On Screen p 82. Impersonal passive

 

Impersonal passive

A) Noun + verb in passive form + infinitive/ perfect infinitive

With these verbs: agree, assume, believe, claim, consider, estimate, expect, feel, find, guarantee, know, mean, presume, regard, report, say, suppose, think, understand.

E.g.  

Tourism is expected to become a major part of the country’s economy. 

Tourism was expected to have become a major part of the country's economy

B) It + verb in passive form + that clause

With these verbs: accept, agree, argue, assume, believe, calculate, claim, consider, estimate, expect, feel, know, presume, report, say, suggest, suppose, think, understand.

E.g. It is thought that the new railway will provide employment opportunities for local people.

On Screen WB p 139 Ex 7. Good Samaritans. Photo

 What's the story behind this picture?

a good Samaritan ​/səˈmærɪtən/ a person who gives help and sympathy to people who need it, especially someone who helps a stranger.

Parable of the Good Samaritan

 

KEY

On Screen WB p 139 Ex 7

Close-up p 43. Key Word Transformations

1. Many homes were destroyed in the flash floods.
GOT
A ______________________________________ of the severe flooding.



KEY



A lot of homes got  destroyed because of flooding.



2. As a result of the virulent virus outbreak, the Chinese authorities made everyone stay at home.
GOT
 As the virulent virus broke __________________________________ down at home.



KEY



As the virulent virus broke out, the Chinese authorities got everyone to hunker down at home.
 

get sb to do sth: make sb do sth. Persuade sb to do sth E.g. Advertising is the art of getting people to buy things they don't want.

3. People started to fill up their car tanks as a direct consequence of the news of a sharp petrol price increase.
HAD
The news of a sharp petrol price increase _________________________ their car tanks.



KEY



The news of a sharp petrol price increase had people filling up their car tanks.

have/get sb doing sth: cause sb to do sth. E.g. Grandma's story really had/got me thinking. The music soon had/got everyone dancing the night away (to dance for the whole evening or night)

4. As soon as the conference was brought to a close, the representatives finished signing the agreement.
GOT
No __________________________________________ signed.



KEY


No sooner had the conference been brought to a close than the representatives got the agreement signed.

5. "We should protect the environment," he insisted.
THAT
He _________________________________________________ protected.




KEY


He insisted that the environment be protected. 

 

6. Our boss ordered that we make our desks tidy.

UP

Our boss had ________________ desks

 

 

 KEY

Our boss had us tidy up our desks 

have sb do sth: give orders. Make sb do sth.

Close-up p 42. Key Word Transformations

1. It was believed that popular uprisings were brutally suppressed so that they wouldn't escalate
PREVENT
Popular__________________________________________________escalating.

KEY





Popular uprisings were believed to have been brutally suppressed to prevent them from escalating.





2. It was expected that striking workers would picket airports and railway stations to pressurise the government.
PUT
Striking_______________________________________________ pressure.


KEY




Striking workers were expected to picket airports and railway stations to put the government under pressure.

put sb under+pressure

put pressure +on sb

Activists are putting pressure on the government

3. Recent protest rallies have attracted a mass turnout to demand the resignation of the prime minister.
THAT 
A _____________________________________________________________down.


KEY




A mass turnout has been attracted by recent protest rallies to demand that the prime minister step down.



4. Somebody tapped the suspect's phone while under investigation.
TIME
The suspect had_____________________________________________________being investigated.





KEY



The suspect had his phone tapped at the same time as he was being investigated. 



5. We had all our friends sign the petition
MADE
All ____________________________________________________________us.


KEY




All our friends were made to sign the petition by us.