The Passive Voice And Passive Constructions

Question 1

In the active voice the __________ of the sentence performs the action. In the passive voice the ________ receives the action. An agent accomplishes the action in the ________ _______

Answer 1

-subject
-subject
-passive voice
-subject of the sentence
- passive voice

Question 2

Put this sentence “los mecánicos repararon el auto” into the passive voice

Answer 2

El auto fue reparado por dos mecánicos

Question 4

What is a construction that involves the past participle to make the passive voice?

Answer 4

Subject + a form of ser + a past participle + por + the agent

If the agent is omitted
Subject + a form of ser + a past participle

Question 5

The past participle in the passive voice must agree in __________ and _____________ with the ___________ of the sentence

Answer 5

-gender
-number
-subject

Question 6

When is the passive voice used in Spanish?

Answer 6

-used to underscore the agent who performs the action
-used in written language
-appears most frequently in the past and future tenses

Question 7

How is the passive construction with the pronouns se formed?

Answer 7

Se + the third person of the verb, singular or plural
-the verb agrees with the subject receiving the action
E.g. se habla inglés-English is spoken (here)
Se cierran las puertas a las ocho -the doors are closed at eight
This construction is an impersonal construction as the agent is never named

Question 8

When is the passive construction with se used in Spanish?

Answer 8

-in everyday communication - se dice que la gasolina va a subir se precio- it is said that the price of gas is going up
-if the subject is not a person
-when the agent or doer is deliberately omitted
-to underscore an impersonal construction- se pueden visitar los lugares históricos- historical places can be visited