PSEUDO PASSIVESALSO REFERRED AS

PREPOSITIONAL PASSIVES

THEY’RE DIVIDED INTO 2 TYPES

IN CONTEXT EXERCISE

Read the short story upcoming and decidewhether the verb’s prepositions can be altered

according to situation or not.

Kim was 12 years old kid who lived in village for years beforemoving to the city centre.

He had so many trees in his village but when they moved to thecity centre,he felt like he needed to plant a tree but he didntknow how to. Kim looked into a shopping site and picked outone of the seeds and started to wait for it to be delivered

Finally, the seed was delivered but he had a problem in plantingHis grandfather dealth with the problem and

they planted the seed. Years later,he came to

see that tree.Kim sat beneath the tree and

thought if he contributed world to be better

place or not. While thinking,he fall asleep

under the tree.

Kim was 12 years old kid who lived in village for years beforemoving to the city centre.

He had so many trees in his village but when they moved to thecity centre,he felt like he needed to plant a tree but he didntknow how to. Kim looked into a shopping site and picked outone of the seeds and started to wait for it to be delivered.Finally, the seed was delivered but he had a problem in planting. His grandfather dealth with the

problem and they planted the seed . Years

later,he came to see that tree. Kim sat

beneath the tree and thought if he

contributed world to be better place or not.

While thinking,he fall asleep under the tree.

FOR EXAMPLE

M.K Ataturk sat on that couch.

That couch was sat on by M.K Ataturk.

Kim was 12 years old kid who lived in village for years beforemoving to the city centre.

He had so many trees in his village but when they moved to thecity centre,he felt like he needed to plant a tree but he didntknow how to. Kim looked into a shopping site and picked outone of the seeds and started to wait for it to be delivered.Finally, the seed was delivered but he had a problem in planting. His grandfather dealth with the

problem and they planted the seed . Years

later,he came to see that tree. Kim sat

beneath the tree and thought if he

contributed world to be better place or not.

While thinking,he fall asleep under the tree.

TYPE 1 PREPOSITIONAL PASSIVES

* They’re whole verb and their prepositionscannot be changed . Whenchanged, meaning of the verb would be completly different.These prepositionalverbs can be found on dictionary. including: idiomatic phrases, phrasal verbs

For Exp: "Pick out" is on dictionary." out" cannot be changed here.

- A shopping site was looked into by Kim.

-One of the seeds was picked out by Kim

-The problem was dealt with by thegrandpa

TYPE 2 PREPOSITIONAL PASSIVES

*These verbs’ prepositions can be alteredaccording to the situation. Meaning of theverb doesn’t change completely. Thesekind of prepositional verbs cannot be found on dicitonary.

For Exp: " sit under " isn't on thedictionary"Under" can be changed and the wholemeaning doesnt wipe out.

- The tree was sat beneath

- The tree was fallen asleep under

TRANSITIVE VERBS

-Feel-Need-Know-Deliver

INTRANSTIVE VERBS*We can make intranstive verbs transtive oneby adding preposition after the verb.

-Live-Come-Sit

It is not possible to make pseudo a passivesentence if the sentence has two objects ( prepositional object and direct object).

Someone has put a child in this bunk.

This bunk has been put a child in. (unacceptable)

It would be acceptable if it were

‘’A child has been put in this bunk’’

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1-Büşra made a fool of Murat

1-Murat _____________Büşra.

2-The whole class can rely on Ezgi

2-Ezgi_______________class.

LET’S PRACTICE

1-We all counted on Jake for this job

2-The car bumped into the wall

3-Tayyip took care of the tree.

Transform the sentences to passive voices by paying

attention to the prepositions.

TRANSFORMATION DRILL

Read the sentences below.Some of them incorrect or inappropriate.

1- The station was left by the train five min. ago.

2-Languages are taught in every school in the country

3-My jacket was made in England

4-He was died by his brother.

5-Paper was invented by the Chinese.

6-A nice house is had by them

PRODUCTION PHASE

What are the things you do not like other people do to

you ?

Please make up sentences by using pseduo passive

EVERYONE PAIR UP !

Now, We want you to establish a dialog and talk with yourpartners ( or act like talking) by using pseudo passives. During this dialog process, some prepositional verbs will be on the screen so that you won’t get stuck in making up a sentence.

AGREE BELONG RUN LOOK LAUGH

GO PUT OCCUR APPEAR COLLAPSE

VANISH DANCE HUG SCREAM SWIM

LISTEN SLEEP TELL STARELET DOWN

SHOUT SMILE COUNT LIE RUN OVER