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Activa y Pasiva

Presente, Pasado y Futuro simple

am/is/are +  participio pasado

was/were + participio pasado

will + be + participio pasado

is/are going to be + participio pasado

 

Presente simple activa:

The film interests me.

The film bores Mary.

The film scares the children.

Presente simple pasiva:

I  am interested by the film.

Mary is bored by the film.

The children are scared by the film.

Pasado simple activa:

The film interested me.

The film bored Mary.

The film scared the children.

Pasado simple activa:

I was interested by the film.

Mary was bored by the film.

The children were scared by the film.

Futuro simple activa:

Someone will find the treasure.

Jane will find the treasure.

Futuro simple pasiva:

The treasure will be found.

The treasure will be found by Jane.

Futuro con going to activa:

Someone will pick you up at the airport.

Susan will pick you up at the airport.

Futuro con going to pasiva:

You will be picked up at the airport.     

You will be picked up at the airport by Susan.

 

 

Presente y pasado progresivo

am/is/are + being + participio pasado

was/were + being + participio pasado

 

Presente progresivo activa:

Somebody is cleaning the room.

George is cleaning the room.

Presente progresivo pasiva:

The room is being cleaned.

The room is being cleaned by George.
Pretérito progresivo activa:

They were making a decision.

The directors were making a decision.

 Pretérito progresivo pasiva:

A decision was being made.

A decision was being made by the directors.

 

 

Pretérito perfecto

Pretérito pluscuamperfecto

Futuro perfecto

have/has been + participio pasado

had been + participio pasado

will have + participio pasado

 

Pretérito perfecto activa:

Some idiot has deleted my files.

The new technician has deleted my files.

Pretérito perfecto pasiva:

My files have been deleted.

My files have been deleted by the new technician.

Pretérito pluscuamperfecto activa:

Someone had leaked the story to the newspaper.

Our competitor had leaked the story to the newspaper.

Pretérito pluscuamperfecto pasiva:

The story had been leaked to the newspaper.

The story had been leaked to the newspaper by our competitor.

Futuro perfecto activa:

They will have finished the project by next month.

The design team will have finished the project by next month.

Futuro perfecto pasiva:

The project will have been finished by next month.

The project will have been finished by the design team by next month..

 

 

Modales del presente y futuro

verbo modal + be + participio pasado

 

Will activa:

Sharon will invite Tom to the party.

Will pasiva:

Tom  will be invited  to the party by Sharon.

Can activa:

You can't send sensitve documents by e-mail.

Can pasiva:

Sensitive documents can't be sent by e-mail.

May/Might activa:

You may not take those documents out of the building.

May/Might pasiva:

Those documents may not be taken out of the building.

Should activa:

You should confirm your flight. 

Should pasiva:

Your flight should be confirmed.

Ought to activa

We ought to go over this once more.

Ought to pasiva:

This ought to be gone over once more.

Had better activa:

We had better make this very clear to the client.

Had better pasiva:

This had better be made very clear to the client.

Must activa:

You must tell us when you're gonna be late.

Must pasiva:

We must be told when you're gonna be late.

Have to activa:

You don't have to watch the match to know the score.

Have to pasiva:

The match doesn't have to be watched to know the score.

Be supposed to activa:

Jeff is supposed to handle this project.

Be supposed to pasiva:

This project is supposed to be handled by Jeff.

 

 

Modales del pasado

verbo modal + have been + participio pasado

 

 

Should have activa:

You shouldn't have given him a copy of the price list.

Should have pasiva:

A copy of the price list shouldn't have been given to him.

Ought to have activa:

He ought to have advised me.

Ought to have pasiva:

I ought to have been advised.

Be supposed to have activa:

You were supposed to call / have called  me.

Be supposed to have pasiva:

I was supposed to be / have been called.

May/Might have activa:

That firm may have offered Jim a new job.

May/Might have pasiva:

Jim may have been offered a new job by that firm.

 

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