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Tugas Softskill Materi Bulan Ketiga


Exercise 35 Passive Voice
1 The president is called (by somebody) every day.
2 The other members are being called by John.
3 Mr. Watson will be called (by somebody) tonight.
4 The fire has caused considerable damage
5 The teacher should buy the supplies for this class

Exercise 36 Causative Verb
1 Leave
2 Repaired
3 To type
4 Call
5 Painted
6 Write
7 Lie
8 Sent
9 Cut
10 To sign
11 Leave
12 To wash
13 Fixed
14 Published
15 Find

Some Passive  Patterns
Give, Send, etc
In the active, give can have two objects.
The nurse gives the patient a pill.

Either of these object can be the subject of a passive sentence.
A pill is given to the patient.
The patient is given a pill.

It is quite usual in English to begin with the person receiving something.
The speaker was handed a note.
I’ve been offered a job.
The residents will be found new homes.

Some verbs in this patters are ask, feed, find, give, hand, lend, offer, pay, promise, sell, send, show, teach, tell.