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English Bach Unit 170001
English Bach Unit 170001
AG/VA:
PASIVA:
PASSIVE:
VERB
VERBO
PARTICLE -
PARTCULA
PERFECTOS Y LOS
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Los tiempos perfectos continuos no tienen forma pasiva. Si repasas la unidad 8 vers
que los nicos que se usan en pasiva son el Present Continuous y el Past Continuous.
A
Los tiempos perfectos simples forman la pasiva intercalando been entre have /
has / had y el participio pasado.
The police have arrested the criminal.
The criminal has been arrested (by the police).
Con verbos como know, believe, expect, say, think, consider y suppose son
posibles dos construcciones pasivas, la impersonal con it y la que lleva un
sujeto de persona, pero la ms frecuente es la segunda. Mira estos ejemplos:
Everybody knows (that) Peter is very good at business.
It is known [that] Peter is very good at business.
Peter is known to be very good at business.
People believe (that) the Quecn is very rich.
It is believed (that) the Queen is very rich.
The Queen is believed to be very rich.
EXERCISE
EXERCISE
FiII in the blanks with the passive form of the verbs in brackets.
6.
7.
I refuse to
5.
Everyone ought to
10
9. These plans
4.
8.
10.
2.
(invite)
.
invite to t h e meeting.
be invited
H e wan ts to...............
1.
3. Why
4.
.
EXERCISE
Write the following active sentences, containing modals and semi-modals, in the passive.
A
1 . This TV programme
a.
The policeman
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
2.
3. Smoking
4.
The operation
5. A meeting
6.
Food prices
7.
My parents
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EXERCISE
I~
Fill in the blanks using the modal perfect passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1.
.'!y!.~~.J:.?X~.l?~~f}.J.~(t;
PARTCULA
Algunodsverbos van ~egudidos siempre por una partcula como listen to, ask for, etc.,
y ~uan o van en pestvs ebemos mantener/a.
We've listened to this CD hundreds of times.
This CD has been listened to hundreds of times.
(might
PARTICLE
I!
(must leave)
in the sun.
2.
VERB
VERBO
Your project
ago.
5. There is no train to Liverpool. It
cancel) earlier today.
(must
EXERCISE
~
We .0.?.':'~.?!:~?c!Y..
~!~~l!;;'~~c!
.~f}.~.
~~~.P.!?0~:
We
EXERCISE
.. Write the following
.
1. A jeep picked up the soldiers from the base.
!':.~.?.?!~!~C~.
~~:~.P.!C;~~c!
.l!P. (:?~.~0.~
..~?:~~
.~y..?:j~~P':
.
2. The committee hushed up the scandal.
4.
.
3. Sheila turned down the offer of a company caro
5.
We
.
4. The police took the angry youth away.
6.
.
6. The scientist showed us around the laboratory.
EXERCISE
EXERCISE
Write two or three passive statements about the following topics. Use all tenses.
Rewrite the following without changing the meaning of the original sentence.
.9!~.~'!Jf.cj!0.g~.?!.~.~?r:.~~?'!.tiy.
..
v:
.~.~!r:g~!~~r:.f!.cj:
..~:~f!.~
.":':!!! J?'~.P'!c:.,!.t.~~.!r:.:!!?i!!.~.9.l!~:~
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2.
My house
My house was built in 1923.
3.
A new suit
This suit must be dry-cleaned.
1. Nobody has ever seen a car like this before. (never)
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4.
A car accident
2.
1\ play I saw
By the time the play was put on, all the sets had been painted by art students.
4.
3.
5.
The World Health Organisation has flown experts into Africa to distribute food.
Experts
5. They were selling flowers near the shopping centre all morning.
Flowers
6. Tourists in my country
Many important historical places can be visited by tourists.
7.
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TRANSLATION
2.
3.
4.
She could have been seriously injured. Thank God nothing happened.
5.
6.
By the time we arrived, all the tickets had already been sold.
SPOT
~
THE
ERROR
)(
1.
I born in 1983.
2.
3.
4.
EL GERUNDIO
INFINITIVES
EL INFINITIVO
VERBS FOLLOWED
VERBOS SEGUIDOS
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6.
7.
8.
They knew that they had been following everywhere they went.
O DE INFINITIVO