Wednesday 19 November 2014

PASSIVE CONSTRUCTIONS: HAVE SOMETHING DONE

One of the ways we use the passive voice is to talk about an action without saying who did it.


There is a special passive construction with have: 

have + something (the object+ past participle

example: have my business taken care of.(Somebody is taking care of my business.)
another example: He has his dog walked.(Somebody walks his dog.)

In this construction, like in all passive sentences, we need to use the past participle

We can use this construction in the following cases:

  1. We make someone else do something for us, or we pay someone else to do something for us.
Example:
  • Jeremy's car is in terrible condition! He is going to have his car fixed. He hopes it won't be too expensive!
  2. Something negative happens and we have no control over it (something bad happens to us).

Example:
    • The homeowner had all his money stolen! The police still haven't caught the mysterious robber.

    Tuesday 18 November 2014

    SONG: JEALOUS GUY (PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS PRACTICE)




    Complete with the Past Continuous/Simple




    I ______________of the past
    and my heart ___________ fast
    I ______________to lose control
    I ______________to lose control
    I ______________mean to hurt you
    I'm sorry that I ______________you cry
    oh no, I ______________want to hurt you
    I'm just a jealous guy
    I ______________ insecure
    you might not love me anymore
    I was ______________inside
    I was ______________inside
    I ______________mean to hurt you
    I'm sorry that I ______________you cry
    oh no, I ______________want to hurt you
    I'm just a jealous guy
    I ______________mean to hurt you
    I'm sorry that I ______________you cry
    oh no, I ______________want to hurt you
    I'm just a jealous guy
    I ______________to catch your eyes
    ______________hat you ______________to hide
    I ______________my pain
    I ______________my pain
    I ______________mean to hurt you
    I'm sorry that i ______________you cry
    oh no, I ______________want to hurt you
    I'm just a jealous guy, watch out
    I'm just a jealous guy, look out babe, I'm just a jealous guy.