tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53181520189738898082024-03-18T20:41:18.855-07:00elearning with charoIf you missed a lesson, here you will find all you need to keep updated.Charo Gutiérrezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627925810947827561noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318152018973889808.post-59950335957965735472011-05-28T04:07:00.001-07:002011-05-28T04:11:19.486-07:00Talk about Canada: Cultural Differences<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/63303697@N03/5767305519/" title="bandera de canada"><img alt="bandera de canada by elearning with charo" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/5767305519_e75ef10675.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/63303697@N03/5767305519/">bandera de canada</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/63303697@N03/">elearning with charo</a> on Flickr.</span></div>Try to remember when we attended the conference about Canada. Write down any cultural differences or bloopers you can recall: What should Spanish people never do if they go to Canada?Charo Gutiérrezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627925810947827561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318152018973889808.post-76065644463897216652011-05-28T03:28:00.000-07:002011-05-28T03:28:01.088-07:00Pronunciation differences<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you remember the video we saw in class about "Slang: British accent vs the American ". Here is a photograph to refresh your memory.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Go to <a href="http://youtu.be/wYmrg3owTRE">http://youtu.be/wYmrg3owTRE</a> and send me an email with the meaning of the words they both try to guess in the video. Good luck!</span>Charo Gutiérrezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627925810947827561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318152018973889808.post-74955326901690688062011-05-28T02:55:00.000-07:002011-05-28T02:55:11.619-07:00American Pie<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you remember this video from class (A1B)? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Watch the video and if you want and have time send me an email with the meaning of the phrases in bold.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Enjoy de video!</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><u>American pie</u></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://0.gvt0.com/vi/0d7a_F9s3ow/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0d7a_F9s3ow&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0d7a_F9s3ow&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">A long long time ago I can still remember <br />
How that music used to make me smile <br />
And I knew that if I had my chance <br />
I could make those people dance <br />
And maybe they'd be happy for a while <br />
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Did you write the book of love <br />
And do you have faith in God above <br />
If the Bible tells you so <br />
Now do you believe in rock 'n roll <br />
And can music save your mortal soul <br />
And can you teach me how to dance real slow <br />
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Well, I know that you're in love with him <br />
Cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym <br />
You both kicked off your shoes <br />
Man, I dig those <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rhythm and blues </b><br />
I was a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lonely teenage broncin' buck</b> <br />
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck <br />
But I knew that I was out of luck <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The day the music died</b> <br />
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I started singing <br />
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Bye bye Miss American Pie <br />
Drove my chevy to the levee <br />
But the levee was dry <br />
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye <br />
Singin' this will be the day that I die <br />
This will be the day that I die <br />
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I met a girl who sang the blues <br />
And I asked her for some happy news <br />
But she just smiled and turned away <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Well, I went down to the sacred store <br />
Where I'd heard the music years before <br />
But the man there said the music wouldn't play</b> <br />
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Well now in the streets the children screamed <br />
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed <br />
But not a word was spoken <br />
The church bells all were broken <br />
And the three men I admire the most <br />
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost <br />
They caught the last train for the coast <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The day the music died </b><br />
They started singing <br />
<br />
Bye bye Miss American Pie <br />
Drove my chevy to the levee <br />
But the levee was dry <br />
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye <br />
Singin' this will be the day that I die <br />
This will be the day that I die <br />
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Bye bye Miss American Pie <br />
Drove my chevy to the levee <br />
But the levee was dry <br />
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye <br />
Singin' this will be the day that I die <br />
This will be the day that I die <br />
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We started singin' <br />
We started singin' <br />
We started singin</span></div>Charo Gutiérrezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627925810947827561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318152018973889808.post-9300534955549931542011-05-16T04:59:00.000-07:002011-05-16T04:59:04.365-07:00How do we make a passive sentence?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To learn how to make the passive we have to be familiar with the following sentence structure:</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.4pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">John</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">sends</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mary</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">a letter</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">every day.</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.4pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Subject</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Transitive verb</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Indirect object:</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Direct object:</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">time clause</span></span></div></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To make passive sentences or phrase we need to follow these steps:<i> </i></span></span></span></div><ol style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The subject becomes the agent. It is placed at the end of the sentence and takes the preposition “by”, and can be mentioned or not.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Object (direct or indirect) becomes the passive subject.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The verb is changed into the passive.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Other sentence structures remain the same (eg. Time or frequency phrases) and are placed between the passive verb and the agent.</span></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Here is an example:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Active:</span></span></strong></span></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
