Test your knowledge of verbal voices and see if you already know everything about this topic. So that there is no more doubt, the answers are explained by the specialist teacher at the end of each exercise.
question 1
Transpose prayers from the active voice to the passive voice.
a) Candidates gave their speech.
b) Teachers assessed students.
c) The hairdresser has finished the hairstyle.
d) The auditors submitted the report.
e) Man cultivated the land.
Transposition to the analytical passive voice, whose formation is patient subject + auxiliary verb (to be, to be, to stay) + main verb of the action conjugated in the participle + agent of the passive:
a) The speech was made by the candidates.
b) Students were evaluated by teachers.
c) The hairstyle was finished by the hairdresser.
d) The report was sent by the auditors.
e) The land was cultivated by man.
Transposition to synthetic passive voice, whose formation is conjugated verb in the 3rd person + passive pronoun "if" + patient subject:
a) The speech was made.
b) Students were evaluated.
c) The hairstyle is finished.
d) The report was sent.
e) The land was cultivated.
question 2
Indicate the two prayers that are in the reflective voice.
a) He went to bed as soon as night fell.
b) You are never saved.
c) People dream of fame and money.
d) House for sale.
e) He dressed and left.
Alternatives a) He went to bed as soon as night fell. and e) He dressed and left.
The reflexive voice is formed as follows: verb in active voice + oblique pronoun (me, te, se, nos, vos), whose function is direct object or indirect object, representing the same person as the subject.
In the remaining alternatives the pronoun "if" has the function of index of indeterminacy of the subject, which occurs when "if" accompanies linking verbs, intransitive verbs, or indirect transitive verbs. This is what happens in alternatives b) You are never saved. (to be: connecting verb) and c) We dream of fame and money. (dream: indirect transitive verb).
The pronoun "se" also has the function of a passive pronoun, a situation in which it is accompanied by direct transitive verbs or direct and indirect transitive verbs. This is what happens in alternative d) House for sale. (sell: direct transitive verb).
question 3
Rewrite the sentences below from passive analytic to synthetic passive voice.
a) The decision was made by everyone.
b) The explanation was given by the school principal.
c) Tasks have been completed by the team.
d) The house was bought by the foreign couple.
e) The sculpture was made by young people.
The synthetic passive voice is formed as follows: conjugated verb in the 3rd person + passive pronoun "if" + patient subject:
a) The decision was made. (he made + if + the decision)
b) The situation was explained. (he explained + if + the situation)
c) The tasks have been completed. (they completed + if + the tasks)
d) The house was bought. (he bought + if + the house)
e) The sculpture was made. (he made + if + the sculpture)
question 4
Identify agent and patient subjects in the prayers below.
a) I comb my hair.
b) The student was seen on the school road.
c) I wrote the speech for the honoree.
d) The secretary called the customers.
e) Mary and John love each other.
a) “I” is an agent and patient subject, because it practices and, at the same time, receives the action of combing its hair.
b) “student” is a patient subject, because he is not the one who practices the action.
c) “(I)” is an agent subject, because he practiced the action of writing.
d) “secretary” is an agent subject, because she made the call.
e) “Mary” and “John” are agents and patients, because they practice and, at the same time, receive the action of loving each other. We are faced with a case of reciprocal reflexive voice, in which there is more than one subject to practice and receive the same action.
question 5
Identify the verbal voices in the prayers below.
a) The children painted the entire wall with a pen.
b) The entire room has been renovated.
c) Three different shades were used in the room.
d) Paint like no one else.
e) This was done for them.
a) active voice, whose agent subject is “children”.
b) passive voice, formed by the patient subject “room” + auxiliary verb “foi” + main verb conjugated in the participle “renewed”.
c) reflexive voice, formed by conjugated verb in the 3rd person singular “usou” + passive pronoun “se”.
d) active voice, whose agent subject, and which is hidden, is “(they)”.
e) passive voice, formed by the patient subject “this” + auxiliary verb “was” + main verb conjugated in the participle “made” + agent of the passive “they”.
question 6
(TRT – RJ) “All this can be proven by any citizen”. The active form of this same sentence is:
a) Any citizen can prove all this.
b) Everything can be proved.
c) Any citizen can prove all this.
d) All this can be proven.
e) Any citizen can have all this proven.
