Lingoda Group Class Notes 7
Topic: The passive voice Relatedskill: Grammar
Date: 21 May 2024 Teacher: Grant(South Africa) Classmates:
- 4 from XXX (I missed due to network lost)
What I've learned
Idioms
Rome wasn’t built in a day - Meaning: you cannot expect to do important things in a short space of time. - Example: I’ve been painting this wall for ages. Then again, Rome wasn’t built in a day!
Vocabularies & Phrases
| V&P | Definiation | Note |
|---|---|---|
| passive | n. 被动语态；动词被动形式; adj. 消极的；被动的 | In passive sleep, the body is at rest, the heart slows down and the brain becomes very inactive. |
| campaign | n. 活动，运动；战役，战斗; v. 领导（参加）运动，从事竞选活动 | The project, known as Hepburn Wind, grew out of a campaign by a few devotees to educate people about clean energy. |
| tuberculosis | n. 结核病 | |
| cure | n. 治疗；对策; v. 治愈, 解决 | Here's a winner who suffered for 10 years before he finally found a way to cure his problem and it worked in just a few days. |
| burglary | n. 入室偷盗罪 | Apart from his burglary habit, the viewers do not really know too much about him. |
| on suspicion of sth. | 因涉嫌 | A twenty-four year old man from Brentwood was arrested last night on suspicion of burglary. |
Grammar
Passive & active voice
Here is an example of a sentence that uses the passive voice:
The room is being painted by my dad.
The same sentence using the active voice would be:
My dad is painting the room.
We form the passive voice with a form of to be + the past participle of the main verb:
The room is being painted.
In a passive sentence, we don’t need to say who does the action. If we want to, we use the preposition by.
The room is being painted by my dad.
Tenses
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Past simple passive | The house was built. |
| Past perfect passive | The house had been built. |
| Past continuous passive | The house was being built. |
| Present continuous passive | The house is being built. |
| Future simple passive | The house will be built. |
| Present simple passive | The house is built. |
| Present perfect passive | The house has been built. |
Passive with get
- In informal speech, we can use get + pastparticiple instead of be + pastparticiple.
- The passive with get can suggest either anunexpected or a negative experience.
- I got accepted into Yale University – I can’t believe it!
- My watch got stolen while I was in Barcelona!
Additional materials
- Bridgerton
- Yellowstone
- Experience: my yoga class turned out to be a cult
- Devotion (“I Am on the Battlefield for My Lord”)
Review
4/5
In the first 15 minutes of the class, my network was accidentally lost, so I missed the self-introduction time and the first two pages of slides. However, the most important content of today's class wasn't affected. Grant also taught by strictly following the learning materials, but he always gives us some ideas when we answer the questions. Today's class was okay, but not excellent for me.