<tr style="height: 15.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; height: 15.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.4pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">John</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; height: 15.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">sends</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; height: 15.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mary</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; height: 15.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">a letter</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; height: 15.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">every day</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 18.3pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; height: 18.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.4pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Subject</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; height: 18.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">active verb</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; height: 18.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">indirect object</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; height: 18.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">direct object</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; height: 18.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">time clause</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Passive:</span></span></span></b></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.4pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">a letter</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">is sent</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">to Mary</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">by John</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Every day.</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.4pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Passive subject</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">passive verb</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">indirect object</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">agent</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 86.45pt;" width="115"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">time clause</span></span></div></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;">GENERAL RULE:</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES;"></span></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To make the passive of any verb we use the following structure:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-insideh-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-insideh-themetint: 102; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid #B6DDE8; mso-border-insidev-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-insidev-themetint: 102; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid #B6DDE8; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 102; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-left: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-right: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-top: #b6dde8 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 102; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 359.8pt;" width="480"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">verb “be” in the same tense as the active verb</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-left: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-right: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 102; mso-border-top-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 102; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 359.8pt;" width="480"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">+</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-left: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-right: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 102; mso-border-top-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 102; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 359.8pt;" width="480"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">past participle of the main verb</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Example:</span></span></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-insideh-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-insideh-themetint: 102; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid #B6DDE8; mso-border-insidev-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-insidev-themetint: 102; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid #B6DDE8; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 102; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-left: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-right: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 102; mso-border-top-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 102; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 140.1pt;" width="187"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #244061; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">present continuous of “eat”</span></span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 102; mso-border-left-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-left-themetint: 102; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-right-themetint: 102; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 102; mso-border-top-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 102; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">present continuous of “be”</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #b6dde8 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 102; mso-border-left-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-left-themetint: 102; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-right-themetint: 102; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 102; mso-border-top-alt: solid #B6DDE8 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 102; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 118.75pt;" width="158"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">past participle of “eat”</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">THE FORM OF THE VERB “TO BE” AGREES WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE PASSIVE SENTENCE</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Now watch the following video "<span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Basic explanation of how the passive voice works": </span></span></span></span></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz3vXzL_F6SjLtYme_Lj0HPvPnhCYwh2AiElgalRUm1zE1GGI_RIw5a3HdGUUm8gDSfP58f26WUnVrjxNGvSw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">source: <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTGRYTuAjbA"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTGRYTuAjbA</span></a></span></span></span></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">If yoy want you can also have a look at the following websites for aditional information and exercises:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1156552056402000024#">Active and passive voice</a> (video)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive">General grammar</a> (explanations and exercises)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">special cases: <a href="http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/passive_two_objects.htm">verbs with two objects</a> (explanations and exercises).</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div></div>Charo Gutiérrezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627925810947827561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318152018973889808.post-91893654950167454122011-05-16T04:33:00.000-07:002011-05-16T05:02:04.701-07:00What is a passive sentence?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The passive voice is used in English when it is more convenient or interesting to stress the "thing done", rather than the "doer", when the doer is unknown, or obvious from the context.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So why do we use the passive? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We use the passive for different purposes</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">To put emphasis on the receiver of the action.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">To connect ideas in different clauses.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">To make generic statements, announcements, and explanations.</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">You can find examples of passives in news bulletins and instructions manuals for example.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> you will find more information and the video below.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwFf3nG71QHc3U9xeI5_9utMooMXovcEQCQUdoIkoP3UOV5UhwFEOL_D9NcCDp5-DUaWEwFo-kaDCYodCd97w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">video source: <span style="mso-ansi-language: ES;"><a href="http://international.ouc.bc.ca/chalkntalk/whypassive/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">http://international.ouc.bc.ca/chalkntalk/whypassive/</span></span></a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In English it is almost always necesary to mention the "doer" in active sentences. However, if we use a passive sentence we don't need to mention the doer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is an example:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>Peter has eaten all the apples</em></strong> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In this active sentence, Peter is the "<em>doer</em>" and the apples are what he has eaten. The apples are what we call the "<em>object"</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Performing a simple series of changes we can transform this sentence into a passive sentence:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>All the apples have been eaten</strong></em> <em>(by Peter)</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">As we said before the doer can be mentioned but it is not necessary</span></div>Charo Gutiérrezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627925810947827561noreply@blogger.com0