Lingua Inglesa Estrutura Sintatica 1 PASSIVE VOICE

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PASSIVE VOICE 
STRUCTURE: 
SUBJECT + VERB TO BE 
+ PAST PARTICIPLE 
+BY AGENT 
 
When choosing the passive 
rather than the active voice, 
the focus shifts towards the 
patient, towards who or 
what undergoes the action 
carried out by the agent. 
 
Omit the agent when 
this information is: 
• Private or secret 
• Unknown 
• Universal or too 
general 
• Obvious or redundant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VERB TENSE: 
• SIMPLE PRESENT: 
English is studied. 
• SIMPLE PAST: English 
was studied. 
• SIMPLE FUTURE: 
English will be studied. 
• PRESENT 
PROGRESSIVE: English 
is being studied. 
• PAST PROGRESSIVE: 
English was being 
studied. 
• FUTURE 
PROGRESSIVE: English 
will be being studied. 
• PRESENT PERFECT: 
English has been 
studied. 
• PAST PERFECT: English 
had been studied. 
• FUTURE PERFECT: 
English will have been 
studied. 
• PRESENT PERFECT 
PROGRESSIVE: English 
has been being 
studied. 
 
• PRESENT PERFECT 
PROGRESSIVE: English 
has been being 
studied. 
• PAST PERFECT 
PROGRESSIVE: English 
had been being 
studied. 
 
 
EXAMPLES: 
• Water is drunk by 
everyone. 
• The bed was made by 
Rachel. 
• The document had 
been released into the 
public domain. 
• My first trip abroad will 
always be 
remembered by me. 
• The company was sold 
for $5 million. 
• That novel was written 
by Jack Smith in 1912. 
• My house was built in 
1988. 
• My friend is being 
interviewed today. 
• The project has been 
completed recently. 
• The dogs have already 
been fed. 
• The children will be 
taught basic math. 
• The report will have 
been finished by the 
end of next week. 
• Fords are made in 
Cologne. 
• Dinner is being cooked 
by Susan. 
• "Dubliners" was written 
by James Joyce. 
• The house was being 
painted when I arrived. 
• Over 20 models have 
been produced in the 
past two years. 
• A new factory is going 
to be built in Portland. 
• It will be finished 
tomorrow.