Active And Passive Voice

A VOZ PASSIVA NA LÍNGUA INGLESA E AS DIFICULDADES NA APREDIZAGEM DO FALANTE DE PORTUGUÊS DO BRASIL PASSIVE VOICE IN ENGLISH AND OBSTACLES IN LEARNING OF BRAZILIAN STUDENTS ANA BEATRIZ SOARES MADUREIRA RAFAELA ALVES RESUMO: Nesse texto, mostramos de forma sintética a diferença entre as vozes ativa e passiva e explicamos a estrutura e os modos de uso da voz passiva na língua inglesa. Relatamos também algumas das dificuldades que os falantes do português do Brasil têm ao aprender tal…

no inglês. Será demonstrado que a passive voice pode ser utilizada em quase todos os tempos verbais do idioma, tendo como ponto de partida o objetivo de enfatizar a ação e não quem a fez. As dificuldades que um falante nativo de português possui para aprender a voz passiva em inglês também serão abordadas no texto. ABSTRACT This document presents forms of use and application of passive voice in English. It is going to be demonstrated that the passive voice can be used in almost verb tenses

negative indica o contrário; São sempre seguidos de um verbo no infinitive sem to; Nunca se lhes acrescenta “s” ou “es” na 3ª pessoa do singular no present simple; Não precisam do verbo auxiliar para formar a negative ou a interrogative; Passive Voice Active Passive Present Simple invents/invent is invented/are invented Past Simple invented was invented/were invented Present Continuous is inventing/are inventing is being invented/are being invented Past Continuous was…

------------------------------------------------- PASSIVE VOICE 1.We call the secretary. ____________________________________________________________ _ 2.She gave an interview. ____________________________________________________________ _ 3.You didn’t see the ball. ____________________________________________________________ _ 4.We have found an old Roman village. ____________________________________________________________ _ 5.I had eaten many sweets.…

GRAMÁTICA Adverbs of Frequency (in hierarchy order) . always . usually . often . sometimes . never . occasionally . hardly ever Gerunds and Infinitives I stopped to smoke a cigarette I stopped smoking (gerund) cigarettes (you quit) When a verb follows another verb the structure is usually: . verb + ing . verb + (to) infinitive Some verbs are only followed by ING (the gerund) Some verbs are followed by the infinitive Some verbs can be followed by both, the gerund or…

- This house was built by my father. - Two hundred people are employed by the company. Present simple Active: Somebody cleans this room every day. Passive: This room is cleaned every day. Past simple Active: Somebody cleaned this room yesterday. Passive: This room was cleaned yesterday. • Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using somebody, they, people etc., write a passive sentence. The room is cleaned every day. All flights were cancelled because of the fog.…

have several verbal phrases. Verbal phrases are constructed from the infinitive, present participle, or past participle and their corresponding complements: Infinitive and present participle verbal phrases may take the place of nouns. Present participle phrases used as nouns are also called gerund phrases. Infinitive verbal phrases are also used as adverbs. Present participle and past participle verbal phrases may act like adjectives. In this case, they are also called participial…

watching TV when she arrives tonight. (Estarei vendo TV quando ela chegar hoje.) I will be waiting for you when your bus arrives. (Estarei te esperando quando seu ônibus chegar.) I am going to be staying at the Madison Hotel, if anything happens and you need to contact me. (Estarei no Hotel Madison, caso algo aconteça e você precise entrar em contato comigo.) He will be studying at the library tonight, so he will not see Jennifer when she arrives. (Ele estará na biblioteca estudando…

didn' t arrive in New York yesterday morning •We make the interrogative form adding DID before the subject of the sentence Fazemos o interrogativo colocando-se Did antes do sujeito da frase. =>The contracted forms are normally used in conversation and informal writting As formas contraidas são normalmente usadas em conversação e textos informais Did she pass her examination ? Did you live in London ? pronoun affirmative I lived you lived he,she,it lived we lived you lived they lived…

didn' t arrive in New York yesterday morning •We make the interrogative form adding DID before the subject of the sentence Fazemos o interrogativo colocando-se Did antes do sujeito da frase. =>The contracted forms are normally used in conversation and informal writting As formas contraidas são normalmente usadas em conversação e textos informais Did she pass her examination ? Did you live in London ? pronoun affirmative I lived you lived he,she,it lived we lived you lived they lived…