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«The Active Voice and the Passive Voice»

por | Jul 29, 2015

Before we go on, let’s take a step back and look at what we’re dealing with here. The Active Voice communicates that the subject does the action, while the Passive Voice communicates that the subject receives the action. We form the Passive Voice by using the verb ‘to...

«Forming The Passive Voice»

por | Jul 1, 2015

We use the passive voice when the subject in the sentence receives the action, as opposed to the active voice, when the subject does the action. It is called the ‘passive voice’ because the subject is not active, therefore it is not doing the action. We...

«Short Answers»

por | May 22, 2015

There are other ways that we can make our answers shorter. In normal spoken English, we often use these short answers because it is easier than giving a complete sentence and it is more natural. When you are learning a language it is better to practise with full...

«The Conditional Tenses»

por | Abr 29, 2015

We use the ‘Zero Conditional’ to talk about things that are generally true. Its construction is «If + Present + Present or Imperative». For example «If it rains, I take an umbrella.» Or, «If you come home late, be quiet.» Notice that the first example...

«The Passive Voice»

por | Abr 13, 2015

Let’s look at a sentence in the active voice: ~Hank wrote the script. In the active voice, the subject does the action. Hank, the subject, does the action to the object, the script. Now let’s look at that same sentence in the passive voice: ~The script was written by...

‘Bored’ or ‘Boring’?

por | Feb 17, 2015

If we say that someone is ‘bored’, it means that their mood is one of boredom – they are not stimulated by what is happening (‘I’m so bored today, I need to do something different’). If we say someone is ‘boring’, however, the sentence takes on a much more personal,...

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