Grammar

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Grammar Unit 44Passive
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Agenda

• Learning objectives.
• Example Set A for sentences with two objectives.
• Example Set B for doing/seeing etc..
• Example Set C for I was born
• Example Set D for usage of get.

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Agenda

• Learning objectives.
• Example Set A for sentences with two objectives.
• Example Set B for doing/seeing etc..
• Example Set C for I was born
• Example Set D for usage of get.

Passive 3
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Learning Objectives

• Making two passive sentences out of one.
• Passive of doing/seeing etc..is being done/being
  seen etc.
• I was born not I am born.
• Using Get
• You can use get instead of be in the passive.
• You can use get only when things happen.
• We use get mainly in informal spoken English. You
  can use be in all situations.
• We can also use get in the following sentences
  which are not passive in meaning.

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Agenda

• Learning objectives.
• Example Set A for sentences with two objectives.
• Example Set B for doing/seeing etc..
• Example Set C for I was born
• Example Set D for usage of get.

Passive 3
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Example Set A

• I was offered / we were given etc.
• Some verbs can have two objects. For example,
  give
• Some body gave the police the information.
  (somebody gave the
• object 1 object 2
• information to the police)
• so it is possible to make two passive sentence
• The police were given the information. or
• The information was given to the police.

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• Other verbs which can have two objects are
• ask offer pay
  show teach tell
• When we use these verbs in passive, most often we
  begin with the person
• I was offered the job, but I refused it. ( they
  offered me the job)
• You will be given plenty of time to decide. ( we
  will give you plenty of time)

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• Have you been shown the new machine?
• ( has anybody shown you?)
• The men were paid 400 to do the work.
• ( somebody paid the men 400)

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Agenda

• Learning objectives.
• Example Set A for sentences with two objectives.
• Example Set B for doing/seeing etc..
• Example Set C for I was born
• Example Set D for usage of get.

Passive 3
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Example Set BI dont like being

• The passive of doing/seeing etc. is being done /
  being seen etc. Compare
• active I dont like people telling me that to
  do.
• passive I dont like being told what to do.

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• I remember being taken to the zoo when I was a
  child.
• ( I remember somebody taking me to the zoo)
• Steve hates being kept waiting.
• (he hates people keeping him waiting)
• We managed to climb over the wall without being
  seen.
• (without anybody seeing us)

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Agenda

• Learning objectives.
• Example Set A for sentences with two objectives.
• Example Set B for doing/seeing etc..
• Example Set C for I was born
• Example Set D for usage of get.

Passive 3
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Example Set CI was born

• We say I was born (not I am born)
• I was born in Chicago.
• Where were you born? (not where are you born?)
• but
• How many babies are born everyday?
  present

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Agenda

• Learning objectives.
• Example Set A for sentences with two objectives.
• Example Set B for doing/seeing etc..
• Example Set C for I was born
• Example Set D for usage of get.

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Example Set D

• You can use get instead of be in the passive
• There was a fight at the party, but nobody got
  hurt. ( nobody was hurt)
• I dont often get invited to parties. ( Im not
  often invited)
• Im surprised Liz didnt get offered the job. (
  Liz wasnt offered the job)

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• You can use get only when things happen. For
  example, you cannot use get in the following
  sentence
• Jill is liked by everybody. (not gets liked-
  this is not a happening)
• He was a mystery man. Very little was known
  about him. (not got known)

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• We use get mainly in informal mainly spoken
  English. You can be in all situations.
• We also use get in the following expression
  (which are not passive in meaning)
• get married, get divorced
• get dressed ( put on your clothes)
• get lost ( not know where you are)
• get changed ( change your clothes)

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Summary

• Learning objectives.
• Example Set A for sentences with two objectives.
• Example Set B for doing/seeing etc..
• Example Set C for I was born
• Example Set D for usage of get.

Passive 3
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