Ugh! My tea was put some sugar in.(Passive – object of the preposition) Using “get” instead of “be” Sometimes we can use“get”instead of“be”in passive sentences. We form the passive in exactly the same way when we do this, just substituting the same form of“get”as we woul...
◆5-6-9:主动语态和被动语态(active and passive) 【1】→主动语态:subject(S)+verb(V)+object(O) 【2】→被动语态:不知或不想说动作主语,强调的侧重不同(passive sentences:don’t know or want to say who did something,giving a different emphasis); ◆5-6-10:动词补充(verb complementation) 【1...
Although reading is great, it’s a “passive” activity—a slow way to improve your English writing skills. If you want to improve faster, you need to “actively” practice your writing skills. But how should you practice? Should you write in English about a random topic? Should you start...
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The ways of reading indicated here are without doubt kinds of comprehension. But they show comprehension to consist not just passive assimilation but of active engagement in inference and problem-solving. You infer information you feel the writer has invited you to grasp by presenting you with ...
The English Passive Voice is used to indicate when someone or something does an action to the subject of a sentence. In English, the Passive Voice is formed with the auxiliary verb “to be” plus the past participle form of the verb. For example: ...
Like other verbs, infinitives can also be written in the passive voice. In the passive construction, the subject of the verb becomes the receiver of the action instead of the doer. For passive infinitives, instead of the base verb use the word be + the past participle. For example, if ...
Object questions are the most common types of questions in English. Object questions ask when, where, why, how, and if someone does something: Where do you live? Did you go shopping yesterday? When are they going to arrive next week?
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How to Identify Active and Passive Voice Sentences written in English are made up of a subject and a predicate. The subject of a sentence is who or what the sentence is about. The predicate of a sentence is the action performed. Take a look at the example sentence: I ate the pizza...