Passive Voice
Usamos a voz passiva em inglês quando destacamos a ação do verbo em si, o objeto que recebe a ação. A pessoa que praticou a ação – o agente – fica em segundo plano e frequentemente não é mencionado. Prefere-se
a voz passiva, por exemplo, na linguagem impessoal, quando não
interessa o agente ou ele é indefinido, ou desconhecido, ou óbvio. A voz passiva é formada em inglês com o auxiliar to be + past. participle do verbo principal. Veja a tabela abaixo:
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Tempo verbal
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Voz ativa
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Voz passiva
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Simple present
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Take/takes
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Is/are taken
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Simple past
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Took
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Was/were taken
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Present Continuous
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Am/is/are taking
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Am/is/are being taken
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Past continuous
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Was/were taking
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Was/were being taken
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Simple Future
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Will take
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Will be taken
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Simple conditional
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Would take
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Would be taken
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Present perfect
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Have/has taken
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Have/has been taken
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Past perfect
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Had taken
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Had been taken
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Modal auxiliary
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Can/could/must/etc...
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Modal+be+past.part.
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Exemplos:
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Voz ativa
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Voz passiva
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My father is a builder. He builds the house.
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The house is built (by my father).
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My father built the house.
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The house was built.
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My father is building the house.
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The house is being built.
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My father was building the house.
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The house was being built.
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My father will build the house.
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The house will be built.
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My father would build the house.
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The house would be built.
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My father has built the house.
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The house has been built.
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My father had built the house.
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The house had been built.
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My father could build the house.
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The house could be built.
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Compare estes outros exemplos:
Somebody cleans this room everyday.
This room is cleaned everyday.
Martin washed his car yesterday.
His car was washed yesterday.
The maid will do the dishes later.
The dishes will be done later.
The room looks nice. Somebody has put it away.
It has been put away.
The room looked nice. Somebody had put it away.
It had been put away.
She is making a cornmeal cake now.
The cornmeal cake is being made now.
She was making the cornmeal cake when I arrived.
The cornmeal cake was being made when I arrived.
Somebody cleans this room everyday.
This room is cleaned everyday.
Martin washed his car yesterday.
His car was washed yesterday.
The maid will do the dishes later.
The dishes will be done later.
The room looks nice. Somebody has put it away.
It has been put away.
The room looked nice. Somebody had put it away.
It had been put away.
She is making a cornmeal cake now.
The cornmeal cake is being made now.
She was making the cornmeal cake when I arrived.
The cornmeal cake was being made when I arrived.
