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FORMATION RULES and FORMATION RULES and PRACTICEPRACTICE
FORMATION RULESA form of TO BE +• PRESENT: am, is are…• PAST: was, were…• FUTURE: will be…• PRESENT PERFECT: have
been…• PRESENT CONTINUOUS:
is/are being…• PAST CONTINUOUS: was/
were being…
PAST PARTICIPLE• - ED/D (regular verbs)
• 3rd form or irregular verbs (taken, seen, brought etc.)
Examples:• New album is recorded in our
studio.• We will be granted a geen card.• My grandma was taken to hospital.• Teachers are reported for abusing
students.• They were seen by the principal.
• Two policemen…• The clown…
Read the sentences and decide which ones can be left without agent
BY• My wallet has been stolen by someone.• We were taught by a different teacher yesterday.• Nick was operated on at the hospital by a doctor.• The meal was served by a waiter in a red coat.• We were shown round the museum by a guide.• Two letters were delivered this morning by the
postman• Yesterday a window was broken by someone.
Active sentences with 2 objects• Peter gave Karen a present.1. Karen …………………a present by Peter.2. A present……………to Karen by Peter.• A friend will sell me a concert
ticket.1. I……….2. A concert ticket….
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