PASSIVE VOICE II

TYPES OF PASSIVE VOICE:

DIRECT OBJECT
INDIRECT OBJECT
CAUSATIVE HAVE/GET
IMPERSONAL
PERSONAL
HAVE SOMEONE DO
GET SOMEONE TO DO
In this presentation we are going to see the five last
types.

CAUSATIVE HAVE/GET
For this passive voice, we change the auxiliary verb, which
can be either have or get (UK or US English), that is, in
this case, those auxiliaries will be the ones we conjugate in
the same tense as the verb in the active voice.
They will bring me the newspaper

will have/ get

To transform a sentence using this passive voice, we need

both a direct and an indirect object:

They will bring me the newspaper

S

CI

CD

I will have/ get the newspaper brought

Note: we dont normally use agent here.

ci+have/get+cd+vb (past participle)

IMPERSONAL PASSIVE
VOICE
For this passive voice we need to have two sentences joined
by that. The first sentence needs a mental verb: say, think,
believe, understand.
People think (that) she is very pretty
S1
S2
Since this passive voice is impersonal, we need an
impersonal subject: IT, and then, we will conjugate the first
verb into passive voice, that is the mental verb, without
changing anything from the second sentence:

It is thought that she is very pretty.

EXAMPLES:

Mary believed that I was American

It was believed that I was American

People have understood that he is

silly

It has been understood that he is

silly

They say that we are a couple

Note: We dont use agent here.

It is said that we are a couple

PERSONAL PASSIVE VOICE

For this passive voice we need to have two sentences joined
by that. The first sentence needs a mental verb: say, think,
believe, understand.

People think (that) Mary knows French

S1

V1

S2

V2

Mary is thought to know French

Note: We dont use agent here.

CS

S2+V1 (PASS VOICE)+V2 (INF TO)+ CS

PRESENTS
TO+VB
FUTURES
CONDITIONALS

PASTS
PERFECT
TENSES

TO HAVE+VB (pp)

EXAMPLES:

Mary believed that I was American

I was believed to have been

American

People have understood that he is

silly

He has been understood to be silly

They say that we are a couple

We are said to be a couple

We think you wont arrive on time

Note: We dont use agent here.

You are thought not to arrive on

time

HAVE SOMEONE DO
SOMETHING
To transform a sentence using this passive voice, we need
both a direct and an indirect object.
For this passive voice, we use HAVE as auxiliary verb, which
will be conjugated in the same tense as the verb in the active
voice.

They will bring me the newspaper

S

CI

CD

I will have them bring me the newspaper

ci+have+sj+vb (infinitive without to)+ci+ cd)

GET SOMEONE TO DO
SOMETHING

To transform a sentence using this passive voice, we need

both a direct and an indirect object.
For this passive voice, we use GET as auxiliary verb, which
will be conjugated in the same tense as the verb in the active
voice.

They will bring me the newspaper

S

CI

CD

I will get them to bring me the newspaper

ci+get+sj+vb (infinitive with to)+ci+ cd)