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Focus On Grammar Book 2, 5 th edition

Focus On Grammar Book 2, 5 th edition. Lesson 13: Passive Voice And Active Voice. 13.1 - Overview. Good Overview on page 416 Also, see http://www.esl2000.com/grammar/passive.html “Mistakes have been made.” ≠ “I have made mistakes.”. 13.2 Form. BE + verbEN

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Focus On Grammar Book 2, 5 th edition

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  1. Focus On GrammarBook 2, 5th edition Lesson 13: Passive Voice And Active Voice

  2. 13.1 - Overview • Good Overview on page 416 • Also, see • http://www.esl2000.com/grammar/passive.html “Mistakes have been made.” ≠ “I have made mistakes.”

  3. 13.2 Form BE + verbEN Add this to any other tense (past, future, perfect, progressives0 Use base form of BE after a modal. (BY is more useful in grammar class than in real life, but sometimes you need it.)

  4. 13.3 Form and Uses • BE shows the tense; always use the past participle! • BE is in the base form after a modal

  5. 13.4 Negatives and Questions • Negatives • Can you tell me the rule? • Questions • Can you tell me the rules? • For subject questions • For Y/N questions • For other questions • Hint: something about the First Helping Verb • Example: Rice has been eaten.

  6. 13.5 – Choosing a Voice • Read page 425 • Use passive in all your science reports. • First, we poured water and rice into the pot. Then, we boiled the water until we cooked the rice. Finally, we ate the rice.

  7. 13.5 – More about Choices • Use “IT” for discoveries, etc. • If the ACTIVE voice has no object, you can’t change it to PASSIVE voice • The children slept for many hours. • The pen fell on the floor. • We laughed at the joke. • REMEMBER: use an object pronoun after BY

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