Passive voice and causative

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PASSIVE VOICE AND CAUSATIVE

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1- Uses

3- Tenses

2- Form

5- Two objects

4- Affirmative / negative / interrogative

6- Passive voice with reporting verbs

9- Thanks

8- Now it's your turn!

7- Causative form

USES

• To emphasize the object or party receiving the action

"Rebekah was selected for a free gift"

• To emphasize the action instead of the actor

"Our car was repaired by our neighbour"

• When the agent is unknown

"Her house was broken into last night"

• When the agent is unimportant

"Gas prices were raised again last week"

• To be discreet or tactful by not naming the agent

"The keys were misplaced again!"

FORM

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TENSES

AFFIRMATIVE / NEGATIVE / INTERROGATIVE

• Affirmative: subject + to be + past participle

"The meeting was cancelled by the manager"

• Negative: sj + negative to be + past participle / sj + negative auxiliary + to be + past participle

"The meeting wasn’t cancelled by the manager" / "The meeting hasn’t been cancelled by the manager"

• Interrogative: to be + sj + past participle / auxiliary verb + sj + to be + past participle

"Was the meeting cancelled by the manager?" / "Has the meeting been cancelled by the manager?"

TWO OBJECTS

ACTIVE SENTENCE: Anna gave a present to John A present was given to John (by Anna) John was given a present (by Anna)

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PASSIVE VOICE WITH REPORTING VERBS

• It is used when we don’t want to mention the generalised agents we, everybody, they, people, etc.

"Everybody knows that my grandfather likes red wine""It is known that my grandfather likes red wine"

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CAUSATIVE FORM (have / get)

• To say that someone did something for us
• We use "have" or "get" instead of the verb "to be"

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INTRODUCTION

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MISSIONS

Pass the missions to obtainthe password numbers

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2 PUZZLE

3 STICK

4 FROG

PASSWORD

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LEVEL 1

OF 5

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ____ by JK Rowling

was written

written

wrote

LEVEL 2

OF 5

The judge ____ Smith to five years in prison

was sentenced

ere sentenced

sentenced

LEVEL 3

OF 5

I'll have to come by bus as my car ____

is being repaired

is repairing

is repaired

LEVEL 4

OF 5

We have ____ the meeting until the end of the month

been postponed

postponed

be postponed

LEVEL 5

OF 5

It ____ that the painting is a fake

believed now

is believing

is now believed

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS MISSION IS 3

GAME OVER

CONTINUE?

YES

NO

LEVEL 1

OF 5

NEXT

All bills must ____ promptly

settle

be settled

settled

LEVEL 2

OF 5

NEXT

Police ____ two men about a robbery in the city

are being questioned

are questioned

are questioning

LEVEL 3

OF 5

NEXT

Experts ____ that e-commerce is the future

believe

is believed

are believed

LEVEL 4

OF 5

NEXT

Archaeologists ____ the gold in a cave near the top of the mountain

discovered

were discovered

was discovered

LEVEL 5

OF 5

NEXT

Your letter ____ yesterday

sent

was sent

has sent

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS MISSION IS 8

GAME OVER

CONTINUE?

YES

NO

LEVEL 1

OF 5

I'm going ____ at the new hairdresser's

to cut my hair

to get my hair cut

LEVEL 2

OF 5

She needs to ____

have her car repaired

have her car repairs

LEVEL 3

OF 5

He ____ tickets sent to his home address yesterday

has had

had

LEVEL 4

OF 5

I ____ the house redecorated if I could afford it

would have

have had

LEVEL 5

OF 5

He ____ his bags loaded onto the train by a porter

had

get

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS MISSION IS 5

GAME OVER

CONTINUE?

YES

NO

LEVEL 1

OF 3

Can we ____ this summer?

get installed air-conditioning

have air-conditioning installed

have installed air-conditioning

LEVEL 2

OF 3

Nothing ____ yet

has been decided

was decided

hasn't been decided

LEVEL 3

OF 3

I can't repair the TV myself. We ____

will have to have it fixed

will have fixed it

had it fixed

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS MISSION IS 2

GAME OVER

CONTINUE?

YES

NO

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Numbers acquired from missions

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