Passive voice

The passive voice is a grammatical structure that is used when you do not want to emphasize
who or what performs the action, but rather who or what receives it.

Examples:

-Our building is painted every year.

-The boy is picked up by her mother every day.

-The wall has been painted blue.

-French is spoken in France, Belgium and Switzerland.

-The stolen money was found by the police.

-Nothing can be done.

-The book was written by his grandmother.

-The girl was raised in a boarding school.

-Better results can be expected.

-The doctor was received at the airport.

Reported speech

The reported speech, or indirect style, is used to recount what someone has said without
using the exact words pronounced by that person.

Examples:

Present Simple

-He said he was from Spain.

-She said she loved speaking in English.

-He said he lived in London.

Past Continuos

-He said he was resting on the sofa.

-She said I was driving on the wrong side.

-She told me I was working too hard.

Past Simple

-He said he had driven to Paris the previous day.

-He said he had woken up in hospital.

-He said he had worksed last Sunday.

-She said she liked ice cream.

Modal Verbs

Modal verbs or modal verbs, in Spanish, are capable of modifying the context of a sentence,
since they can change or express their meaning in a different way within an idea, and
complicate the way in which we learn or use them.

-You must stop when the traffic lights turn red.

-Smoking can cause cancer.

-It could rain tomorrow!

-May I use your phone, please?

-You should to revise your lessons

-I might go on holiday to Australia next year.

-It may rain tomorrow!

-When I was younger I could run fast.

-He must be very tired. He's been working all day long.

-I can swim.

Used to

The modal verb "used to" is used to indicate something that happened in the past on a
regular basis. It is a formula to express only actions that happened in the past, or to express
realities that were true some time ago, but are no longer true.

-She’s not used to noisy children.

-We are used to having coffee every morning.

-Is she used to being with children?

-We were not used to the heat.

-Did your father use to take you to the zoo?

-Nobody can get used to this horrible place.

-Did you get used to the new shoes?

-He’s getting used to following the rules.

-He will not get used to being retiredt.

-I’ve gotten used to spicy food.

Adjectives

Adjectives in English are grammatical elements that serve to give characteristics to people,
animals or things. Its function is to offer extra information about the noun in a sentence.

-We’ve all had boring teachers.

-I smoke more when I’m bored.

-What is she interested in?

-I read an interesting article about about that.

-That was an embarrassing situation.

-He was too embarrassed to call her.

-He’s so annoying!

-She was annoyed that you were late.

-I was surprised by the results.

-It’s surprising how many people have never left their own country.