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Passive
Grammar
When do we use the passive?
-When the focus is on the action
and on the object of the sentence.
It's not important who does the action.
PASSIVE WITH PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE
ACTIVE
PASSIVE
subject+verb+object
object+auxiliary verb+past participle (+by) +subject
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES
ACTIVE
PASSIVE
-A cake is made by Mary.
-A house is built by Luke.
-A muffin is eaten by Johnny.
-A mouse is killed by the snake.
-Mary makes a cake.
-Luke builds a house.
-Johnny eats a muffin.
-The snake kills a mouse.
PASSIVE WITH PAST SIMPLE
PAST SIMPLE
PASSIVE
ACTIVE
subject+past simple+object
object+was/were+past participle+by+subject
EXAMPLES
ACTIVE
-The man drove this car.
-Ellen wrote this poem.
-Tom threw those sandwiches away.
-My dog ate a banana.
EXAMPLES
PASSIVE
-This car was driven by the man.
-This poem was written by Ellen.
-Those sandwiches were thrown away by Tom.
-A banana was eaten by my dog.
IRREGULAR
COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
Comparatives and superlatives
ADJECTIVE
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
much more most
far further / farther furthest / farthest
SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
Grammar
-used in sentences where two nouns are compared
-used in sentences where a subject is compared to a group of objects
ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVE
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
tall taller tallest
fat fatter fattest
big bigger biggest
sad sadder saddest
TWO SYLLABLES ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVE
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
subject+verb+comparative adjective+then+object
subject+verb+the+superlative adjective+object
happy happier happiest
simple simpler simplest
busy busier busiest
tilted more tilted most tilted
tangled more tangled most tangled
THREE OR MORE SYLLABLES ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVE
SUPERLATIVE
COMPARATIVE
important more important most important
expensive more expensive most expensive
Suffixes
-ion / -ation / -ment
Vocabulary
VERB
NOUN
EXAMPLES:
- express - expression
- create - creation
- move - movement
Our modern world
What is happening to our world?
Energy
What can we do to help it?
Are you already doing something for the world?
What can we do to save energy?
Vocabulary
EXAMPLES:
Use / turn on / turn off / save / shut / plug / unplug etc...