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Grammar and Linguistics > help with the passive plz
help with the passive plz
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badr.a7
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help with the passive plz
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how would you put these sentences into the passive voice:
1- someone promised me a job if i passed my exam
2- they are having dinner now
3- nobody has ever talked to me like that before
4- people shan �t speak to me as if i were a child
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4 Dec 2012
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SaraMariam
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For 3/4 I would say ... more like ...
3. I have never been talked to like that before / It has never been talked to me like that before 4. I can �t be spoken to as if I were a child / It can �t be spoken to me as if I were a child
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4 Dec 2012
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badr.a7
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thanks bro. i thought of the passive the same way but as some of them sounded weird i asked for help in case i might be wrong. |
4 Dec 2012
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Shalottslady
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3. see SaraMariam �s 1st option (not the 2nd since �it � cannot be subject here, nor in her 2nd option for 4) also possible and perhaps more natural: Never before has anyone talked to me like that! |
4 Dec 2012
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cindyfreksen
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1- someone promised me a job if I passed my exam - I was promised a job if I passed my exam
2- they are having dinner now - Dinner is now being eaten ( I don �t think that you can use have in this sentence, it sounds odd.
3- nobody has ever talked to me like that before - I have never been spoken to like that before (again I would not use talk as it infers action)
4- people shan �t speak to me as if i were a child - I will not be spoken to as a child (shan �t is not correct in the first sentence)
The passive is difficult in English mainly because it is rarely used!
Hope that helped
Cindy
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4 Dec 2012
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almaz
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@Cindy "The passive is difficult in English mainly because it is rarely used!" You�ve probably just proved that it�s neither �difficult� nor �rarely� used. It�s a useful construction when used appropriately - like any other feature of the language.
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4 Dec 2012
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cindyfreksen
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I agree that it is useful, but believe me compared to the language I now speak most of the time it is rare in English!!
Cindy
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5 Dec 2012
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