The key answer of exercise 31
The key to exercise solutions in chapter Workbook 9 - Animals and us for the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 2 with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella e Margaret Layton from Zanichelli
Question
Look at the grammar map and fill in the blanks in the boxes below.
Answer
ACTIVE
- Affirmative - Anne paints landscapes.
- Negative - Anne doesn't paint landscapes.
- Interrogative - Does Anne paint landscapes?
- Short answers - Yes, she does. / No, she doesn't.
PASSIVE
- Affirmative - Landscapes are painted by Anne.
- Negative - Landscapes aren't painted by Anne.
- Interrogative - Are landscapes painted by Anne?
- Short answers - Yes, they are. / No, they aren't.
THE PASSIVE
FORM
- Affirmative subject + be (in the different tenses) + past participle of the main verb
- Negative subject + be (in the different tenses) not + past participle of the main verb
- Interrogative (Is / Are / Am / Was / Were) + subject + past participle of the main verb
- By is used before the person / thing that does the action.
USE
- To focus on the action / object - Example: The new bridge was opened yesterday.
- When the agent is unknown, implicit or not important - Example: The missing keys have been found.
- To describe a scientific/technical process - Example: Water is heated to produce steam.
- To describe a necessary action or obligation - Example: Brown sugar must be added to the hot chocolate.
- To provide historical information or events - Example: Magna Carta was signed in 1215.
- To narrate past events or actions without emphasizing the doer - Example: Two men were caught after robbing a bank last night.
- To make announcements or notices - Example: he meeting will be held in Room 101.