To reflect on grammar. Hands-on methodology

1. LET´S PRACTICE GRAMMAR
PASSIVE AND CAUSATIVE SENTENCES

2. THE PASSIVE
.- Now it´s your time. You are going to be like teachers.
.-The lesson is around passive sentences.
.- Pay attention to the sentences given as examples to reflect on
grammar.
.- Explain the rules to the rest of class.
.- Do your best and good luck!

3. ACTIVE SENTENCES
• My sister sells everything online
• The angry man broke all the shop windows
• They had cut an enormous hole on the steel door
• You must not hammer nails into the walls
• They are pulling down the building
• I was doing a lot of work when the phone rang
• The organizers will exhibit the pictures of that great painter

4. PASSIVE SENTENCES
• Everything is sold online by my sister
• All the shop windows were broken by the angry man
• An enormous hole had been cut on the steel door
• Nails must not be hammered into the walls
• The old building is being pulled down
• A lot of work was being done when the phone rang
• The pictures of that great painter will be exhibited by
the organizers

5. VERBS WITH 2 PASSIVES
• The judge gave him two weeks to pay the fine
• She bought me a wonderful present
• We sent these photos to our friend
• He was given two weeks to pay the fine / Two weeks
were given to him to pay the fine
• I was bought a wonderful present/ A wonderful
present was bought to me
• These photos were sent to our friend/ Our friend was
sent these photos

6. SPECIAL VERBS
• Critics say Google is a great tool
• It is said that Google is a great tool
• Google is said to be a great tool

7. RULES: From active to passive
• Passive sentences are very frequent in English
• Action is more important than subject (irrelevant,
unimportant)
• SUBJECT + TO BE (in the same active tense) + PAST
PARTICIPLE OF THE MAIN VERB
• DIRECT OBJECT (ACTIVE) = subject (passive)
• Two objects = two subject passives (preferable the indirect
one (person)
• Special verbs: say, think, believe, know, report... (opinion,
thought, belief)
It is said that- clause.......
She is said to infinitive..........
• Modal verbs = passive verb after both
• Active subject = by- phrase (optional)

8. CAUSATIVE VERBS
• I repaired my computer yesterday
• I had my computer repaired yesterday
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE SENTENCES

9. HAVE/ GET + SMTH (A NOUN) +
p.p.
• Focusing on actions
• Talking about arranging for things to be done
for us by other people
• PASSIVE SENSE BUT ACTIVE MEANING
• GET is more informal (colloquial, oral
language) than HAVE

10. How did you do it?
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