PASSIVE VOICE OR ACTIVE VOICE? PASSIVO O ATTIVO?

Here are examples of the active and passive voice:

Italian explanation : ecco active voice e poi passive voice

We form the passive with-

Subject/ correct form of verb to be/past participle/ *

PRESENT SIMPLE FORM: mark writes a book

the book is written by mark

mark threw a ball the ball was thrown by mark

mark has thrown a ball the ball has been thrown by mark

as you can see, the PARTICIPLE is always present in the passive, it's only the verb TO BE which changes to show the CORRECT TENSE.

In these examples you have the present simple, the past simple, the present perfect.

the infinitive form of threw is throw

throw - threw - thrown

threw is the past simple form for

past events, finished actions

e.g. I threw the ball yesterday

I threw the ball a few minutes ago (fa)

I wear, you wear, he wears

to wear

wear- wore - worn

Present Active From

Alessio wears glasses

Present Simple Passive Form

Glasses are worn by Alessio

Past Simple Active Form

Alessio wore glasses

Passive Past Simple Form

The Glasses were worn by Alessio

Active Present Perfect Form

Alessio has worn glasses

Passive present perfect form

Glasses have been worn by Alessio

Active Past continuous form

Alessio was wearing the glasses

Passive past continuous form

the glasses were being worn by Alessio

I was reading the book

the book was being read by me

Mark is teaching me

I am being taught by Mark

(questo tempo non esiste in italiano)

come vedi, c'é sempre il PARTICIPLE (3a colonna) per l'azione é soltanto il verbo ESSERE che cambia per dimostrare che tempo é (present simple, past simple, present perfect sono gli tempi in questi esempi)

Some more examples:

Passivo Present Simple: Attivo- Igor repairs a computer, Passivo- the computer is repaired by Igor

Mattia cooks some meat Some meat is cooked by Mattia

Past Simple Passive: Paolo bought some clothes Some clothes were bought by Paolo

Solo il verbo essere cambia, il participle rimane in ogni tempo

the past participle remains for every tense

Present Perfect:

Steven has forgotten the book The book has been forgotten by Steven

the dvd recorder hasn't been repaired by the mechanic


 * by (optional to show the object)

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