Rewrite these sentences into the passive voice.
a) They built this bridge about 100 years ago.
b) Brazilian people have played soccer for a long time.
c) The mechanic will fix my car before the end of the week.
d) A famous architect is restoring the oldest church in the city.
e) Has the rain flooded the city center?
f) Did your grandfather write these poems?
g) The postman was delivering the mail when I got home.
Respostas
Resposta:
a) They built this bridge about 100 years ago.
- This bridge was built by them about 100 years ago.
b) Brazilian people have played soccer for a long time.
- Soccer has been played by Brazilian people for a long time.
c) The mechanic will fix my car before the end of the week.
- My car will be fixed by the mechanic before the end of the week.
d) A famous architect is restoring the oldest church in the city.
- The oldest church in the city is being restored by a famous architect.
e) Has the rain flooded the city center?
- Has the city center been flooded by the rain?
f) Did your grandfather write these poems?
- Were these poems written by your grandfather?
g) The postman was delivering the mail when I got home.
- The mail was being delivered by the postman when I got home.
Explicação:
A passive voice (voz passiva) é um tipo de construção frasal onde o sujeito é paciente, ou seja, sofre a ação da frase em vez de praticá-la. É destacado o que acontece com o sujeito, porém, sem enfatizá-lo.
Estrutura Passive voice no Present Continuous:
Objeto + am being/is being/are being + Past Participle (Particípio passado) do verbo principal + complemento
Ex: The oldest church in the city is being restored by a famous architect.
Estrutura Passive voice no Present Perfect :
Objeto + has been/have been + Past Participle (Particípio passado) do verbo principal + complemento
Ex: Soccer has been played by Brazilian people for a long time.
Estrutura Passive voice no Simple Past na Forma Interrogativa :
was/were + Objeto + Past Participle (Particípio passado) do verbo principal + complemento
Ex: Were these poems written by your grandfather?
Estrutura Passive voice no Simple Future :
Objeto + will be + Past Participle (Particípio passado) do verbo principal + complemento
Ex: My car will be fixed by the mechanic before the end of the week.
Resposta:
a) This bridge was built about 100 years ago.
b) Soccer has been played by Brazilian people for a long time.
c) My car will be fixed (by the mechanic) before the end of the week.
d) The oldest church in the city is being restored by a famous architect.
e) Has the city center been flooded by the rain?
f) Were these poems written by your grandfather?
g) The mail was being delivered by the postman when I got home.