0
Mizansinha007 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Please, remove my confusion.

Sometimes, I see this kind of words in my lesson,
like "to be done, to be justified etc".

Actually, I don't know the proper use/uses(please see, which one is correct?) of them.

And I don't know the difference/differences(is it plural?) between
' to do VS to be done'
'to justify VS to be justified'

Please teach me with 2 or 3 examples.
I appreciate your valuable time, teachers.

Thanks.
  

Top answer

This would be much easier if you had given complete sentences. Very generally, the "to do" form might mean you do it yourself, while the "to be done" doesn't say who will do it, and might imply that someone else will do it.

— BarbaraPA

  • This would be much easier if you had given complete sentences.
  • Very generally, the "to do" form might mean you do it yourself, while the "to be done" doesn't say who will do it, and might imply that someone else will do it.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

4 Answers
0
This would be much easier if you had given complete sentences.

Very generally, the "to do" form might mean you do it yourself, while the "to be done" doesn't say who will do it, and might imply that someone else will do it.
0
0
to + be + past participle

This verb form is called the passive infinitive. It is the passive voice equivalent to the to-infinitive.
After a noun, the infinitive can be a modifier:

There is a lot of food to eat.
There is a lot of food to be eaten.

The amount of work to do is enormous! Let's get started.
The amount of work to be done is enormous! Let'
0
0
AlpheccaStarsAfter certain adjectives, the infinitive can also be a modifier:
Are you ready to eat?
A man-eating lion lives in this cave. Are you ready to be eaten?
I am anxious to teach. (I am a teacher)
I am anxious to be taught. (I am a student.)
Those infinitivals are all complements licensed by the
0
0
mizansinha007Please teach me with 2 or 3 examples.
The difference between to do and to be done is the difference between active and passive voice. It is like the difference between does and is done, or between saw and was seen. If you have not mastered the difference between active and passive verb phrases, then this
0

Related Questions