Language related task celta
Language Related Tasks
Words: 881
A.
1. The gorilla was taken back to its cage.
The paintings were stolen from the museum.
2. Used to talk about:
When we want the object to be the subject
The subject is not doing the action
The ‘doer’ of the action is unknown or unimportant
Something that happened at one point in the past.
3.
i. A gorilla caused panic after escaping a Dutch zoo last week. Bokito, an 11-year-old gorilla, injured four people. After two hours the zookeepers were finally able to catch the animal. The gorilla was taken back to its cage.
ii. The zookeepers took back to its cage.
was taken back to its cage.
iii. Concept questions and answers:
Did the gorilla go back to its cage by itself? No.
Who took the gorilla back to its cage? Unknown.
Did this happen in the past or the present? Past.
4. passive subject + was/were + past participle
Simple past passive
5. In the passive voice the stress falls on the past participle. The auxiliary verb is the weak form.
A painting was stolen.
The auxiliary verb and the past participle are linked together, pronouncing was as /wəz/ and were as /wər/.
6. Typical errors:
i. I was inviting to the party. I was invited to the party.
Active and passive verb forms are often confused. The past participle and the present participle are both used with the auxiliary verb ‘to be’.
ii. The girl was died in a car accident. The girl died in a car accident.
Some verbs can’t have an object. Those verbs are called intransitive and can’t be made into passive verb forms. Sometimes even transitive verbs can’t be made into a passive verb forms; most of these verbs are ‘stative’ verbs.
. Reference book used: Michael Swan – “Practical English Usage”, and Jim Scrivener – “Teaching English Grammar”.
B.
1. We missed our flight because I had forgotten my passport in the taxi.
She had never seen a crocodile before she moved to Africa.
2. Used to
Words: 881
A.
1. The gorilla was taken back to its cage.
The paintings were stolen from the museum.
2. Used to talk about:
When we want the object to be the subject
The subject is not doing the action
The ‘doer’ of the action is unknown or unimportant
Something that happened at one point in the past.
3.
i. A gorilla caused panic after escaping a Dutch zoo last week. Bokito, an 11-year-old gorilla, injured four people. After two hours the zookeepers were finally able to catch the animal. The gorilla was taken back to its cage.
ii. The zookeepers took back to its cage.
was taken back to its cage.
iii. Concept questions and answers:
Did the gorilla go back to its cage by itself? No.
Who took the gorilla back to its cage? Unknown.
Did this happen in the past or the present? Past.
4. passive subject + was/were + past participle
Simple past passive
5. In the passive voice the stress falls on the past participle. The auxiliary verb is the weak form.
A painting was stolen.
The auxiliary verb and the past participle are linked together, pronouncing was as /wəz/ and were as /wər/.
6. Typical errors:
i. I was inviting to the party. I was invited to the party.
Active and passive verb forms are often confused. The past participle and the present participle are both used with the auxiliary verb ‘to be’.
ii. The girl was died in a car accident. The girl died in a car accident.
Some verbs can’t have an object. Those verbs are called intransitive and can’t be made into passive verb forms. Sometimes even transitive verbs can’t be made into a passive verb forms; most of these verbs are ‘stative’ verbs.
. Reference book used: Michael Swan – “Practical English Usage”, and Jim Scrivener – “Teaching English Grammar”.
B.
1. We missed our flight because I had forgotten my passport in the taxi.
She had never seen a crocodile before she moved to Africa.
2. Used to