Universidad Nacional Experimental
“Francisco de Miranda”
Programas Municipalizado Sede Juan José Mora
Desarrollo Empresarial
II Semestre
U.C: Ingles Empresarial II
VOZ PASIVA
Verb Tense Structure Example
PRESENT SIMPLE am/are/is + pp Spanish is spoken here.
PRESENT
am/are/is being + pp Your questions are being answered.
CONTINUOUS
FUTURE (WILL) will be + pp It’ll be painted by next week.
Terry is going to be made redundant next
FUTURE (GOING TO) am/are/is going to be + pp
year.
We were invited to the party, but we didn’t
PAST SIMPLE was/were + pp
go.
The hotel room was being cleaned when
PAST CONTINUOUS was/were being + pp
we got back from shopping.
PRESENT PERFECT have/has been + pp The President of America has been shot.
When he got home he found that all of his
PAST PERFECT had been + pp
money had been stolen.
Our baby will have been born before
FUTURE PERFECT will have been + pp
Christmas.
Active Passive
They make Fords in Cologne. Fords are made in Cologne.
Susan is cooking dinner. Dinner is being cooked by Susan
James Joyce wrote "Dubliners". "Dubliners" was written by James Joyces.
They were painting the house when I arrived. The house was being painted when I arrived.
They have produced over 20 models in the Over 20 models have been produced in the
past two years. past two years.
They are going to build a new factory in
A new factory is going to be built in Portland.
Portland.
I will finish it tomorrow. It will be finished tomorrow.
Se puede decir que en la voz activa la acción del verbo recae en el sujeto en la voz pasiva en
el objeto.
Ejemplo:
Voz Activa: The porter carries the bags. (el portero lleva los bolsos)
The porter sujeto
The Bags objeto
Voz Pasiva: The bags are carried by the porter. (los bolsos son llevados por el portero)
Universidad Nacional Experimental
“Francisco de Miranda”
Programas Municipalizado Sede Juan José Mora
Desarrollo Empresarial
II Semestre
U.C: Ingles Empresarial II
Apellido y Nombre: Cruz Nazareth C.I: 29.961.824 Fecha: 12/12/2022
TALLER
I PARTE SUBRAYE EL OBJETO Y CAMBIE LA ORACIÓN DE VOZ ACTIVA A VOZ PASIVA
(10 pts)
Sujeto. Objeto
1. I will sent you by mail your examinations results.
Voz Pasiva: Your examinations results will be sent by mail. Tiempo verbal: FUTURE
2. Somebody has opened the door.
Voz Pasiva: The door has been open by somebody. PRESENT PERFECT
3. A computer can process millions of commands a second
Voz Pasiva: Millions of commands can be processed by a computer a second. PRESENT SIMPLE .
4. Government promised workers a new consideration of salary.
Voz Pasiva: A new consideration of salary were promised by government to workers. PAST SIMPLE
5. Leadership takes an important new meaning in learning organizations
Voz Pasiva:In learning organizations the leadership is being taken an important new meaning
PRESENT CONTINOUOS
6. This organic Labor Law also establishes a statute to govern over worker’s utilities.
Voz Pasiva: the worker's utilities have also been stablished by this organic laboral law PRESENT
PERFECT
7. Government ordered a total review from laboral aspects implied in that law.
Voz Pasiva: the laboral aspects implied in that law will be reviewed by government. FUTURE.
8. A good manager must attend carefully decision-making: Strategies, Policies and
Plans.
Voz Pasiva: the decision-making is being attend by a good manager. PRESENT CONTINOUOS.
9. The definition of business administration will include requirements of certain cultural
differences and an acute understanding of the global economy and its current fluidity
Voz pasiva: requirements of certain cultural differences and an acute understanding of the global
economy and its current fluidity will be included by the definitions of business administration. FUTURE
10. Analysts have to memorize a lot of elaborated commands.
Voz Pasiva: the elaborated commands are being memorized by analysts. PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
Universidad Nacional Experimental
“Francisco de Miranda”
Programas Municipalizado Sede Juan José Mora
Desarrollo Empresarial
II Semestre
U.C: Ingles Empresarial II
II PARTE. COMPLETE EN VOZ PASIVA LOS ESPACIOS EN BLANCO USANDO LOS
VERBOS QUE ESTÁN EN PARÉNTESIS ( 10 pts)
He building in front of you has been called the Summer Palace. It has been built in 1728 and
nowadays it has been considered one of the finest examples of baroque architecture in the
country. The south facade of the building _________________ (restore) several times since
1728, but the rest of the building ______________________ (keep) unaltered. Today the Palace
________________________ (own) by the town hall and for the last ten years it
______________________ (use) as a home for the Art Museum. Last year one of our most
valuable paintings ____________________ (steal) from the museum. At the moment a new wing
_____________________ (add) to host the contemporary art collections, with special security
conditions.
