PASSIVE VS ACTIVE

 The active voice:

 The active voice is more direct and personal.

 In active voice the subject performs the action.

 The passive voice:

 When the object is more important than the subject and the agent
is either obvious, not important or unknown.
 In format writing to make it less personal.
 When we describe a process.
 Nomenclature

 s= Subject
 v= Verb
 “to be”= conjugated verb
 pp= past participle
 comp= complement
 aux= auxiliar “have”, “has”, “had”
 w=will
 g=going to
Active Passive
 Simple present
 I help the teacher The teacher is helped by me
 S+v+comp comp+”to be”+pp+s

 Present progressive
 I am helping the teacher The teacher is being helped by me
 S+”to be”+v+comp comp+”to be”+pp+s

 Perfect present
 I have helped the teacher The teacher has been helped by me
 S+aux+pp+comp comp+aux+”to be”+pp+s
 Active Passive
 Simple past
 I helped the teacher The teacher was helped by me
 S+v+comp comp+”to be”+pp+s

 Past progressive
 I was helping the teacher The teacher was being helped by me
 S+”to be”+v+comp comp+”to be”+pp+s

 Perfect past
 I had helped the teacher The teacher had been helped by me
 S+aux+pp+comp comp+aux+”to be”+pp+s
  Future: Will
 I will help the teacher The teacher will be helped by me
 S+w+v+comp comp+w+”to be”+pp+s

 Future: Going to
 I am going to help the teacher The teacher is going to be helped by me
 S+”to be”+g+v+comp comp+”to be”+g+”to be”+pp+s
Active Passive
 I can help the teacher The teacher can be helped by me
 S+can+v+comp comp+can+”to be”+pp+s

 I must help the teacher The teacher must be helped by me

 S+must+v+comp comp+must+”to be”+pp+s

 This verbs can not be used in passive voice

 Ask, believe, estimate, expect, feel, know, mean, report, say, see,
suppose, think, understand.