Passive voice (present)
Defining active: it is the subject that
performs an action (important part of
the sentence)
Example: I teach English
(actor)+(action)+(complement/
direct object)
Jorge installs computer systems
(actor) (action) (complement/
direct object)
(recipient of the action)
**When the most important is the “thing”, it
becomes the subject
Computer systems are installed (by Jorge)
(receiver of the action (action)
Any form
of “be”
Past Participle of
the verb
