Exercise 36 page 135
- leave
- repaired
- typed
- call
- painted
- wrote
- lie
- sent
- to cut
- sign
- leave
- washed
- fixed
- published
- find
S V O
Active : (a) Mary helped the boy
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Form of passive : be + past participle
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S V
Passive : (b) The boy was
helped by Mary
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In the passive, the object of verb
becomes the subject of the passive verb : “the boy” in (a) becomes the
subject of the passive verb in (b). (a) and (b) have the same meaning.
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TENSES
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ACTIVE
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PASSIVE
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simple present
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Tom opens the door
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The door is opened by Tom
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present progessive
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Tom is opening the door
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The door is being opened by Tom
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present perfect
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Tom has opened the door
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The door has been opened by Tom
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simple past
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Tom opened the door
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The door was opened by Tom
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past progessive
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Tom was opening the door
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The door was being opened by Tom
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past perfect
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Tom had opened the door
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The door had been opened by Tom
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simple future
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Tom will open the door
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The door will be opened by Tom
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be going to
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Tom is going to open the
door
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The door is going to be opened
by Tom
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future perfect
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Tom will have opened the
door
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The door will have been opened
by Tom
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Adverb Clause | a) Because it was hot, we went swimming. b) We went swimming because it was hot. | An adverb clause may precede or follow an independent clause. Punctuation: a comma is used if the adverb clause comes first. |
Preposition | c) Because of the hot weather, we went swimming. d) We went swimming because of the hot weather. | A preposition is followed by a noun object, not by a subject and verb. Punctuation: a comma is usually used if the prepositional phrase precedes the subject and verb of the independent clause. |
a) It was such good coffee that I had another cup. b) It was such a foggy day that we couldn’t see the road. | Such ... that encloses a modified noun : Such + adjectives + noun + that |
c) ![]() d) ![]() e) She speaks so fast that I can’t understand her. f) He walked so quickly that I couldn’t keep up with him. | So ... that encloses an adjective or adverb : adjectives So + or + that adverb |
g) She made so many mistakes that she failed the exam. h) He has so few friends that he is always lonely. i) She has so much money that she can buy whatever she wants. j) He had so little trouble with the test that he left twenty minutes early. | So ... that is used with many, few, much and little. |