Alternative to: Any citizen can prove all this.
In the sentence above, the subject is "any citizen". He is the agent and, therefore, he is the one who carries out the action.
question 7
(TRT) The segment highlighted in the following sentence is an example of passive voice construction:
a) Just yesterday I was taken with laughter when reading an excerpt from a chronicle.
b) Solange take special care with the choice of words.
c) Glorinha and her daughter do not share the same taste by verbal refinement.
d) The mother's blushing revealed her discomfort in the face of her daughter's observation.
e) I remember a visit that we receive at home, long time.
Alternative to: Just yesterday I was taken with laughter when reading an excerpt from a chronicle.
The following sentences would take the following form in the passive voice:
b) The choice of words is taken with special care by Solange.
c) The same taste for verbal refinement is not shared by Glorinha and her daughter.
d) In view of the daughter's observation, the mother's discomfort was revealed by her blushing.
e) I remember a visit that was received at home a long time ago.
question 8
(UPM – SP) Check the alternative in which there is an agent of the liability.
a) We will be judged by our actions.
b) Look at all this land that is inhabited by these lawless people, almost infinite.
c) Thank you for the book.
d) I heard the news on the radio.
e) For me, you can stay.
Alternative to: We will be judged by our actions.
"By our acts" is the agent of the passive. This is because it is our acts that practice the action of judging, which is expressed by the verb in the passive voice, that is, "judged".
question 9
(TST) Translating to the passive voice the construction "Atheists would arouse the wrath of any fanatic", the verbal form obtained will be:
a) would be awakened.
b) would have been awakened.
c) will wake up.
d) had been awakened.
e) would have awakened.
Alternative a: would be awakened.
So we have: The wrath of any fanatic would be aroused by atheists.
This is because the analytical passive voice is formed as follows:
Patient subject + auxiliary verb (to be, to be, to stay, among others) + main verb of the action conjugated in the participle + agent of the passive.
question 10
(Carlos Chagas Foundation) Translating the prayer “The scent of the dogs guided the hunters” into the passive voice, the verbal form is obtained:
a) guided
b) was driving
c) guided
d) were guided
e) were guided
Alternative d) were guided.
So we have: The hunters were guided by the scent of dogs.
The subject of the active voice (the scent of dogs) corresponds to the agent of the passive. The direct object of the active voice (the hunters) becomes the subject of the passive voice.
question 11
(UNIFEI) Transform sentences a and b according to the following model:
– He was rescued by friends.
– Friends helped him.
a) You were helped by many.
b) We were advised by teachers.
I) Many helped you.
II) Masters advised you.
I) Many helped you.
II) Masters advised us.
I) Many helped him.
II) Masters advised us.
I) Many helped him.
II) Masters advised you.
I) Many helped you.
II) Masters advised us.
you went indicates 2nd person singular, so only the form they helped you can be used.
We were indicates 1st person plural, so it can only be used as advised.
question 12
(TRT) In October 1967, when Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso presented the songs Domingo no parque and Alegria, Alegria, at the TV Record Festival, soon there were those who realized that both songs were influenced by cinematic narrative ...
Translating the first of the sentences in italics above to the passive voice and the second to the active voice, the resulting verb forms will be, respectively:
a) presented themselves − influence.
b) was presented – influenced.
c) were presented – influenced.
d) were presented − influenced.
e) are presented − influenced.
Alternative d: were presented − influenced.
So we have: In October 1967, when they were presented the songs Domingo no parque and Alegria, Alegria, at the TV Record Festival, by Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, soon there were those who realized that the cinematic narrative influenced the two songs ...
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