viernes, 25 de octubre de 2013


Barack Obama

The speech I chose to write about is a recent one, Obama talks about the situation that Syria is living right now, I’m not so sure why he thinks is his responsibility to take care about this problem, and he wants to have a confrontation with Syria’s government and specially their military army.

He explains the gravity of this problem, more than 1000 people has been killed, and between that number are more than 700 children, innocent boys and girls whose life has taken away. Obama supports the idea of fight this war too, he wants to send his military army to try to protect this country and its people. I don’t know since when this kind of fights are a responsibility to the United States of America, and I honestly doubt if getting into that is going to help.

He also comments all the different weapons that Syria is using to hurt and kill these people, they have developed chemical weapons whose are really powerful and this unfortunately is causing one of the biggest and more serious conflicts in the century.  He stands his ideal of representing a country that will defend and fight for those who need it, he thinks that the message they can send fighting will be so much better than if they don’t do anything about it, he wants to be part of that war, because, quoting him, this has implications beyond Syria, this means that this is just not for that country, he is worried that this conflict could become in something bigger than it already is.

Obama wants to deliver this message to the rest of the world, because he thinks that we all should do something and be part of it, of course he doesn’t expect that every nation agrees with his decision, but he will take this case to the congress, he will support this plan and he will put it on action. All he wants to do is to protect these innocent people, because he believes in his country and he knows, by its background, they can finish wars.

This case has to be debated by the congress, but he hopes that all the members of it realize that this is a responsibility for them and that’s who they are as a country, he made clear that he will not avoid hard decisions, and he wants to invite to the rest of the nations to be part of this and become as one single nation.
Juliana  B.
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Present tense
·        My car is used by my sister.
·        The telephone is used by my mom.
·        The children are kept by the nanny.
·         The cereal is eaten by me.
·        The discourse is said by the president.

Past tense
·        The cookies were eaten by my dog.
·        The milk was dropped by me.
·        Dinosaurs were killed by a comet.
·        President Kennedy was killed by lee Harvey Oswald.
·        The clock was broken by my aunt.

Future

·        The smartphones will be used like a computer by everyone.
·        My wrist will be broken by the fall.
·        My wallet will be filled by money.
·        Science will be completed by many Scientifics. 
·        The English language will be spoken by me.

Perfect present
·        The money has been used to buy things worldwide.
·        The English language has been spoken worldwide.
·        The breakfast has been done for my mom.
·        Christmas has been known worldwide.
·         The post has been posted on Facebook by the teacher.

   

Jesús A.
Passive voice is when the statement focuses on the action and the subject does not participate actively in the statement

Examples:
1._
Present: The Marriage proposal is accepted by Daniela
Past:  The Marriage proposal was accepted by Daniela
Future: The Marriage proposal will be accepted by Daniela
Present Perfect:  The Marriage proposal has been accepted by Daniela

2.-
Present: A question is answered by Maggie
Past: A question was answered by Maggie
Future: A question will be answered by Maggie
Present Perfect: A question has been answered by Maggie.

3.-
Present: The essay is analyzed by him
Past:  The essay was analyzed by him
Future: The essay will be analyzed by him
Preset Perfect: The essay has been analyzed by him

4.-
Present: A bowl of soup is eaten by Johnny
Past: A bowl of soup was eaten by Johnny
Future:  A bowl of soup will be eaten by Johnny
Preset Perfect:  A bowl of soup has been eaten by Johnny

5.-
Present: The song is listened by the audience
Past: The song was listened by the audience
Future: The song will be listened by the audience
Preset Perfect: The song has been listened by the audience



Mónica De A. 
Examples
Present:
·         He opens the door- The door is opened by him
·         We set the table- The table is set by us
·         She pays a lot of money- A lot of money is paid by her.
·         They wear blue shoes- Blue shoes are worn by them.
·         You don’t write the letter- The letter isn’t written by you.

Past:
·         She sang a song- A song was sung by her
·         Somebody hit me- I was hit by somebody
·         We stopped the bus - The bus was stopped by us
·         A thief stole my car - My car was stolen by a thief
  • They didn't let him go - He was not let go by them.

