractWhen 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 VOICEPASSIVE

VOICE

We emphasize who did the actionWe 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 brotherswas built

http://www.wright-brothers.org/Information_Desk/Just_the_Facts/Airplanes/Wright_Airplane_images/Model%20B/Atwood_in_Model_B.jpg

The moons of Jupiter ____ ________(discover) by _____.

a) Newton

b) Galilei

c) Pascal

Galileowere discovered

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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

Einsteinwas developed

https://thescienceclassroom.wikispaces.com/file/view/General_Relativity.png/225848950/321x379/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

Beethovenwas 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

Mellvillewas written

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The Thinker ___ ________(sculpt) by ______.

a) Rodin

b) Michelangelo

c) Van Gogh

Rodin

was sculpted

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/the-thinker/

ReferenciasWhite, L. & Fricker, R. (2007). Success Intermediate Workbook. Pearson.