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Passive

The doctor helps the patient. The doctor is helping … The doctor helped… The doctor was helping…. The doctor will help… The doctor has helped … The doctor can help the patient. The patient is helped by the doctor. The patient is being helped . The patient was helped .

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Passive

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  1. The doctor helps the patient. The doctor is helping … The doctor helped… The doctor was helping…. The doctor will help… The doctor has helped … The doctor can help the patient The patient is helped by the doctor. The patient is being helped. The patient was helped. The patient was being helped. The patient will be helped. The patient has been helped. → Be + Past part. The patient can be helped by the doctor. Passive

  2. Uses of passive voice • Someone stole my car. • My car was stolen. → ‘actor’ is not known • The police killed thousands of people. • Thousands of people were killed. → Focus on the action

  3. Passive with an indirect objectJohn gave Marya ring. • A ring was given to Mary by John. • Mary was given a ring. • Someone told me a story. • I was told a story.

  4. Who are you calling? What has happened? Why should I tell him? Where do you live? Who did you phone last night? What time does he usually get up? Why doesn’t he like mushrooms? Why didn’t he come? → question word – open questions Is this your car? Are you married? Are you going to the party? Have you been to France? Did you enjoy it? Had you expected that much traffic? → no question word - yes/no questions Interrogative sentences

  5. Structure [ question word] – ‘auxiliary verb’/’be’ – [subject] – [main verb] - …. • What are you doing? • Are you married? But: if question-word is subject => no auxiliary • Who told you that? • Which bus goes to Picadilly Circus?

  6. Compare • Who loves Terry? • Who does Terry love? •Who saw you? •Who did you see?

  7. Jane left the company. → Who left the company? Jane did. • (the answer is the subject) → What did she leave? The company. • (the answer is the DO)

  8. To give to To wait for To look at To be interested in Who did you give it to? Who are you waiting for? What are you looking at? What are you interested in? Questions with prepositions

  9. Question tags • You will come, • You will come, won’t you? • You won’t come, • You won’t come, will you? • We use the same auxiliary • The tag is + if the sentence is negative and vice-versa

  10. You are English, aren’t you? • You will come, won’t you? • You won’t come, will you? • You didn’t come, did you? • You came yesterday, didn’t you? • You like him, don’t you?

  11. Special cases • Don’t tell him, will you? • Let’s tell him, • Let’s tell him, shallwe? • You will never tell him, • You will never tell him, will you?

  12. Can you swim? Will you come? Do you like it? I can ski I can’t ski I like tea I don’t like tea Yes, I can/ No, I can’t Yes, I will/ No, I won’t. Yes, I do./ No, I don’t. Socan I Neithercan I So do I Neither do I Short answers/ Expressing a parallel

  13. Relative clauses

  14. Adjectives - Adverbs • He is a nice boy. • He reacted nicely. • He is a funny boy. • He reacted funnily.

  15. - ‼ He works hard ( not ‘hardly’) He hardly works, he is very lazy. • He runs fast • She speaks English well Vs. She speaks good English

  16. Articles • To describe someone’s job: He is a doctor. • No ‘the’ in generalizations. e.g. I like music, poetry and art. I’m interested in music. Books are expensive

  17. Articles • …. Woman you see there is … farmer. • What is ….. Nature of his illness? • She wants to become …. Hairdresser. • Can you turn off …. Music? • He works as …. Marketing manager. • …. People usually think that ….. Kids are sweet and …… teenagers annoying. • Put ….. Books on the table. • His father is …. Mechanic. • I hate ….poetry he is writing. • ….. Teachers are all the same! • ….. Equality is a lie:….. Women are better.

  18. Some - Any • I have some new books at home. • I haven’t got any new books. • Have you bought any new books? • I have got some time before the next course. • I haven’t got any time. • Have you got any time?

  19. I have many friends. →Countable = I have a lot of friends. = I have lots of friends. = I have plenty of friends Rmk: She reads a lot of books – She reads a lot She has much time/patience. → Uncountable = She has a lot of time. = She has lots of time = She has plenty of time. Much - Many

  20. I have few friends. (-) = J’ai peu d’amis. I have a few friends. (+) = J’ai quelques amis. Countable!!!! I have little money (-) = j’ai peu d’argent •I have a little money (+) = j’ai un peu d’argent Uncountable!!! (a)Few - (a)Little

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