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English Survival Skills

English Survival Skills. Can you speak more slowly please? . Can you speak more slowly please?. iwenttothebaseballgamelastnightbutitwasrainingsothegamewascancelled. I went to the baseball game last night but it was raining so the game was cancelled.

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English Survival Skills

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  1. English Survival Skills Can you speak more slowly please?

  2. Can you speak more slowly please? • iwenttothebaseballgamelastnightbutitwasrainingsothegamewascancelled. • I went to the baseball game last night but it was raining so the game was cancelled. • thereisarobberyinthebankattheuniversityweshouldrunandhide. • There is a robbery in the bank at the university! We should run and hide!

  3. Ijustsawagiantmonsterchickenattackingthecity. • I just saw a giant monster chicken attacking the city.

  4. Active and Passive Voice

  5. Active Voice Subject + Verb + Object SVO Jenny kicked the teacher. Subject Verb Object

  6. Can you tell me what the difference is between these two sentences? • The chicken ate the child. • The child was eaten by the chicken.

  7. Passive Voice Object + (to be) Verb + (by) Subject OVS The teacher was kicked by Jenny. Object (to be) Verb (by) Subject

  8. When do we use passive voice? • When the object is more important than the subject. The diamond was stolen by someone. • When the subject does not want to be known. Mistakes were made. (by me)

  9. Past Participles Present Walk Kick Run Sing Ride Steal Wear Past Walked Kicked Ran Sang Rode Stole Wore Past Participle Walked Kicked Run Sung Ridden Stolen Worn

  10. Change the active voice to passive voice. • The cat wore a helmet. • The helmet was worn by the cat.

  11. Change the active voice to passive voice. • The lion chased the zebra. • The zebra was chased by the lion.

  12. Change the active voice to passive voice. • John lost his wheels. • The wheels were lost by John.

  13. Switch to passive voice. • The car will hit the boat. • The boatwill behit by the car.

  14. Switch to passive voice. • The crazy man kicked the baseball player. • The baseball player was kicked by the crazy man.

  15. Switch to passive voice. • The monkey loves the bird. (present tense) • The bird is loved by the monkey.

  16. Switch to passive voice. • On Tuesday, my wife smashed the computer. • On Tuesday, the computer was smashed by my wife.

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