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Conjugate BREAK in past and past participle
Broke
Broken
Conjugate TEACH in past and past participle
Taught
Taught
Explain the idiom: to pull someone's leg
To joke with someone or tease them in a playful way.
Explain the idiom: Once in a blue moon
Rarely, not frequent.
Explain the idiom: when pigs fly
ZERO CONDITIONAL
Complete:
If you______ (heat) water to 100°C, it______ (boil)
If you HEAT water to 100°C, it BOILS.
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True or False
The following is a sentence in PASSIVE voice.
They are baking a cake.
FALSE.
It is a sentence in ACTIVE voice because the subject is the main focus.
Give an example using the idiom "spill the beans"
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True or False
The following is a sentence in PASSIVE voice.
"The essay was written in less than 3 hours".
TRUE
It is passive because it is focusing on the object and the action, instead of the subject.
Give an example using the idiom "take something with a pinch of salt"
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FIRST CONDITIONAL
Complete the sentence:
If it_____ (rain) tomorrow, I_________ (stay) home.
If it RAINS tomorrow, I WILL STAY home.
Conjugate SEEK in past and past participle
SOUGHT
SOUGHT
Give an example using the idiom "steal someone's thunder"
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FIRST CONDITIONAL
Complete the sentence:
If I ______ (finish) my homework early, I ________ (go) to the movies.
If I FINISH my homework early, I WILL GO to the movies.
Rephrase the following sentence using PASSIVE INFINITIVE:
They have to treat me with respect
I have to be treated with respect
Transform the following sentence into ACCUSATIVE using GET:
She pays someone to clean her house every Friday.
She gets her house cleaned every Friday.
Rephrase the following sentence into PASSIVE INFINITIVE:
They have to informe me if there are any changes.
I must be informed if there are any changes.
I have to be informed if there are any changes.
SECOND CONDITIONAL
Complete the sentence:
If she_____ (study) harder, she______ (pass) the exam.
If she STUDIED harder, she WOULD PASS the exam.
Transforme the following sentence into ACCUSATIVE using HAVE:
They hired someone to paint their house last summer.
They HAD their house painted last summer.
What's the structure for Passive Infinitive?
verb to be + past participle
What's the difference between passive voice and active voice?
Active: focuses on WHO is doing the action.
Passive: focuses on the ACTION itself or the recipient of the action
What's the structure of accusatives have/get?
have/get + object + past participle
True or false:
Accusatives are a kind of passive structures.
TRUE
Accusatives focus on the ACTION rather than on the subject.
What's the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses?
Defining: give essential information without which we can't understand the meaning of a sentence.
Non-defining: give additional information that isn't necessary to understand the meaning of a sentence.