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Presentación Taller de Arte Abstracto Verde Agua

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RELATIVE PRONOUNS | RELATIVE CLAUSES | ADJECTIVE CLAUSES - who, which, that, whose, whom

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RELATIVE PRONOUNS | RELATIVE CLAUSES | ADJECTIVE CLAUSES - who, which, that, whose, whom

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THE CONDITIONALS - 0,1,2 & 3 Conditionals& QUIZ - English Grammar Lesson (+ Free PDF & Quiz)

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THE CONDITIONALS - 0,1,2 & 3 Conditionals& QUIZ - English Grammar Lesson (+ Free PDF & Quiz)

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Superlatives

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Learn about comparative and superlative adjectives and do the exercises to practise using them.

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Infografia informaci n de habitos saludables sencillo rosa

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Presentación Taller de Arte Abstracto Verde Agua

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Presentación Taller de Arte Abstracto Verde Agua

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Partial 1 Linguaskill (Exam's Format and Strategies Presentation)

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Partial 1 Linguaskill (Exam's Format and Strategies Presentation)

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Partial 1 Linguaskill (Exam's Format and Strategies Presentation)

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Relative clauses: non-defining relative clauses

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Relative clauses: non-defining relative clauses

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Do you know how to give extra information about someone or something using relative clauses? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

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How to use modal verbs of obligation, like ‘must’, have to’ and ‘should’ (also called modal auxiliary verbs)

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Information about the third conditional, including lots of practice exercises.

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PAST MODALS: could have | may have | might have | must have | should have | would have - GRAMMAR

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PAST MODALS: could have | may have | might have | must have | should have | would have - GRAMMAR

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An active sentence like I drank two cups of coffee has the subject first (the person or thing that does the verb), followed by the verb, and finally the object (the person or thing that the action happens to).

So, in this example, the subject is 'I', the verb is 'drank' and the object is 'two cups of coffee'.

But, we don't always need to make sentences this way. We might want to put the object first, or perhaps we don't want to say who did something. This can happen for lots of reasons (see the explanation further down the page). In this case, we can use a passive, which puts the object first:

Two cups of coffee were drunk (we can add 'by me' if we want, but it isn't necessary).

How to make the Passive in English

We make the passive by putting the verb 'to be' into whatever tense we need and then adding the past participle. For regular verbs, we make the past participle by adding 'ed' to the infinitive. So play becomes played. Click here to learn about irregular verbs.

Practise with these exercises
Verbs with two objects

Some verbs that have two objects can make two different active sentences, and so two different passive sentences too:

Give

Active: He gave me the book / He gave the book to me.

You can choose either of the two objects to be the subject of the passive sentence.

Passive: I was given the book (by him)/ The book was given to me (by him).

Other verbs like this are: ask, offer, teach, tell, lend, promise, sell, throw.

Try an exercise about this here
The passive in subordinate clauses
You can make the passive in a subordinate clause that has a subject and a normal conjugated verb. This is really the same as a normal passive.

Active: I thought that Mary had kissed John.

Passive: I thought that John had been kissed by Mary.

Active: He knew that people had built the church in 1915.

Passive: He knew that the church had been built in 1915.

You can also make the passive using a passive gerund or a passive infinitive in the same place as a normal gerund or infinitive.

The child loves being cuddled.

She would like to be promoted.

Try an exercise about this here
When should we use the Passive?

1: When we want to change the focus of the sentence

The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. (We are more interested in the painting than the artist in this sentence)
2: When who or what causes the action is unknown or unimportant or obvious or 'people in general'

He was arrested (obvious agent, the police).

My bike has been stolen (unknown agent).

The road is being repaired (unimportant agent).

The form can be obtained from the post office (people in general).

3: In factual or scientific writing
The chemical is placed in a test tube and the data entered into the computer.
4: In formal writing instead of using someone/ people/ they (these can be used in speaking or informal writing)
The brochure will be finished next month.
5: In order to put the new information at the end of the sentence to improve style
Three books are used regularly in the class. The books were written by Dr. Bell. ('Dr. Bell wrote the books' sound clumsy)
6: When the subject is very long
I was surprised by how well the students did in the test. (More natural than: 'how well the students did in the test surprised me')

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Practise making and using the passive in English - lots of clear explanations and free exercises.

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Final Period Activity 1. Digital Portfolio (PP format) and Padlet

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Final Period Activity 1. Digital Portfolio (PP format) and Padlet