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Flashcards by SUSANA CHIRLAQUE MARTINEZ, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| PASSIVE VOICE | We use it when the ACTION is more important than the AGENT or when we don't know him/ her |
| STRUCTURE | BE + PAST PARTICIPLE "The police arrested one protester" "One protester was arrested" |
| PRESENT SIMPLE "We build hundreds of houses every year" | "Hundreds of houses are built every year" |
| PRESENT CONTINUOUS "The authorities are questioning two men" | "Two men are being questioned by the authorities" |
| PAST SIMPLE "That waiter served the meal" | "the meal was served by that waiter" |
| PAST CONTINUOUS "They were building a new shopping center" | "A new shopping center was being built" |
| PRESENT PERFECT "We have chosen Helen as the new president" | "Helen has been chosen as the new president" |
| PAST PERFECT "John had taken the pictures before his camera broke" | "The pictures had been taken by John before his camera broke" |
| FUTURE "WILL" "They will play the match tomorrow" | "The match will be played tomorrow" |
| AGENT "BY" | To identify WHO did the action "Stones were thrown by angry football fans" |
| INSTRUMENT "WITH" | What was used to perform and action. "The windows were broken with a baseball bat" |
| WITHOUT THE AGENT | - when it's not known - when it's obvious - when it's not necessary / unimportant |
| VERBS WITH TWO OBJECTS: buy, give, lend, offer, promise, sell, take, promise, send, etc. | ACTIVE > "Peter gave Karen a present" PASSIVE 1 > "Karen was given a present by Peter" PASSIVE 2 > "A present was given TO Karen by Peter" |
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