Future:
  • Jane will buy a new computer. - A new computer will be bought by Jane
  • Her boyfriend will install it. - It will be installed by her boyfriend
  • Millions of people will visit the museum. - The museum will be visited by millions of people.
  • Our boss will sign the contract. - The contract will be signed by our boss
  • You will not do it. - It will not be done by you

Present Perfect:
  • Kerrie has paid the bill. - The bill has been paid by Kerrie
  • I have eaten a hamburger. - A hamburger has been eaten by me
  • We have cycled five miles. - Five miles have been cycled by us
  • I have opened the present. - The present has been opened by me
  • They have not read the book. - The book has not been read by them


Erick V.


 Se usa la voz pasiva para dar énfasis a lo que fue hecho, en vez de dar énfasis a la persona que hizo algo.
Ejemplo:  
Un mecánico pintará el coche.
A mechanic will paint the car.
(voz activa)

El coche será pintado por un mecánico
The car will be painted by a mechanic
 (voz pasiva)

5 sentences in Present
A letter is written by Kris.
A hot dog is eaten by him.
The tire is changed by Abel.
A movie is going to be watched by us tonight.
The students’ questions are always answered by the teacher.

5 sentences in Past
A letter was written by Kris.   
The novel was read by Mom in one day.
The video was posted on Facebook by Alex.
The baby was carried by the kangaroo in her pouch.
The tire was changed by Abel.


5 sentences in Future
A letter will be written by Kris.
The house will be cleaned by me every Saturday.
The victory will be celebrated by the team tomorrow.
A safety video will be watched by the security every year.
A movie will be watched by us tonight.

5 sentences in Present perfect
A hamburger has been eaten by me.
The present has been opened by me.
A letter has been written by Kris.
The house has been cleaned by me every Saturday.
The baby has been carried by the Kangaroo in her pouch.


Kris A.


Uses
Passive is used when we are interested in the object instead of the subject. It’s also used when we don’t know who or what the subject is, but we know that the action was made by someone or something; as long as there’s an action and an object a passive sentence can be done.
Sentences using Passive Voice can be commonly seen in scientific material
Structure
Object ― Verb to Be + Past Participle ― Subject
To change an Active sentence to a Passive one, the object of the active becomes the subject and the subject of the active becomes the object.


The cat
ate
the mouse


The mouse
was eaten
by the cat

Examples

Present:
1.    Dogs are hated by Peter.
2.    The rules are broken by Ana.
3.    A book is written by Rick.
4.    A song is sung by Robbie.
5.    Computers are bought by people.

Past:
1.    A lot of Jews were killed by Nazis.
2.    Books were bought by mom.
3.    The city was destroyed by a tsunami.
4.    A hamburger was eaten by her.
5.    Great fictional characters were killed without mercy by the author.

Future:
1.    Great buildings will be designed by architects.
2.    The last book of the series will be written by Cassandra.
3.    The future will be changed by new technology.
4.    A movie will be watched by us.
5.    A letter will be written by me.

Present perfect:
1.    A new shirt has been bought by Ross.
2.    Baseball has been practiced by Richard.
3.    A plan has been thought by me.
4.    Computers have been used for almost everything.

5.    Manners have been changed with the pass of time.

    Ricardo R.
Passive voice sentences posted in edmodo groups:

Passive Voice

Use: Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action; It’s not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
For example, “A mistake was made”. In this case, the focus is on the fact that a mistake was made, but I don’t blame anyone.

Form: Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle.


Examples.
Present: - English is spoken worldwide.
- A letter is written by the President
- The door is opened by him.
- The car is washed.
- This room is cleaned

Past: - Dinosaurs were killed by a comet.
          - The car was washed.
          - The houses were bought by a rich man.
          - The river was jumped by a frog.
          - The T.V was stolen by a stealer.

Future: - Computers will be used in every aspect of our live
              - A letter will be written by the President.
              - The Fifa contest will be judged by soccer experts.
              - The car will be washed.
              - A house will be built.
             
Present
Perfect: - The car has been washed.
               - A house has been built.
               - The doors have been locked.
               - The worker has been promoted.
               -The dinosaurs have been killed by a comet.



Raul M B