Let's play with active and passive voice (present perfect tense)

Question

Grammar game: Active and Passive Voice - Present Perfect Tense

Active: Subject + has/have + past participle + object

Passive: Object of the active sentence + has/have + been + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence

These are the rules:

Write a sentence using first active and then passive voice

Write both in Spanish and English

Note: Use any verb and pronoun, but just in present perfect tense

Example:

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	Tom has written a letter	Tom ha escrito una carta
Passive	A letter has been written by Tom	Una carta ha sido escrita por Tom

This is the table template if you want to use it (just copy and paste the blue code):

<table border=3 bgcolor=lightgreen>
<tr><td><i>Voice</i></td>
<td><i>English</i></td><td>
<i>Spanish</i></td>
<tr><td><b>Active</b></td>
<td>English active sentence</td>
<td>Spanish active sentence</td>
<tr><td><b>Passive</b></td>
<td>English passive sentence</td>
<td>Spanish passive sentence</td>
</table>

Please don't edit this post or the template will be lost

Answer 1

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	I have changed the color of this text.	He cambiado el color de este texto.
Passive	The color of this text has been changed by me	El color de este texto ha sido cambiado por mí.

Excellent.... - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

nice :) - fatchocobo, Apr 25, 2010

Answer 2

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	My dog has eaten my homework.	Mi perro se ha comido mi tarea.
Passive	My homework has been eaten by my dog.	Mi tarea ha sido comida por mi perro.

Very good... - Carlos-F, Apr 23, 2010

That sentence always makes me smile :) - galsally, Apr 25, 2010

Gracias, Carlos. - Lrtward, Apr 26, 2010

Answer 3

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	She has amazed everybody with her beautiful song on the stage.	Ha sorprendido a todo el mundo con su canción hermosa en el escenario.
Passive	Everybody has been amazed by her beaytfiful song on the stage.	Todo el mundo ha sido sorprendido por su canción hermosa en el escenario.

Very good... - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Gracias Carlos. - Krama, Apr 24, 2010

Answer 4

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	I have drunk three beers and I am a bit tipsy.	He bebido tres cervezas y estoy un poco achispada.
Passive	Three beers have been drunk by me and I am a bit tipsy.	Tres cervezas han sido bebidas por mí y estoy un poco achispada.

Really good... - Carlos-F, Apr 23, 2010

Answer 5

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	I have sold the house.	He vendido la casa.
Passive	The house has been sold by me	La casa ha sido vendida por mí.

Very good... - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Muchas gracias Carlos :) - galsally, Apr 25, 2010

Answer 6

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	I have created a monster	He creado un monstruo.
Passive	A monster has been created by me.	Un monstruo ha sido creado por mí.

Excelente... - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Está ocultando en mi armario. - fatchocobo, Apr 25, 2010

lol! - galsally, Apr 25, 2010

Answer 7

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	I have counted the days until Puerto Rico.	He contado los días hasta Puerto Rico.
Passive	The days to Puerto Rico have been counted by me.	Los días a Puerto Rico han sido contados por mí.

Have you counted the days to arrive there? - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Answer 8

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	I have created a table with background images.	He creado una tabla con imágenes en el fondo.
Passive	A table with background images has been created by me.	Una tabla con imágenes en el fondo ha sido creado por mí.

Yes, it's a pity...But the idea is excellent Q. - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Got it to work, but too lazy to adjust margins and padding to make it match cell size. Maybe next lesson. - 0074b507, Apr 25, 2010

Congratulations, You got it.... - Carlos-F, Apr 25, 2010

Answer 9

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	I have found a new friend.	He encontrado un amigo nuevo amigo.
Passive	A new friend was has been found by me.	Un amigo nuevo amigo fueronha sido encontrado por mí.

Thank you. you're right, I accidently changed the tense. - Maria-Russell, Apr 24, 2010

A todos nos pasa. A veces pienso bien una respuesta pero luego escribo otra cosa... - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Here's my translation: It happens to all of us. Sometimes I think of a good answer but later I write something else. - Maria-Russell, Apr 25, 2010

Answer 10

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	I have payed some bills today.	He pagado algunas cuentas hoy.
Passive	Some bills have been payed by me today.	Algunas cuentas han sido pagadas por mí hoy.

Excellent.... - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Gracias Carlos - sanlee, Apr 24, 2010

Answer 11

John ha besado el al perro.

El perro ha sido besado por John.

He comido la torta.

La torta ha sido comido comida por mí.

Yuck !! - ian-hill, Apr 24, 2010

Now I am competely confused. - ian-hill, Apr 24, 2010

I sent you a PM... - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Answer 12

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	We have bought the gifts and have given them to the children.	Hemos comprado los regalos y los hemos dado a los niños.
Passive	The gifts have been bought and given to the children by us.	Los regalos han sido comprados y dados a los niños por nosotros

Excelente... - Carlos-F, Apr 23, 2010

Gracias, Carlos! - mar959, Apr 24, 2010

Answer 13

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	His family has owned this plantation since the beginning of the American Civil War.	Su familia ha poseído esta plantación desde el principio de la Guerra Civil Norteamericana.
Passive	This plantation has been owned by his family since the beginning of the American Civil War.	Esta plantación ha sido poseída por su familia desde el principio de la Guerra Civil Norteamericana.

Excellent.... - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Gracias, Carlos. - h1deaway, Apr 24, 2010

Answer 14

Voz	Inglés	Castellano
Activa	My best friends have made her burst into tears, so she has stopped talking to me.	Mis amigos mejores amigos la han hecho que ella echa a llorar, así que ha parado dejado de hablar conmigo.
Pasiva	She has been made to burst into tears by my best friends, so she has stopped talking to me.	Que ella echa a llorar ha sido hecho por mis amigos mejores, así que ha parado Ha sido hecha llorar por mis mejores amigos, así que ha dejado de hablar conmigo.

burst (active) to burst (passive) - nizhoni1, Apr 23, 2010

Gracias, Nizhoni :) - Fidalgo, Apr 23, 2010

Gracias por tu corrección, maestro. ¿Te importaría explicarme "hechada" porque no he comprendido claramente? - Fidalgo, Apr 24, 2010

Good catch Fidalgo. "Hechada it's a mistake". "Hecho(a) is the past participle of hacer...". Anyway, this sentence sounds weird in Spanish (passive)... - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Answer 15

Voice	English	Spanish
Active	I have picked up my friend's car from the repair shop.	He recogido el carro de mi amiga del taller de reparaciones.
Passive	My friend's car has been picked up from the repair shop by me.	El carro de mi amiga ha sido recogido del taller de reparaciones por mí.

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Excellent.... - Carlos-F, Apr 24, 2010

Gracias, Carlos. L. - Lucrecia, Apr 24, 2010