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SOME SPECIAL PASSIVE STRUCTURES ARE: ••┈┈●•❁❁✹❁❁•●┈┈┈•• 💠Some verbs can have two objects. For example, offer: ■"They didn't offer Ann the job". (the two objects are "Ann" and "the job") 💢So it is possible to make two different passive sentences: ■1. "Ann wasn't offered the job". ■2. "The job wasn't offered to Ann". 💢It is more usual for the passive sentence to begin with the person. 💢Other verbs like "offer" that can have two objects are: [ask, tell, give, send, show, teach, pay] Here are some examples of passive sentences with these verbs: ■"I was given two hours to make my decision". (= they gave me two hours) ■"The men were paid $1500 to do the job". (= someone paid the men $1500) ■"Have you been shown the new machine?" (= has anyone shown you the new machine?) ••┈┈●•❁❁✹❁❁•●┈┈┈•• 💠Born: Remember that "be born" is a passive verb and is usually past: ■"Where were you born?" (not are you born) -simple past ■"I was born in Chicago". (not I am born) -simple past ■"How many babies are born in this hospital every day?" -simple present ••┈┈●•❁❁✹❁❁•●┈┈┈•• 💠The passive -ing form is [being + V3] ■Active: "I don't like people telling me what to do". ■Passive: "I don't like being told what to do". ■ I remember being given a toy drum on my fifth birthday". (= I remember someone giving me. . .) ■ "Hurry up! You know Mr. Miller hates being kept waiting". (= he hates people keeping him waiting) ■"She climbed over the wall without being seen". (= without anyone seeing her) ••┈┈●•❁❁✹❁❁•●┈┈┈•• 💠Sometimes you can use "get" instead of "be" in the passive: ■"There was a fight at the party, but nobody got hurt". (= nobody was hurt) ■"Did Ann get fired from her new job?" (= was Ann fired from her new job?) 💢You can use "get" in the passive to say that something happens to someone or something. Often the action is not planned; it happens by chance: ■"The dog got run over by a car". (= the dog was run over) 💢 In other types of situation "get" is not usually possible: ■"George is liked by everyone". (not gets liked) 💢"Get" is used mainly in informal spoken English. You can use be in all situations. #grammar ••┈┈●•❁❁✹❁❁•●┈┈┈••