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Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts

5/10/2016

REPORTED SPEECH

Dear students,
Click here if you would like to have further information about this language point

5/04/2016

4/01/2016

PASSIVE VOICE

Hi everyone, 
Watch this video to know more about the uses of passive voice in English.

1/15/2016

Modal verbs: Be able to and can/could

Hi everyone,
Here are some activities to practice this grammar point:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Adjectives ending in -ed and adjectives ending in -ing

1. Click here to learn the difference, read and listen to some examples. There's a long list of adjectives too (it's translated into Spanish).
2. Exercise 1. 
3. Exercise 2
4. Another website with a short explanation and an exercise.

11/11/2015

Strong Adjectives

Hi everyone,
Last week we looked at some strong adjectives, click here and learn more. ( Scroll down the page)

10/21/2015

Present Perfect versus Past Simple

Dear students,
If you want to learn more about this grammar point click here, then do these activities

5/09/2015

REPORTED SPEECH

Hello everyone,
 1)Learn more about the diferences between direct and indirect speech here
 2)Click here to know how to change time and place references
 3)Reporting questions
 4)Do  the following exercises to practise:
 Activity 1
 Activity 2
 Activity 3
 Activity 4
 Activity 5
 Activity 6

5/06/2015

Another/The Other/The Others/Other/Others

Watch this up to 6'45" or read this


PRACTICE: 1. Choose the correct answer 2.Complete the sentences. 3.Choose the correct answer.

4/26/2015

Conditionals

 Dear students,
 Click here to learn more about conditional clauses. Then do the exercises.

3/27/2015

Passive Voice


 Verb forms:
 Present simple am/are/is + past participle
Past simple was/were + past participle
 Present continuous am/are/is + being + participle
 Past continuous was/were + being +participle
 Present perfect have/has been + participle
Past perfect had been + participle
Future simple will be+participle
Going to am/are/is + going to be + participle
Modal verb modal verb + be + participle
Infinitive (to) be + pp OR (to) have been + participle


He writes a book
A book is written
He is writing a book
A book is being written
He wrote a book
A book was written
He was writing a book
A book was being written
He has written a book
A book has been written
He had written a book
A book had been written
He will write a book
A book will be written

We use the passive voice when who or what causes the action is unknown or unimportant or obvious or 'people in general':
  • He was arrested (obvious agent, the police).
  • My bike has been stolen (unknown agent).
  • The road is being repaired (unimportant agent).
  • The form can be obtained from the post office (people in general). 
In  factual or scientific writing:
  • The chemical is placed in a test tube and the data entered into the computer.
Here's a list of exercises for practice with the passive