the passive with modals and similar expressions
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A presetancion with excersises.TRANSCRIPT
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GRAMMAR REVISION
PASSIVE VOICETRANSFORMATION CARDS
People believed that the chairman of the committee is involved in the scandal. (BE)
The chairman of the committee _______ ______________in the scandal.
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The chairman of the committee is believed to be
involved in the scandal.
She misses _________________in the evenings.
She misses her friends visiting her in the evenings. (VISITED)
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She misses being visited by her friends in the evenings.
Photographs_______________ in the museum.
Don’t take photographs in the museum.(MUST)
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Photographs must not be taken in the museum.
I ______________ of my car after the accident.
Someone helped me get out of the car after the accident. (WAS)
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I was helped to get out of my car after the accident.
I _________ a letter by Hogwarts if he had known my address.
Hogwarts would have sent me a letter if he had known my address. (BEEN)
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I would have been sent a letter by Hogwarts if he had known my address.
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Modal + be + participle (get)
Modal verbs in the same passive voice follow the same pattern.
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Modal Verbs – Passive Voice Modal Verbs – Passive Voice
Passive Voice
They can be given money.
Money can be given to them.
Can be given
Active Voice
You can give money to them.
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Subject Modal Be Past Participle
The crew
Will (not)
Be Replaced Next month
Should (not)
Must (not)
Had better (not)
Statements
Modals have only one form. They do not have –s in the third person singular.
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Statements
subject Have (got) toBe going to
be Past participle
complement
The Mona Lisa
Has (got) to Doesn’t have toIs (not) going to
be exhibited Next month
Unlike modals, have in have (got) to and be in be going to change the different subjects. Questions and negatives with have (got) to need a form of do.
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Modal Subject Be Past Particíple
Will
It Be Replaced?Should
Must
Can
Afirmative Negative
Yes, ItWill.
No, ItWon’t.
Should. Shouldn’t.
Must.Doesn’t have to be.
Can. Can’t.
Yes/No Questions
Short Answers
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AuxiliaryVerb
Subject Have to/Going to
Be Past Participle
Does it Have to be Replaced?
Is it Going to be Replaced?
Yes/No Questions
Short Answers
Affirmative
Yes it Does._is
Negative
No it __doesn’t._ isn’t.
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Name: SunflowersArtist: Van GoghDate: 1889Materials: Oil Paints
Name: The ThinkerArtist: RodinDate: 1882Materials: Bronze
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Name: Mona LisaArtist: Da VinciDate: 1503-1506Materials: Oil
Name: GuernicaArtist: PicassoDate: 1937Materials: Oil Paints
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Topics:
Who directed Pulp Fiction? (Quentin Tarantino)
Where was Life is Beautiful produced? (Italy)
Where was The Lord of the Rings filmed? (New Zealand)Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey? (Stanley Kubrik)
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Writers
Who wrote Hamlet? (Shakespeare)
Who wrote Moby Dick? (Melville);
Who wrote Crime and Punishment? (Dostoyevsky)Who wrote Frankenstein? (Shelly)
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REMEMBER:The passive is formed with the Present or Past Simple of the verb to be + the past participle of the main verb.
To be + Past Participle Modal + Be + Past participle
Subject + Modal + Be + Past Participle
Subject + Have (got) to / Be going to + Be + Past Participle
Present simple: a lot of wine is produced in PortugalPast simple: America was discovered by Columbus
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Grammar issues on The Passive with modals. Retrieved Sept. 19th 2011, from www1.aucegypt.edu
Vince, M. (2008). Macmillan English Grammar in Context, Advanced. Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Carter, R. McCarthy, M. (2007). Cambridge Grammar of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pollock, C.W. (1982). Communicate What You Mean. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc.
TOEFL Grammar. Retrieved Sept. 17th, 2011, from www.english-test.net
Passive voice worksheet retrieved Sept.10th 2011 from www.bussyteacher.org/passive-voice
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