TAILIEUCHUNG - Grammar in use new part 15

The units are organised in grammatical categories [Present and past. Articles ami nouns. Prepositions etc.). They are not ordered according to level of difficulty, so the book should not be worked through from beginning co end. It should be used selectively and flexibly in accordance with the grammar syllabus being used and the difficulties students are having. | Unit 44 Passive 3 A I was offered . we were given . etc. Some verbs can have two objects. For example give Somebody gave the police the information. Somebody gave the information to the police object I object 2 but So it is possible to make two passive sentences The police were given the information or The information was given to the police. Other verbs which can have two objects are ask offer pay show teach tell When we use these verbs in the 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 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 I don t like being . The passive of doing seeing etc. is being done being seen etc. Compare active I don t like people telling me what to do. passive I don t like being told what to do. 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 I was born . We say i was born . not I am born I was born in Chicago. I Where were you born not Where are you born How many babies are born every day present 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 don t often get invited to parties. I m not often invited I m surprised Liz didn t get offered the job. Liz wasn t offered the job You can use get only when things happen. For example you cannot use get in the following sentences 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 We use get mainly in informal spoken English. You can use be in all situations. We also use get in the following expressions which are nor passive in meaning get married get .

TỪ KHÓA LIÊN QUAN
Đã phát hiện trình chặn quảng cáo AdBlock
Trang web này phụ thuộc vào doanh thu từ số lần hiển thị quảng cáo để tồn tại. Vui lòng tắt trình chặn quảng cáo của bạn hoặc tạm dừng tính năng chặn quảng cáo cho trang web này.