ESPAÑOL 5: LA VOZ PASIVA SER Y POR. FÓRMULA  Subject + (a form of) SER + past participle + POR + agent of action  THE TENSE OF SER CAN VARY DEPENDING.

Presentación del tema: "ESPAÑOL 5: LA VOZ PASIVA SER Y POR. FÓRMULA  Subject + (a form of) SER + past participle + POR + agent of action  THE TENSE OF SER CAN VARY DEPENDING."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 ESPAÑOL 5: LA VOZ PASIVA SER Y POR

2 FÓRMULA  Subject + (a form of) SER + past participle + POR + agent of action  THE TENSE OF SER CAN VARY DEPENDING UPON THE GRAMMATICAL SITUATION  Subject + (a form of) SER + past participle + POR + agent of action  THE TENSE OF SER CAN VARY DEPENDING UPON THE GRAMMATICAL SITUATION

3 EJEMPLOS  La novela FUE escrita POR un autor mexicano.  En inglés: The novel WAS written BY a Mexican author.

4 EJEMPLOS  La clase de la Sra. Hoffman ES limpiada POR Carl.  En inglés: Sra. Hoffman’s class IS cleaned BY Carl.  La clase de la Sra. Hoffman ES limpiada POR Carl.  En inglés: Sra. Hoffman’s class IS cleaned BY Carl.

5  El gobierno DA mucho dinero a las víctimas del desastre.  DA is present indicative  Mucho dinero ES DADO POR el gobierno a las víctimas del desastre.  Keep present indicative of ser for passive sentence.  Mucho dinero ES DADO POR el gobierno a las víctimas del desastre.  Keep present indicative of ser for passive sentence. ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE

6 CONVERTING AN ACTIVE SENTENCE TO A PASSIVE SENTENCE  Active: My mom reads the newspaper every morning.  Passive: The newspaper is read by my mom every morning.  **The direct object from the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence.  The subject from the active sentence becomes the agent in the passive sentence.  Active: My mom reads the newspaper every morning.  Passive: The newspaper is read by my mom every morning.  **The direct object from the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence.  The subject from the active sentence becomes the agent in the passive sentence.

7 CONVERTING: ACTIVE TO PASSIVE  When converting active to passive:  Identify the subject and direct object. They will switch places.  Look at the verb tense. It must carry over to the passive sentence (to the verb ser).  Form the past participle for the infinitive verb in the active sentence. It must agree in gender and number with the subject before it (it’s being used as an adjective).  When converting active to passive:  Identify the subject and direct object. They will switch places.  Look at the verb tense. It must carry over to the passive sentence (to the verb ser).  Form the past participle for the infinitive verb in the active sentence. It must agree in gender and number with the subject before it (it’s being used as an adjective).

8 PRÁCTICA  Mi madre traduce la carta.  My mom translates the letter.  La carta ES traducida POR mi madre.  The letter is translated by my mom.  The verb tense for SER is determined by the verb in the active sentence.  The past participle must agree in gender and number with the new subject.

9 Decir – dicho Hacer – hecho Abrir – abierto Cubrir – cubierto Poner – puesto Devolver – devuelto Escribir – escrito Ver – visto Romper – roto Morir – muerto Imprimir - impreso Oír – oído -aer & -eer verbs: ído PARTICIPIOS PASADOS IRREGULARES

10 OPTIONS OF SER IN FRONT OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE If active verb is in present:: Es or son If active verb is in preterite: fue or fueron If active verb is in imperfect: era or eran If active verb is in future: será or serán