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FORMATION RULES and FORMATION RULES and PRACTICEPRACTICE

FORMATION RULESA form of TO BE +• PRESENT: am, is are…• PAST: was, were…• FUTURE: will be…• PRESENT PERFECT: have

been…• PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

is/are being…• PAST CONTINUOUS: was/

were being…

PAST PARTICIPLE• - ED/D (regular verbs)

• 3rd form or irregular verbs (taken, seen, brought etc.)

Examples:• New album is recorded in our

studio.• We will be granted a geen card.• My grandma was taken to hospital.• Teachers are reported for abusing

students.• They were seen by the principal.

• Two policemen…• The clown…

Read the sentences and decide which ones can be left without agent

BY• My wallet has been stolen by someone.• We were taught by a different teacher yesterday.• Nick was operated on at the hospital by a doctor.• The meal was served by a waiter in a red coat.• We were shown round the museum by a guide.• Two letters were delivered this morning by the

postman• Yesterday a window was broken by someone.

Active sentences with 2 objects• Peter gave Karen a present.1. Karen …………………a present by Peter.2. A present……………to Karen by Peter.• A friend will sell me a concert

ticket.1. I……….2. A concert ticket….