Passive Voice Flashcards
Passive Pattern 1: It + passive verb+ that - Clause
It was expected that the finance minister is to resign
Passive Pattern 2: It + passive verb + to + infinitive
It was agreed to postpone the meeting
Passive Patter 3: Subject + passive verb + to be
I am expected to be nice and clean
Verbos pattern 1
agree, allege(alegar), announce,, assume, calculate, claim (reclamar), consider, decide, declare, discover, estimate, expect, feel, find, know, mention, propose, recommend, say, show, suggest, suppose, think understand
Verbos pattern 2
agree, decide, forbid, hope, plan, propose
Verbos pattern 3
Similar to pattern 1 except: agree, announce, decide, mention, propose, recommend, suggest
I was told to finish on time
Implica orden
The accident was told to have happened after midnight
Error, told indica orden, decir en pasiva es con said: The accident was said to have happened after midnight