When do we use the passive?
When we want to emphasize the action or the object / when the subject is not important or unknown.
What is the formula for the passive?
OBJECT + TO BE (verb tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (+ by + subject)
To change the channel
SWITCH OVER
Substitute
REPLACE
I went to the hairdresser's to get a haircut yesterday. Express this in a passive structure.
I HAD MY HAIRCUT YESTERDAY.
How can you express 90% probability?
IT WILL DEFINITELY... / IT IS BOUND TO...
Finish the sentence: She's fairly likely....
TO + INFINITIVE
How can we express 50% probability?
MIGHT
Formula for have/get passive
SUBJECT + HAVE/GET (verb tense) + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE
If you're exhausted, you probably have...
BAGS UNDER YOUR EYES
TThree COVID symptoms...
SORE THROAT, OUT OF BREATH, HIGH TEMPERATURE
