Hi guys!
HW for tomorrow: do the reading on page 39 and answer the questions.
Review the passive form in chapter 3A.
Ex:
ACTIVE
The politicians made mistakes. (made is in the simple past and agency is clear: the politicians)
PASSIVE
Mistakes were made.
(were is in the simple past and is followed by the main verb in the past participle made, agency is not clear, politicians are not mentioned.)
* * *
Today we learned some more impersonal ways of stating information.
It is said that mistakes were made.
We use these expressions when we don't know who the agent is.
* * *
Today we also looked at:
I think they should be made to ...... (suffer? work hard? go to prison?)
We were looking at how some people should be punished for crimes or offenses.
We will continue to review this tomorrow.
In the example above I briefly shared some information about causative verbs utilizing the verb MAKE.
My father made me wash the car.
HW for tomorrow: do the reading on page 39 and answer the questions.
Review the passive form in chapter 3A.
Ex:
ACTIVE
The politicians made mistakes. (made is in the simple past and agency is clear: the politicians)
PASSIVE
Mistakes were made.
(were is in the simple past and is followed by the main verb in the past participle made, agency is not clear, politicians are not mentioned.)
* * *
Today we learned some more impersonal ways of stating information.
It is said that mistakes were made.
We use these expressions when we don't know who the agent is.
* * *
Today we also looked at:
I think they should be made to ...... (suffer? work hard? go to prison?)
We were looking at how some people should be punished for crimes or offenses.
We will continue to review this tomorrow.
In the example above I briefly shared some information about causative verbs utilizing the verb MAKE.
My father made me wash the car.
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