I CONTENTS 10-1 Active sentences and passive sentences 10-2 Form of the passive 10-3 Transitive and intransitive verbs 10-4 Using the by-phrase 10-5 The passive forms of the present and
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Direcrias: Do you have sayings in your language that are similar o or &e s ' a e a s ttie
following English proverbs?
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- The early bird gets the worm
Too many cooks spoil the broth
4 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
-" 5 A stitch in time saves nine
6 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
7 Birds of a feather flock together
8 A rolling stone gathers no moss
EXERCISE 37 Making comparisons (Chapter 9)
Direceiom: Write a composition based on one of the following topics
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2 cities you have lived in or have visited
3 diierent schools you have attended
4 your way of l i e before and after you became a parent
5 yourself now to yourself ten years ago
6 your country now to your country 100 years ago
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9 the seasons of the year
10 food in two countries
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10-1 Active sentences and passive sentences
10-2 Form of the passive
10-3 Transitive and intransitive verbs
10-4 Using the by-phrase
10-5 The passive forms of the present and
past progressive
10-6 Passive modal auxiliaries
10-7 Using past participles as adjectives (stative passive)
10-8 Participial adjectives: -ed vs -ing 10-9 Get + adjective;get + past participle 10-10 Using be usedlaccustomed to and
g e t usedlaccustomed to 10-1 1 Used to vs b e used to 10-12 Using b e supposed to
(a) ~ c m : The mouse a& the cheese (a) and (b) have the same meaning
@) PASSIVE: The cheese rws eaten by the mouse
ACTIVE:
mailed I the package 1
In (c): The object in an active sentence becomes the subject in a passive sentence
(d) 1 The package was mailed ibyBob.l
In (d): The subject in an active sentence is the object
of 6y in the byphrase in a passive sentence
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BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
(c) The report will be written by Mary
Form of all passive verbs:
Be can be in any of its forms: am, is, are, was, were,
has been, have been, will be, etc
PRESENT PERFECT Jack has mailed the letter , The letter has been mailed by Jack
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EXERCISE 1 Active vs passive (Charts 10-1 and 10-2)
Directions: Change the active verbs to passive verbs Write the subject of the passive sentence
1 SIMPLE PRESENT
FUTURE
(b) The teacher helps Jane
Mr Lee willplan the meeting r The meeting will be planned by Mr Lee
Sue is going to write the report - The report ia going to be written by Sue
(c) The teacher helps us
(b) -lahC is h ~ l p r d by the teacher
3 PRESENT PERFBCT
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~ i r e n i o & Change the verbs to the passive Do not change the tense
package
employs many
people
3 That company
has hired Sue
going to fax the
letters
bought my old car
do the work
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EXERCISE 3 Active vs passive (Charts 10-1 and 10-2)
Directions: Change the sentences from active to passive
' '': ' , 1 Ms Hopkins invited me to dinner
-t I was invited to dinner by Ms Hopkins
, - * > i 2 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph
4 A plumber is going to fix the leaky faucet
5 A doctor has examined the sick child
6 A large number of people speak Spanish
7 Helicopters fascinate children
8 Shakespeare wrote Hamlet
9 This news will amaze you
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Directions: Change the active sentences to passive sentences that have the same meaning and tense
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1 (a) The news surprised John 1 0 h w& s w ~ v i s e d by the news
(b) Did the news surprise you? U r v e v o k S ~ P V ~ S P A by the news?
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EXERCISE 5 Actlve vs passlve (Charts 10-1 and 10-2)
Directions: Change the sentences from active to passive
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1 A thief stole Ann's purse + Ann's purse was smkn by a thief , , ~; \,,, , ,, , :
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2 Did a cat kill the bird?
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3 My cat didn't kill the bird , ' ,;,!':., , ~ < '
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4 Do a large number of people speak French? :
5 Is the janitor going to fix the window?
6 Will a maid clean our hotel room?
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7 Does the hotel provide clean towels? .,
8 Sometimes my inability to understand spoken English frustrates me
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sentences are questions
1 Was the riot stopped by the police?
2 My suitcase was inspected by a customs officer
3 Love and understanding are needed by all children
4 Were you taught to read by your parents?
5 I was taughqto read by my parents
6 Are we going to be met at the train station by your cousin?
7 Have the plans for the new hospital already been drawn by
,.I ' I t the architect?
8 The bear was chased up a tree by a dog
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Mr Lee
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An accident
Kate
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happened
A rranritive verb is a verb that is followed by an object
An object is a noun or a pronoun
object
ACTIVE: Bob mailed the letter
PASSIVE: The lener was m a U by Bob
ACTIVE: An accident happened
PAS^: (nor possible)
(e) INCORRBCT: An accident was happened
Only aansitive verbs can be used in the passive
An intransitive verb is NOT used in the passive
'To find out if a verb is transitive or inuansitiw, look in y o u dictionary The usual abbrcviationa are v.t (mnsitive) and v.i (intransitive) Some verbs have both rrmitive and inrransitive uaes For example:
rransitive: Sncdmu smdy bwh
inrransitive: Studsnn rmdy
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Direcrions: h & & g the verbs and identify them as transitive
Change the sentences to the passive if possible
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1 Jack d k d to school yesterday (no change)
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2 Susie bEnbP the window .!,
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3 We stayed in a hotel
4 The leaves fell to the ground
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6 An accident happened at the corner of Third and Main
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