OBAMA'S VICTORY SPEECH

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CHANGE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE

                             EXERCISES  FOR 1º BACH

PUT THE FOLLOWING IN THE PASSIVE VOICE.

1. You should open the wine about three hours before you use it.

2. Somebody has cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.

3. We heat the room by electricity.

4. In some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles.

5. They are pulling down the old theatre.

6. The local boys have broken all the windows in the new library.

7. Someone will serve refreshments.

8. People must not leave bicycles in the hall.

9. The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the door.

10. No one can do anything unless someone gives us more             information.

11. The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end of the month.

12. They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun.

13. The judge gave him two weeks in which to pay the fine.

14. Who wrote it?

15. They showed her the easiest way to do it.

16. Goya couldn't have painted it as people didn't wear that style of dress till after his death.

17. The author has written a special edition for children.

18. Did the idea interest you?

19. The lawyer gave him the details of his uncle's will.

20. Most people opposed this.

21. Students are doing a lot of the work.

22. Anyone with the smallest intelligence could understand these instructions.

23. We will not admit children under sixteen.

24. The bill includes service.

25. People don't use this road very often.

26. They cancelled all flights because of the fog.

27. Somebody accused me of stealing the money.

28. They are building a new ring-road round the city.

29. They have changed the date of the meeting.

30. Brian told me that somebody had attacked and robbed him in the street.

31. They don't pay Jim very much.

32. They will ask you a lot of questions at the interview.

33. Nobody told me that George was ill.

34. His colleagues gave him a present when he retired.

35. We will send you your examination results as soon as they are             ready.

36. They didn't ask me my name.

37. I think they should have offered Tom the job.

38. People should send their complaints to the head office.

39. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness.

40. Somebody might have stolen your car if you had left the keys             in it.

41. They shouldn't have played the football match in such bad weather.

42. They are following us.

43. They don't allow smoking in cinemas.

44. They are demolishing the old school.

45. We can't do anything without the permission of the authorities.

46. We can solve the problem.

47. People should send their complaints to the head office.

48. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness.

49. Somebody might have stolen your car if you had left the keys in it.

50. And electrical fault could have caused the fire.

homework 2º ESO

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Rewrite these sentences using the passive voice. Two ways are possible

1. My son handed me the nails.

2. Mike has asked his neighbour a big favour.

3. The new student bought me my books.

 

4. The manager arranged an appointment to the pop star.

 

5. The waiter did not bring me the salt.

 

6. Some workers forbade us to see the new building.

7. Sophie did not deliver him the letters.

 

8. The nurse took the patient a painkiller.

 

THE PASSIVE VOICE

THE PASSIVE VOICE

Compare the two sentences:

                        Your little boy broke my kitchen window this morning.

                        That window was broken by your little boy.

            The first kind of sentence is called "active". The second kind of sentence is called "passive".

            Passive structures are used when we want to talk about an action, but we are not interested in saying who or what did it.

                        Those pyramids were built around 400 A.D.

                        Too many books have been written about the second world war.

            Passives are very common in scientific writing, and other kinds of expression where we are most interested in events and processes: in things that happen.

           

           

            PASSIVE VERB-FORMS

                        Passive verb-forms are made with:

                                   TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE

Present simple:                       English is spoken here.

Present continuous:                The house is being painted.

Past simple:                            I wasn't invited, but I've come anyway.

Past continuous:                     I felt as if I was being watched.

Present perfect:                      Has Mary been told?

Past perfect:                           I knew why I had been chosen.

Future:                                               You'll be told in advance.

Future perfect:                       Everything will have been done by the 26th

Going to:                                            Who's going to be invited?

Modal structures:                   The house should be cleaned.  

                                               You might have been hurt.

                                                          

            PASSIVE: by + agent.

In sentences like:

            The trouble was caused by your mother

            the part of the sentence introduced by by is called the agent.

The agent is only expressed when it is important to say who or what something is done by. In most passive sentences, there is no agent.

            A new supermarket's just been opened.

            I'm always being asked for money.

            With is used when we talk about an instrument (tool, etc.) which helps the agent to do an action.

            He was shot (by a policeman) with a revolver.

            PASSIVE: verbs with two objects.

            Many verbs, such as give, send, show, lend, explain, invite,                                                            ask, tell, teach, pay, promise, offer.

can be followed by two objects, which usually refer to a person and a thing.

                        She gave her sister a book.

            When these verbs are used in the passive, there are two possibilities.

                        Her sister was given a book.

                        A book was given to her sister.

            Most often in such cases the person becomes the subject of the passive verb.

                        I've been sent a lot of information.

                        You were lent  ten thousand pounds last year.

                        We were shown all the different ways of making whisky.

THE PASSIVE VOICE.     from BBC NEWS EUROPE

Inaki Urdangarin is being investigated on allegations of corruption.

Inaki Urdangarin, the Duke of Palma, has not been formally charged but was forced to face a judge in February over claims that he misused millions of euros of public money - allegations he denies.

Last week, the king's grandson Felipe Juan Froilan, 13, had to be treated in hospital after shooting himself in the foot

The boy was treated at a nearby hospital before being transferred .

His grandmother Queen Sofia is expected to pay a visit on Tuesday.

Under Spanish law, children under 14 are not allowed to use firearms and questions have been raised as to whether the boy's parents will be held legally responsible for the accident.

Row over hunting trip for Spanish King Juan Carlos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17730857

Last Evening in London

At the mall

Queen - We Are The Champions (Live), Music Video, Song Lyrics and Karaoke

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hippo

Animals. Vocabulary

Adjectives to describe animals
 furry - peludo
ferocious - feroz
dangerous - peligroso
poisonous - venenoso
tame - manso, domado
agile - ágil
clever - listo
aggressive - agresivo
tiny - miniatura
domestic - doméstico
wild - salvaje
herbivorous - herbívoro
carnivorous - carnívoro
Animal Parts
fur - piel (de animales peludos)
mane - melena
snout - hocico
paw - pata
hoof - pezuña, casco, pata (de caballo, toro, etc.)
tail - cola
whiskers - pelos del bigote (de animal)
claw - garra
beak - pico
wing - ala
feathers - plumas
scales - escamas
horn - cuerno

BOHEMIAN RAPSODY WITH LYRICS

BOHEMIAN RAPSODY WITH LYRICS

1º BACH. A few sentences for you to translate into English

I will write them in Spanish  to make it easier.

1. Si  yo fuese tu, me pondria ropa abrigosa hoy. Hace bastante frío fuera.
2. No habrías tenido el accidente si hubieses tenido más cuidado.
3. Si tuviese bastante dinero, me compraría un coche nuevo.
4. Si esperas unos minutos,  me voy a la ciudad/ al centro contigo.
5. Si lo hubiese sabido te lo habría dicho.
6. A la gente le gustaría Robert más si no hablase siempre sobre sí mismo.
7. Si tengo la oportunidad, hablaré con mi jefe sobre mis vacaciones.

 REVISING VOCABULARY .Are the bold words correct in these sentences?  If not, correct them.

1 I spoke to Julian at the bus stop while we were expecting the bus.

2 Can you remember who sings this song?

3 That was such a difficult test!

4 Say me when you’re ready