By Passive sentences, Grammar

The event is targeted at a young,urban sophisticated group who understands the brand.(sentence taken from newspaper)the word targeted in above sentence is appeared as past participle or adjective?if the targeted consider as past participle, the sentence above can be said that become a passive...

Hello,The beach will be crowded by foreign tourists if it does not rain.Could you change the above sentence to a complete passive sentence or more sentences without changing its meaning? I am wondering whether the whole sentence qualifies as a passive sentence because the second part 'if it...

I'm not an expert on grammar or linguistics, but here are my thoughts as an ordinary native user of English. I hope I got all the grammatical terminology correct! I think that all verbs -- transitive or intransitive -- are able to form present perfect sentences: "He has died",...

Many ESL grammar books require learners to convert active sentences to passive ones. If the book was well-written, the active sentences will be appropriate for conversion to passive ones. Unfortunately, there are plenty of grammar books and exercises that are not terribly well-written. Such...

Hi, please help me with these transformation exercise:1/ People saw him steal your car=> should it be "he was seen to steal your car" or:he was seen stealing your car2/ He won't let you do that silly thing again=> should it be "you won't be let to do that silly thing...

In response to the questions posed in the first post of this thread, "the officer" is NOT the subject of the sentence regardless of whether the sentence is active or passive. "The officer" is undoubtedly the doer of the action in both sentences, but it is the subject only in...

Hi everyone, I read some articles about this, not long ago. Clive wrote:Is grammar essential for learning a language? The answer is NO, NO, NO. Bird of Paradise, the book you read is right. We didn't learn the grammar of our first language before we were able to use it. I believe no...

Hi every one, i need help with my grammar.How should I make passive sentences from these active ones:1.They say he is the best. He is said to................?2.They say he stole the purse. He is said to.............?3.They say that the new store will be opened next week. The...

Mister Micawber wrote:Future Simple (I will sit)Future Continuous/Progressive (I will be sitting)Future Perfect (I will have sat")Present Simple (I sit)Past Simple (I sat)Past Continuous/Progressive (I was sitting)Past Perfect (I had sat)Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive (I had been...

This is off the internet too, Abmateen, but I could do no better:Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive. Example: They build houses. –...