PROFE HODGES – SPANISH 3 - WHS

THE PASSIVE VOICE

THE PASSIVE VOICE

• What is the passive voice?

• This happens when the direct object becomes the subject of a sentence.

I ate the ice cream.

What is the direct object?

THE PASSIVE VOICE

• How would you re-write this sentence so the D.O. is the subject?

I ate the ice cream.

The ice cream was eaten (by me).

THE PASSIVE VOICE

• How would you re-write this sentence so the D.O. is the subject?

He wrote the book.

The book was written (by him).

THE PASSIVE VOICE

• To create the passive voice in Spanish you need…

1.Fue or fueron

2. Past Participle (ado/ido – needs to match noun)

-La pintura fue pintada por Frida Khalo.-Los libros fueron escritos por JK Rowling.

PRÁCTICA

1. The portrait was painted by Salvador Dalí.

2. The towers were built.

3. The statue was made.

4. The scuplture was sculpted by DaVinci.