martes, 29 de marzo de 2011

Passive Voice Exercises

Change the following sentences into passive voice

  • Alejandra cleaned my house
My house was cleaned by Alejandra
  • Daniel learned the poem.
The poem was learned by Daniel
  • I drink orange juice 
Orange juice is drunk by me
  • Rose sells the house
The house is sold by Rose
  • They play soccer
Soccer is played by them


Change the following sentences into active voice
  • A cat is bought by Maria
Maria buys a cat
  • A letter was written by Juan
Juan wrote a letter
  • The windows are opened by Carlos
Carlos open the windows
  • Beautiful is sung by Cristina Aguilera
Cristina Aguilera sings beautiful
  • Math is taught in the university by Christian
Christian teachs math in the university 



Passive Voice


Active Voice
S + V + C

Passive Voice
Sub(obj)+to be + VPP + by + subj(obj)

            Example Passive Voice: 10 sentences
  1. The car was repaired by tom
  2. The cakes are made by Luisa
  3. The Spaghetti is eaten by Javier
  4. My parents are loved by me
  5. The room was painted by me yesterday
  6. Spanish is spoken by them
  7. My house was built by Pete in September 1987
  8. The ball was lost by Jhon
  9. The cake was made by my Grandmother this morning
  10. Five cars were washed by Julio last week





jueves, 17 de marzo de 2011

Normas del buen Hablante y el buen Oyente

Dentro de nuestra sociedad comunicarnos es algo cotidiano, la forma en la cual recibimos el mensaje y la forma en la cual nos expresamos es de suma importancia para que llegue bien el mensaje, por ello se han creado una serie de normas tanto para el hablante como para el oyente, las cuales se deben aplicar para tener una buena comunicacion. 
Aqui encontramos algunas de ellas:

Del Buen Hablante (Emisor):
• Pensar bien lo que se vaya a decir
• Mirar atentamente a la persona a quien se le va hablar.
• Pronunciar correctamente las palabras y el tono de voz adecuada.
• Dejar hablar a los demás cuando tengan una idea que quieran expresar.
• Ser amable y adecuado al hablar.

Del Buen Oyente (Receptor):
• Escuchar a la persona que esta hablando.
• Mirar atentamente a la persona con quien se habla.
• No interrumpir al hablante.
• Hablar cuando ya la otra persona haya terminado su idea.