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EYAQQIMS VOUS le ‘The passive voice is used in Engtish when it is more convenient or interesting to stress the thing done than the doer of it, or when the doer is unknown: My bag was stolen) fs much more usual than (Thieves stoie my bag, * The passive of an active tense is formed by putting the verb TO BE into the same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle ‘Of the active verb: “Active: He wrote a letter. Passive: A letter was written. Ip a passive sentence the agent, or doer of the action, is very often hot mentioned. When the agent is mentioned it is preceeded by BY: Active: My brother has written that poem. Passive: That poem has been written by my brother. ‘Tabie of active and their passive equivalents TENSE ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE Simple Present writes is written Present Continuous is writing is being written Simple Past wrote was written Past Continuous was writing was being written Present Perfect has written has been written Past Perfect had written had been written Future ‘Will write ‘Will be written Conditional would write would be written Present Infinitive tO write tO be written Perfect Infinitive to have written v0 have been written Present Participie wirlting being written Perfect Participie having written having been Written www.welcometoenglishandfun.com i. Compound Words shrink na ay 2, Age Indicators as Nouns “The seven-year-old kicked me.” & Adjective/Nouns Combos with "-ED" Suffix “Nothing is friendlier than a wet-furred and cold-nosed deg.” Fractions/Measurements Used 4, as Adjectives My dog is one-quarter wolf and two-quarters poodle.” & Prefixes « With the prefixes “ex-", “self-" and “all-" + When referring to relatives with "great-" and with proper names + With prefixes to prevent recurring vowels, mispronunciation, and capital letters that would fall in the center of a word « Use a hyphen and prefix combo to avoid confusion: "a chicken cannot re-lay an egg” as opposed to, “please relay the message to Mom" G. Between Adverb & Adjective if the first word ends in "-ly", don’t use a hyphen “The quilt wes beautifully erofied.” @ Adjectival Phrase When nouns are followed by their modifiers, 7 including age “flupert’s son is ten yeara old.” - in alle va & Fractions as Nouns “When the pizza came, ‘Bob ate his ene third immediately.” Verb and Preposition Combinations “We can “look out" from a mountain Fractions with Hyphenated Numerators “dhe runner did a nose dive into the dirt a mere forty-four and twenty-two one hundFedths from “the finish line.” The Weather = Lazeeus English Vocabulary pil ' Gri “an drizzle cloudy J showers gloomy rain foggy downpour overcast flood clear , 3A hail

Do the exam Xe ete y Do the laundry ieee Food, Drink and Meals Make a cake eas Make breakfast a WiNY, Make dinner tal Make a cup of coffee OCU ods 3 Made of gold Made from grapes ( \ Made in China Made by me ice 2 i a GF Prod 2 Make your eyes ice a Make you happy Make you sleepy Make you smile Plans and Decisions Make arrangements Makeadecision yey >» Make a choice UALS S / Make a plan ae Speaking and Sounds Make a noise =e Makeacomment @) . 2) Makeaspeech \M//n= ) Makeasuggestion = hype = Gonditranals (unreal pre If - clause Main clause if + past simple or would/could/might + past continuous present bare infinitive They are used to express imaginary situations which are contrary to facts in the present and, therefore, are unlikely to happen in the present or future. They are also used to give advice. Richard is daydreaming. didn't have to work such long hours, | [wouldn't be so _/ If - clause Main clause if + past perfect/past would/could/might + perfect continuous perfect bare infinitive They are used to express imaginary situations which are contrary to facts in the past. They are also used to express regrets or criticism. Simon made a big mistoke because he wasn't careful a _ fr if! had been more careful, |wouldn't | have made such a / ‘big mistake. Fé

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