English Grammar Secrets

Good afternoon, everybody. Wishing you a great time.🌸 📚THE PASSIVE quiz (multiple choice). Good luck!🍀 #quiz

2️⃣ Stones were thrown at him. ✨If there is already a direct object, the second object (after the preposition) cannot become a passive subject. 🔹They threw stones at him. 👉🏻 Stones were thrown at him. (but not He was thrown stones at.) 🔹They stole a bicycle…

🔴 Verbs with prepositions in the passive 1️⃣ The plan has been looked at carefully. ✨The objects of prepositional verbs can become subjects in passive structures. 🔹We have looked at the plan carefully. 👉🏻 The plan has been looked at carefully. 🔹Nobody…

🔴Verbs with prepositions in the passive 1️⃣The plan has been looked at carefully. ✨The objects of prepositional verbs can become subjects in passive structures. 🔹We have looked at the plan carefully. 👉🏻The plan has been looked at carefully. 🔹Nobody listens to her. 👉🏻She is never listened to. 🔹Somebody has paid for your meal. 👉🏻Your meal has been paid for. ✨Note the word order. The preposition cannot be dropped. 🔹I don’t like to be shouted at. (not I don’t like to be shouted) @EnglishGrammarSecrets

🔴By + agent ✨Some past participles can be more like adjectives than verbs: for example shocked, worried, frightened. After these, we often use other prepositions instead of by. (And such structures are not really passives, but examples of be + adjective.)…

🔴Verbs not used in the passive ✨Not all verbs can have passive forms. Passive structures are impossible with intransitive verbs like die or arrive, which cannot have objects, because there is nothing to become the subject of a passive sentence. ✨Some transitive…

🔰The Passive 🔻We use the active form to say what the subject does. For example: 🔹I speak English every day at work. 🔹I repaired the flat tire on the car. 🔻We use the passive form to say what happens to people and things, to say what is done to them.…

🔰The Passive 🔻We use the active form to say what the subject does. For example: 🔹I speak English every day at work. 🔹I repaired the flat tire on the car. 🔻We use the passive form to say what happens to people and things, to say what is done to them.…

🔰The Passive 🔻We use the active form to say what the subject does. For example: 🔹I speak English every day at work. 🔹I repaired the flat tire on the car. 🔻We use the passive form to say what happens to people and things, to say what is done to them. For example: 🔹English is spoken here. 🔹The car is being repaired. 🔻We use the passive form when we don't know who did the action. For example: 🔹The car was damaged while it was parked on the street. 🔹The shirts were made in Turkey. 🔻We use the passive form when what was done is more important than who did it. For example: 🔹It was approved by Gerry last week. 🔹I was informed by the Human Resources Manager only two days ago. @EnglishGrammarSecrets