PASSIVE VOICE

Regra Geral: Para passar uma oração para a voz passiva, coloca-se o verbo to be no mesmo tempo verbal do verbo principal da oração na ativa, que é necessariamente passado para o particípio.

Abaixo uma tabela com as formas nos respectivos tempos verbais:

Active Passive Time Reference

They make Fords in Cologne. (Eles produzem Fords

Fords are made in Cologne. (Fords são produzidos em Cologne)

Present Simple

em Cologne)

Susan is cooking dinner. (Susan está cozinhando o jantar)

Dinner is being cooked by Susan (O jantar está sendo cozinhado por Susan)

Present Continuous

James Joyce wrote “Dubliners”. (James Joyce escreveu “Dubliners”)

“Dubliners” was written by James Joyces. (Dubliners foi escrito por James Joyce)

Past Simple

They were painting the house when I arrived. (Eles estavam pintando a casa quando eu cheguei)

The house was being painted when I arrived. (A casa estava sendo pintada quando eu cheguei)

Past Continuous

They have produced over 20 models in the past two years. (Eles têm produzido mais de 20 modelos nos últimos 2 anos)

Over 20 models have been produced in the past two years. (Mais de 20 modelos tem sido produzidos nos últimos 2 anos)

Present Perfect

They are going to build a new factory in Portland. (Eles estão indo construir uma nova fábrica em Portland)

A new factory is going to be built in Portland. (Uma nova fábrica está para ser construída em Portland)

Future Intention with Going to

I will finish it tomorrow. (Eu vou terminar isto amanhã)

It will be finished tomorrow. (Isto será terminado amanhã)

Future Simple

PASSIVE VOICEM3 – Valor: 10

Exercises:

1.Rewrite these sentences below in the passive voice:

01. They gave an old postcard to James. 02. We brought a nice cake to Sally. 03. They can play with the dog. 04. She has sent a picture to Alex. 05. I will take the children to the cinema. 06. The girls have prepared this delicious cake. 07. The students wrote these interesting texts about the school trip. 08. The customers have just read the notice. 09. Someone is repairing the damage in our building. 10. The students had answered the e-mail. 11. People are studying foreign languages. 12. My mother will prepare the cake. 13. The professors were discussing the environmental problem. 14. They received a letter from relatives who live in Paris. 15. Sarah is sending an e-mail.

2. Do the passive voice of the sentence: HE HAS MADE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN ITS TIME.

a. He had made everything beautiful in its time.b. He was made everything beautiful in its time.c. In its time, everything beautiful was made by him.d. In its time, everything beautiful has been made by him.e. In its time, everything beautiful had been made by him.

3. A voz passiva de I’m reading the magazine é:  a) The magazine is being read (by me). b) The magazine was being read (by me). c) The magazine has been read (by me). d) The magazine had been read (by me). e) The magazine were read (by me).

4. (UNCISAL) Since Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist_______ in the 19th century, it _________ millions of copies.

A) was first published ... has sold B) first has published ... sold C) has first been published ... has been selling D) is first published ... is selling E) had first been published ... had sold

5. (Unesp) When children watch TV, they encounter a wide range of places, people, and information.

a) When children watch TV, a wide range of places, people, and information will be encounter.b) When children watch TV, a wide range of places, people, and information are encountered.c) When children watch TV, a wide range of places, people, and information is encountered.d) When TV was watched, a wide range of places, people, and information are encountered by children.e) A wide range of places, people, and information will be encountered when children watched TV.

6. (PUC- Rio) The passive voice is used in "Orkut was quietly launched on January 22, 2004". Find the sentence that is also in the passive voice.

a) Communities have never rejected new members.b) Good ideas took shape at the end of the session.c) Some communities have been able to control their growth.d) Several social groups could be connected by the Internet.e) Young students are never tired of chatting with friends on email.

7. (Fuvest - Adaptada) It is a nice irony, given that scientific genetics started with the manipulation of a crop plant, the pea, that the most vehement public opposition to it in recent years has come from those who object to the genetic manipulation of crops. At the moment, so-called genetically modified (GM) crops are in disgrace. Consumers, particularly in Europe, are wary of buying food that may contain them. Environmental activists are ripping up fields where they are being tested experimentally. And companies that design them are selling off their GM subsidiaries, or even themselves, to anyone willing to take on the risk.Choose the correct active voice form for "fields where they are being tested experimentally"

a) fields where scientists have been testing them experimentally.b) fields where environmentalists are testing them experimentally.c) fields where genetic engineers are testing them experimentally.d) fields where genetic engineers had been testing them experimentally.e) fields where one has been testing them experimentally.

8. Jeremy Wendell is a very wealthy man. Nobody knows exactly how much money he has, but some people believe he has billions of dollars.Existe uma estrutura de Passive Voice - comumente usada em notícias, relatórios ou estudos acadêmicos - que equivale à indeterminação do sujeito em português. Escolha a alternativa que melhor expressa a idéia acima, utilizando a referida estrutura de Passive Voice:

a) Some people believe that Jeremy Wendell has a lot of billions.b)  Jeremy Wendell believes he is a very wealthy man.c)  Jeremy Wendell is believed to be a billionaire.d) It is believed that Jeremy Wendell to be a billionaire.e) Jeremy Wendell is believed to have been a billionaire.

9. There's somebody walking behind us. I think ______.

a) we are following b) we are being followed c) we are followed d) we are being following

10. The train ______ arrive at 11.30 but it was an hour late.

a. supposed tob. is supposed toc. was supposed tod. were supposed to