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Meya32000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Passives
Hello,
I have a problem with one exercise. It is about passives but I don´t clarly understand the task.
The task is:
Transform the following into passives in which the gramatical subjects are formed from the words in brackets.
The exercises:
1) Denis sais his firm has offered (him) a job in Singapore, but that he won't take it because someone else has promised (him) a much better job in Japan.
2) Brenda's father left (her) a considerable sum of money but crafty lawyers took quite a lot of it.
3) They recently increased (my) salary by 30%. The trouble is that at the same time they reduced my (expence allowance) by nearly a half.
I have a problem with one exercise. It is about passives but I don´t clarly understand the task.
The task is:
Transform the following into passives in which the gramatical subjects are formed from the words in brackets.
The exercises:
1) Denis sais his firm has offered (him) a job in Singapore, but that he won't take it because someone else has promised (him) a much better job in Japan.
2) Brenda's father left (her) a considerable sum of money but crafty lawyers took quite a lot of it.
3) They recently increased (my) salary by 30%. The trouble is that at the same time they reduced my (expence allowance) by nearly a half.
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Meya32000 Transform the following into passives in which the gram m atical subjects are formed from the words in brackets. The exercises: 1) Denis sa y s his firm has offered (him) a job in Singapore, but that he won't take it because someone else has promised (him) a much better job in Japan. 2) Brenda's father left (her) a considerable sum of money but crafty lawyers took quite a lot of it.
- Meya32000 Transform the following into passives in which the gram m atical subjects are formed from the words in brackets.
- The exercises: 1) Denis sa y s his firm has offered (him) a job in Singapore, but that he won't take it because someone else has promised (him) a much better job in Japan.
- 2) Brenda's father left (her) a considerable sum of money but crafty lawyers took quite a lot of it.
- 3) They recently increased (my) salary by 30%.
- The trouble is that at the same time they reduced my (expen s e allowance) by nearly a half.
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Meya32000 Transform the following into passives in which the grammatical subjects are formed from the words in brackets. The exercises:
1) Denis says his firm has offered (him) a job in Singapore, but that he won't take it because someone else has promised (him) a much better job in Japan.
2) Brenda's father le
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The answers:
Denis says he has been offered a job in Singapore, but that he will not take it because he has been promised a much better job in Japan.
Brenda has been left a considerble sum of money, but crafty lawyers took quite a lot of it.
My salary has been increased recently by 30%. The trouble is that half of my expense allowance has been reduced.
Denis says he has been offered a job in Singapore, but that he will not take it because he has been promised a much better job in Japan.
Brenda has been left a considerble sum of money, but crafty lawyers took quite a lot of it.
My salary has been increased recently by 30%. The trouble is that half of my expense allowance has been reduced.
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InchoateknowledgeThe trouble is that half of my expense allowance has been reduced.I don't think this represents quite accurately the meaning of the original sentence.
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I agree with Marius Hancu's correction.
On a more general point, some of these passives are a pain in the neck for teachers and students. The logical transformation of "They offered him a job" is "A job was offered to him", based on transforming the direct object of the active sentence into the subject of the passive sentence. When we say "He was offered a job", we create a passive from the i
On a more general point, some of these passives are a pain in the neck for teachers and students. The logical transformation of "They offered him a job" is "A job was offered to him", based on transforming the direct object of the active sentence into the subject of the passive sentence. When we say "He was offered a job", we create a passive from the i
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Thank you very much for help,
really this exercise confused me a lot and I couldn´t find a solution in books.
Logically I would transform the sentence like you have already said: "A job was offered to him..." but teachers which are not English native speakers didn´t consider my answer correct....:-S
Finally I thank you very much again.
really this exercise confused me a lot and I couldn´t find a solution in books.
Logically I would transform the sentence like you have already said: "A job was offered to him..." but teachers which are not English native speakers didn´t consider my answer correct....:-S
Finally I thank you very much again.
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"A job was offered to him" is a correct passive sentence, but it doesn't make use of the original (him) as the subject, as required by the exercise. Likewise, #2 could have been "A considerable sum of money was left to Brenda by her father" - but it doesn't use the subject in the exercise.
If you had been told only to create a passive sentence, you would have been absolutely correct.
If you had been told only to create a passive sentence, you would have been absolutely correct.
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Hi Meya
You say: Logically I would transform the sentence like you have already said: "A job was offered to him..." but teachers which (should be who) are not English native speakers didn´t consider my answer correct. Of course, if you change to A job was offered to him, the teachers will say that you're wrong.
The reason is Denis says his fi
You say: Logically I would transform the sentence like you have already said: "A job was offered to him..." but teachers which (should be who) are not English native speakers didn´t consider my answer correct. Of course, if you change to A job was offered to him, the teachers will say that you're wrong.
The reason is Denis says his fi
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