"People nowadays want TO BE INFORMED". Is this a passive infinitive or passive gerund?
Passive infinitive
"Prizes WERE OFFERED in return for completing the tasks quickly". What is the tense of the PASSIVE VERB? (ex.: present simple, past perfect, etc.)
Past simple
"These marketing strategies HAVE BEEN ADOPTED by small companies". What is the tense of the PASSIVE VERB? (ex.: present simple, past perfect, etc.)
Present perfect
"They pay celebrities huge sums of money". Put this sentence in the passive (start the sentence with a THING, not a person)
Huge sums of money ARE PAID to celebrities.
"Suzie got a friend to take her photo". Who did the action in the sentence?
Suzie's friend
"They offered visitors to the shop a $10 coupon". Put this sentence in the passive (start the sentence with a PERSON/PEOPLE, not a thing)
Visitors to the shop WERE OFFERED a $10 coupon.
"They offered visitors to the shop a $10 coupon". Put this sentence in the passive (start the sentence with a THING, not a person)
A $10 coupon WAS OFFERED to visitors to the shop.
"They pay celebrities huge sums of money". How many objects follow the verb of the sentence?
2 ("celebrities" and "huge sums of money")
"They like BEING INFORMED". Is this a passive infinitive or passive gerund?
Passive gerund
"Parhaps products WILL BE PROMOTED by the people who use them". What is the tense of the PASSIVE VERB? (ex.: present simple, past perfect, etc.)
Future
"They offered visitors to the shop a $10 coupon". How many objects follow the verb of the sentence?
2 ("visitors to the shop" and "a $10 coupon")
"Prizes WERE OFFERED in return for completing the tasks quickly". What is more important in this passive sentence: the action or the agent (who did the action)?
The action
"Suzie had a friend to take her photo". Who did the action in the sentence?
Suzie's friend
"They pay celebrities huge sums of money". Put this sentence in the passive (start the sentence with the PERSON/PEOPLE, not a thing)
Celebrities ARE PAID huge sums of money.
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