PASSIVE VOICE (V) other uses -

 impersonal "it is said"

- they say it was an emergency

it is said it was an emergency

- they think tourism is expensive

it is thought tourism is expensive

tourism is thought to be expensive

GET / HAVE + SOMETHING + DONE (participle)

- THEY ARE PAINTING MY HOUSE

I AM GETTING MY HOUSE PAINTED (BY THEM)

- IRATI IS A GOOD HAIRDRESSER

IRATI CUTS TALÍA’S HAIR

TALÍA GETS HER HAIR CUT BY IRATI

- IMANOL’S MOBILE PHONE IS BROKEN

JOHN WILL REPAIR IMANOL’S MOBILE PHONE

IMANOL’S MOBILE PHONE WILL BE REPAIRED BY JOHN

IMANOL WILL GET HIS MOBILE PHONE REPAIRED

- MY CAR HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY OLAIA

OLAIA HAS REPAIRED MY CAR

I HAVE HAD MY CAR REPAIRED

THE SURGEON HAS OPERATED MY LEG

MY LEG HAS BEEN OPERATED BY THE SURGEON

I HAVE HAD MY LEG OPERATED

I AM GOING TO CHECK MY EYES = I AM GOING TO CUT MY HAIR (I will do it)

MY EYES ARE GOING TO BE CHECKED (BY…)

I AM GOING TO HAVE MY EYES CHECKED (BY…)

PASSIVE VOICE (IV) double object

when we have double object in the active, we can make two passive sentences (each object = one passive subject)

- She gave me it

- I was given it by her

- it was given to me by her

- they sent them them / they sent them to them

passive: they were sent them by them

passive: they were sent to them by them

*John and Mary sent the students the books

John and Mary sent the books to the students

PASSIVE VOICE (III) examples different tenses

examples with different tenses:

Present perfect	I have bought a new bag	a new bag HAS BEEN BOUGHT by me
Present cont	I am buying a new bag	a new bag IS BEING BOUGHT by me
Past simple	I bought a new bag	a new bag WAS BOUGHT by me
Present simple	I buy a new bag	a new bag IS BOUGHT by me
Past perfect	I had bought a new bag	a new bag HAD BEEN BOUGHT by me
Future (simple)	I will buy a new bag	a new bag WILL BE BOUGHT by me
Future (cont)	I will be buying a new bag	a new bag WILL BE BEING BOUGHT by me
Present perf cont	I have been buying a new bag	a new bag HAS BEEN BEING BOUGHT by me
Past contin	I was buying a new bag	a new bag WAS BEING BOUGHT by me
Past perfect cont	I had been buying a new bag	a new bag HAD BEEN BEING BOUGHT by me
Future (going to)	I am going to buy a new bag	a new bag  IS GOING TO BE BOUGHT by me
Future (perfect)	I will have bought a new bag	a new bag WILL HAVE BEEN BOUGHT by me
Cond (modals)	I would buy a new bag	a new bag WOULD BE BOUGHT by me

PASSIVE VOICE (II) verb changes

Verb changes

we need to know:
a) the verb tense in the active -> we use "to be" in that tense
b) the main verb -> we use the main verb in "participle"

PASSIVE VOICE (I) subject object

In the passive voice the object of an active sentence appears as the subject.

REPORTED SPEECH - review QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS

a) YES/NO QUESTIONS ----- IF

b) WH-QUESTIONS ----- (interrogative pronoun): what, who, where, when…

* THE ORDER OF THE SENTENCE IS A STATEMENT (NOT INTERROGATIVE)

TALIA SAID TO ME: “ WHERE DO YOU LIVE”?

TALIA ASKED ME WHERE I LIVED.

HE TOLD ME: “ARE YOU COMING WITH US”?

HE ASKED ME IF I WAS COMING WITH THEM

IRATI ASKED GARAZI: “WHEN WAS YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S BIRTHDAY?”

IRATI ASKED GARAZI WHEN HER GRANDMOTHER’S BIRTHDAY HAD BEEN.

IMANOL ASKED MARY: “WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THIS SUMMER?”

IMANOL ASKED MARY WHERE SHE HAD BEEN THIS/THAT SUMMER

AITOR ASKED LARA: “WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IMANOL?”

AITOR ASKED LARA WHAT SHE THOUGHT ABOUT IMANOL

- SHE ASKED US IF WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THEM.

IRATI ASKED OLAIA AND ME IF OLAIA AND I HAD BEEN WAITING FOR AITOR AND IMANOL / AITOR AND HER (IRATI)

SHE ASKED US: “ HAVE YOU BEEN WAITING FOR US/THEM

MARY ASKED JOHN: “ CAN YOU SEND US THIS EXERCISE?” (the speaker wants the exercise / the speaker does not want the exercise)

MARY ASKED JOHN IF HE COULD SEND US THEM THAT/THIS EXERCISE.

NURIA ASKED HER IF SHE HAD BEEN WITH US THE PREVIOUS YEAR

NURIA ASKED HER: “ WERE YOU WITH US/THEM LAST YEAR

JOHN SAID: “TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE AN EXAM ABOUT REPORTED SPEECH”.

JOHN SAID THAT THE FOLLOWING DAY WE (JOHN INCLUDED)/YOU (GROUP A) /THEY (STUDENTS)  WOULD HAVE AN EXAM ABOUT REPORTED SPEECH

* for more information, insert "reported speech" in the search box of this blog

REPORTED SPEECH - review COMMANDS

COMMANDS (IMPERATIVE)

JOHN SAID TO US: “SPEAK!”

