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Advanced structures (the passive)

Nives Kovačić

Created on April 20, 2021

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The passive: advanced structures

Modal verbs

  • That painting can be seen in the Louvre.
  • It might be finished by next week.
  • Employees must be paid in advance.
*It should have been finished yesterday. *It could have been done by John.

Verbs followed by infinitive or gerund

2. GERUNDbeing + past participle taking --> being taken accepting --> being accepted

  1. TO-INFINITIVE
to + be + past participle to take --> to be taken to accept --> to be accepted

IMPERSONAL / PERSONAL CONSTRUCTION

EXAMPLES OF VERBS:

  • think
  • believe
  • say
  • know
  • report
  • agree
  • allege
  • announce
  • assure
  • consider
  • decide
  • expect
  • explain
  • hope
  • suggest
  • ...