Passive Voice and Conditionals

Passive voice

1) The  passive tense is used because: ....we want to give more importance to the object, not to the subject.

2) When do we use the passive voice? .....we use passive voice to emphacize an object and if you don´t know who´s make the action.

3)The structure to use the passive voice 

Present tense is object + to be(present) + past participle + (by + subject).... A poem is written by Sebastian.

Past Tense is .....A poem was written by Sebastian.

Present Progressive is.....A poem has been written by Sebastian.

4) Go to this website (http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive) and do some of the exercise there. Share with us one of the exercises on your blog.

Write passive sentences in Simple Present.

1. The documents are printed.
2. The window is opened.
3. The shoes are bought.
4. The car is washed.
5. The litter is thrown away.
6. The letter is sent.
7. The book is not read.
8. The songs are not sung.
9. The food is not eaten.
10. The shop is not closed.

8 out of 10 answers are correct.

Conditionals

Complete the senteces or answer the following questions.

5) Which tenses are used in the first conditional? Write an example about it.... 

We use simple present and simple future:
If + simple present + simple future(will, can, may, must) + verb
If I have time, I´ll visit my friends tomorrow.

6) What is the characteristic of the first conditional?

The  main characteristic of the first conditional is that the sentence can be real or posible.

7) Which tenses are used in the second conditional? Write an example about it.

We use simple past and simple conditional:
If + simple past + simple conditional(would, could, might) + verb
If I were you, I would dance with that boy.

8) The pronoun I comes with the to be in the second conditional in which form?

The pronoun I comes with the to be but in simple past: I were...

9)Which tenses are used in the third conditional?

We use past perfect and conditional perfect
If + past perfect +  conditional perfect(would, could, migth) + have + past participle

If I had Known the song, I would have sung it.

10) Go to this website http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences Read about it clear ap any questions you might have. Do this exercise: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/exercises?05. Share in your what you have learnt about Conditionals.

Complete the Conditional Sentences. Decide whether to use Type I, II or III.

1. If I had time, I would go shopping with you.
2. If you speak English, you will get along with them perfectly.
3. If they had gone for a walk, they would have turned the lights off.
4. If she comes to see us, we will go to the zoo.
5. I would have told you, if I had seen him.
6. Would you mind if I opened the window?
7. If they had invited me, I wouldn't have said no.
8. My friend will meet me at the station if he gets the afternoon off.
9. If I didn't do it, nobody would do it.
10. If my father doesn't pick me up, I'll take the bus home.

6 out of 10 answers are correct.