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passive voice tutorial which explains purpose of passive voice and how it compares to Spanish.
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A chef prepares dinner every night. Consider the following sentence:
A chef prepares dinner every night. Consider the following sentence: Do you care?
And say this: Dinner is prepared every night.
A chef preparesdinner every night. Dinneris prepared every night.
Un chef prepara la cena cada noche. A chef prepares dinner every night.
Constructing a sentence in passive voice requires a very simple formula: (be) + past participle
A chef prepared dinner last night. Dinner (was prepared) last night.
A chef will prepare dinner tomorrow. Dinner will be prepared tomorrow.
A chef will prepare dinner tomorrow. Dinner will be prepared tomorrow.
A chef has prepared dinner. Dinner has been prepared.
A chef has prepared dinner. Dinner has been prepared.
A chef is preparing dinner. Dinner is being prepared.
A chef is preparing dinner. Dinner is being prepared.
A chef canprepare dinner. Dinner can be prepared.
A chef canprepare dinner. Dinner canbeprepared.
A chef couldbe preparing dinner. Dinner could be being prepared.
A chef couldbe preparing dinner. Dinner couldbe being prepared.