JOHN TOLD US TO SPEAK

LARA SAID TO ME: “DON’T CLEAN THE BATHROOM”

LARA TOLD ME NOT TO CLEAN THE BATHROOM

* for more information, insert "reported speech" in the search box of this blog 

REPORTED SPEECH - review STATEMENTS

STATEMENTS

- AITOR SAID: "THEY WILL INVITE US TO A PARTY"

AITOR SAID: THEY WOULD INVITE US / THEM TO A PARTY

- IMANOL SAID: “I WAS IN LONDON LAST WEEK”

- IMANOL SAID… (THAT) HE HAD BEEN IN LONDON THE PREVIOUS WEEK

- HE SAID: “ I HAVE STARTED TO GO SURFING WITH MY FRIEND”

HE SAID HE HAD STARTED TO GO SURFING WITH HIS FRIEND

THEY SAID THEY HAD STUDIED A LOT FOR THE EXAM THE DAY BEFORE

- THEY SAID: “WE HAVE STUDIED / STUDIED A LOT FOR THE EXAM YESTERDAY

* for more information, insert "reported speech" in the search box of this blog 

REPORTED SPEECH - REPORTING VERBS

Reporting verbs: SAY & TELL

- SAY
- SAY ME
- SAY TO ME

- TELL
- TELL ME
- TELL TO ME

- He said: "...  

- He said to me: "... 

- He told me: "... 

- He said me: "...

- He told: "...

- He told to me: "...

* for more information, insert "reported speech" in the search box of this blog 

bla, bla, bla...

only those who are able to distinguish between when to speak and when to be quiet

... will be listened and appreciated

only those who are able to listen to others

... will be able to learn new things 

only those who know what to do in each different situation

... will be competent

b-1 exam unit 3 (3b)

3) traduce la siguiente frase y ponla en afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa en los siguientes tiempos verbales: 

b) Ella trabaja en esa biblioteca

Presente simple

-

-

-

Presente continuo

-

-

-

Futuro simple

-

-

-

Pasado simple

-

-

-

Presente perfecto simple

-

-

-

Presente perfecto continuo

-

-

-

  
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b-1 exam unit 3 (3a)

3) traduce la siguiente frase y ponla en afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa en los siguientes tiempos verbales:

a)

FRASE:	Nos las leen
	afirmativa	negativa	Interrogativa
presente simple
presente continuo
futuro simple
pasado simple
Presente perfecto simple
Presente perfecto continuo

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b-1 exam unit 3 (2)

2) traduce las siguientes frases (Spanish/English, English/Spanish)

1.- ¿has estado alguna vez en el extranjero?

2.- Me gustan mucho las fresas

3.- Patric es un futbolista muy rápido

4.- no hemos visto la tele durante años pero no la echamos de menos en absoluto.

5.- ¿cuándo quieres que te lo compre?

6.- I think it is interesting to learn about people’s lives

7.- David has been ill in bed for three days

8.- We have not been in a library since last year

9.- does she want us to sell you them?

10.- instead of watching television, why not enjoy your life?

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b-1 exam unit 3 (1)

1) rellena los huecos con el verbo en presente perfecto simple o presente perfecto continuo

1.- The whole morning, I ______________________________ (listen) to the CD my friend Michael gave me.

2.- A: “Why can’t Laura come to the party? B: She _________________________________ (break) her leg.

3.- I think I’ll be able to go to university because I __________________________________ (study) very hard and expect good results.

4.- We ___________________________________ (not watch) television for years but we don’t miss it at all.

5.- I ___________________________________ (read) this book for the last two weeks.

6.- Phil ___________________________________ (not) (come back) from the shop yet.

7.- Olivia sings in a band. She ___________________________________ (sing) since she was sixteen.

8.- There is water in the street,  ___________________________________ (it) (rain) ?

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B-2 TEST ONLINE - MODELO UNIT 3

1) Traduce las siguientes frases, indicando si son defining o non defining. OMITE el pronombre relativo donde no sea imprescindible. Las frases de ejemplo NO llevan comas (aunque las necesiten)

Sandra que vive en Roma vendrá con nosotros

1.- (sólo conocemos a una Sandra)

2.- (conozco a una Sandra que vive en Londres y otra que vive en Roma)

Las fiestas que son caras son peligrosas

3.- (hay fiestas que son baratas)

4.- (todas las fiestas son peligrosas)

5.- Las chicas de esta clase que son de Bilbao no tienen frío (se refiere a la realidad de esta clase)

2) Elige la frase corrrecta (marca la casilla correspondiente):

1a.-  Sergio’s dogs, which are black, are dangerous c  1b.- Sergio’s dogs which are black are dangerous c (Sergio has black dogs and white dogs) OK (defining)

2a.- The girls, who speak a lot, will not pass English. c  2b.- The girls who speak a lot will not pass English c

 (only the boys will pass English) OK (non-defining)

3a.- The football players, who earn a lot of money, are stupid  c  3b.- The football players who earn a lot of money are stupid c    (there are football players who do not earn much money) OK (defining)

3) traduce las siguientes frases, omitiendo el pronombre relativo donde se pueda omitir. (defining)

1.- la chica que Gaizka besó es mi prima

2.- la chica que besó a Gaizka es mi prima

3.- el libro que te di es rojo

4.- la persona que vi ayer es rápida

5.- la persona que vino ayer es rápida

4) Traduce las siguientes exclamaciones

1.- qué chico tan rápido eres =

2- qué rápido eres =

3.- qué rápidos sois =

4.- qué chicos tan rápidos sois =

5.-qué ruidosa eres =

6.- qué chica tan ruidosa eres =

7- qué chicas tan ruidosas sois =

8- qué ruidosas sois =

9.- qué coche tan rápido te compraste =

10.- qué frío hace =

11.- qué bueno es tener buenos amigos =

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