Passive Voice

Na voz passiva é o sujeito que sofre a ação. O acontecimento é mais relevante do que o sujeito. A voz passiva é sempre formada por um verbo auxiliar mais o verbo no Particípio Passado. Veja os exemplos para cada tempo verbal.

Present Simple

Someone cleans the office every day. The office is cleaned every day. (passive)

Butter is made from milk. (passive)

Past Simple

Someone cleaned the office yesterday. The office was cleaned yesterday. (passive)

The problem was explained to me. (passive)

Present Continuous

My father is painting the house. The house is being painted (by my father). (passive)

The office is being cleaned at the moment. (passive)

Past Continuous

I was writing a letter. The letter was being written (by me). (passive)

Present Perfect

Somebody has painted the door. The door has been painted. (passive)

I’m not going to the party. I haven’t been invited. (passive)

Past Perfect

The room looked nice. Somebody had cleaned it. The room looked nice. It had been cleaned. (passive)

The car was 3 years old but it hadn’t been used very much. (passive)

Future

Somebody will clean the room later. The room will be cleaned later. (passive)

Infinitive

A new supermarket is going to be built next year.

A mystery is something that can’t be explained.

The situation is serious. Something must be done.

Perfect Infinitive

She should have cleaned her bedroom. (active) The bedroom should have been cleaned. (passive)

If you hadn’t left the car unlocked, it wouldn’t have been stolen. (passive)