AG2 - CLASS 14/18 - 2016 AUGUST

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Friday, August 19th, 2016
CLASS 14/18
- to master the use of passive by talking about mysteries

UNIT 14. EXERCISE 4
1. are solved
2. haven't been cracked
3. was sighted
4. was found
5. was determined
6. had been abandoned
7. had been set
8. might have been threatened
9. was caused
10. has not been proved or proven
11. was considered
12. was accompanied
13. were received
14. have been discovered
15. Could she and Noonan have been killed
16. shouldn't be solved

make/have someone do
The teacher made/had the students listen to the story.
The teacher had/got the story listened by the students

You , girls, usually make/have your boyfriends report to you constantly.
You usually have/get your boyfriends (passive not possible because there is no object)


I made/had the mechanic fix my car. (active causative)
I had/got my car fixed by the mechanic. (passive causative)

I had had/had gotten my hair cut by my personal hairstylist before the teacher asked me to.

UNIT 14. EXERCISE 3
1. are being held
2. are being questioned
3. was being opened
4. was being helped
5. are being withheld
6. are currently being interviewed

the agent is the performer of the action
How do you identify whether the sentence is active or passive?
You need to realize if the subject is also the agent of the action.

1. Criminals often return (active)  -----> I
2. they are caught/could be caught/will be caught-----> T PASSIVE
3. disappear-----> I ACTIVE
4. go-----> I ACTIVE
5. is helped-----> T
6. are rewarded-----> T   PASSIVE
7. They do not realize-----> T   ACTIVE
8. are watched-----> T PASSIVE

TRANSITIVE WITH AN OBJECT
OPEN _____. wHAT? OPEN YOUR MIND TO NEW IDEAS
INTRANSITIVE  WITHOUT AN OBJECT
I RAN .
WHEN A SENTENCE HAS AN INTRANSITIVE VERB , IT CAN NOT HAVE A PASSIVE EQUIVALENT.

IVAN DRIVES THE CARS
THE CARS ARE DRIVEN BY IVAN.
IVAN IS DRIVING THE CAR
THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN BY IVAN
IVAN IS GOING TO BE DRIVING THE CAR
THE CAR IS GOING TO BE BEING DRIVEN BY IVAN
IVAN WILL HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR
THE CAR WILL HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY HIM.
IVAN WILL DRIVE THE CAR
THE CAR WILL BE DRIVEN BY HIM.
IVAN WANTS TO DRIVE THE CAR HIMSELF.
IVAN WANTS THE CAR TO BE DRIVEN BY HIMSELF.
IVAN ENJOYS DRIVING THE CAR HIMSELF.
IVAN ENJOYS THE CAR BEING DRIVEN BY HIMSELF.
IVAN HAD TO DRIVE THE CAR.
THE CAR HAD TO BE DRIVEN BY IVAN