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passives: form |
B2 |
FORM: PRESENT CONTINUOUS, AFFIRMATIVE
Can use the present continuous passive affirmative with an increasing range of verbs. |
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passives: form |
B2 |
FORM: PRESENT CONTINUOUS, NEGATIVE
Can use the present continuous passive negative. |
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| PASSIVES |
passives: form |
B2 |
FORM: PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE, AFFIRMATIVE
Can use the present perfect passive affirmative form (often in the context of reporting). ► reported speech |
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passives: form |
B2 |
FORM: PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE, NEGATIVE
Can use the present perfect passive negative form (often in the context of reporting). ► reported speech |
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passives: form |
B2 |
FORM: WITH MODAL VERBS
Can use the passive with modal verbs in a range of contexts, with a variety of subjects. |
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passives: form |
B2 |
FORM: WITH VERBS TAKING TWO OBJECTS, , WITH PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
Can use the passive with a range of tenses and verbs needing two objects (e.g. give, offer, sell) with the direct object in subject position and the indirect object in a prepositional phrase. |
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passives: form |
B2 |
FORM: WITH VERBS TAKING TWO OBJECTS.
Can use the passive with a wide range of verbs needing two objects, putting the indirect object in subject position. |
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| PASSIVES |
passives: form |
B2 |
USE: SUMMARIES AND EVALUATIONS
Can use the passive with modal verbs to evaluate or summarise. |
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passives: form |
B2 |
USE: WITH 'WILL', FUTURE REFERENCE
Can use the passive with 'will' to talk about the future. |
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passives: form |
C1 |
FORM/USE: NON-FINITE CLAUSES
Can use a passive non-finite '-ing' form as a subordinate clause or a noun clause to give explanatory background information. |
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| PASSIVES |
passives: form |
C1 |
FORM/USE: PRESENT CONTINUOUS NEGATIVE
Can use the present continuous passive negative form to refer to ongoing situations in the present. |
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| PASSIVES |
passives: form |
C1 |
FORM/USE: SUMMARISING, EVALUATING WITH 'IT'.
Can use the passive with 'it' as a dummy subject, to summarise or evaluate in discussions, usually in formal or academic writing. |
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passives: form |
C2 |
FORM/USE: NON-FINITE PERFECT CLAUSES
Can use passive non-finite '-ing' perfect forms in subordinate clauses to give explanatory background information. |
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| PASSIVES |
passives: form |
C2 |
FORM: NON-FINITE PERFECT COMPLEMENTS
Can use non-finite '-ing' perfect forms of the passive as the complement of prepositions. |
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| PASSIVES |
passives: form |
C2 |
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS COMMENT
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get and have |
B1 |
FORM: 'GET' + '-ED'
Can form the 'get'-passive with a range of forms of 'get' + past participles. |
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get and have |
B2 |
FORM: 'GET' + REFLEXIVE PRONOUN + '-ED'
Can use a reflexive pronoun with the 'get'-passive. |
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get and have |
B2 |
FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJ + '-ED', PROACTIVE PASSIVE
Can use have + object + -ed to talk about something where the speaker is in a pro-active or a passive role. |
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get and have |
B2 |
FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE
Can use 'get' + object + 'to'-infinitive to talk about causing someone to do something. |
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get and have |
C1 |
FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED'
Can use 'get' + object + '-ed' to talk about causing or instructing something to happen or to be done by somebody else, often informally. |
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