VOCABULARY ON MOVIES Page 159 exercise A WHEN WE WANT TO MAKE EMPHASIS ON THE ‘SUBJECT’ OF AN ACTION WE USE ACTIVE VOICE AND PLACE THE SUBJECT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCE: Peter baked a delicious chocolate cake (present, past or future??) s OBJECT BUT, WHEN WE WANT TO MAKE EMPHASIS ON THE OBJECT OF AN ACTION WE USE PASSIVE VOICE AND WE PLACE THE OBJECT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCE: A delicious chocolate cake WAS BAKED BY Peter. Ss DOER of the action -To make the correct transformation, | have to analyse the original tense 1)John reads a book every Saturday (PRESENT SIMPLE) A BOOK IS READ BY JOHN EVERY SATURDAY Object + verb to be in the present + PAST PARTICIPLE Julia waters the plants at the weekend The plants ARE WATERED by Julia at the weekend2)The mechanic is repairing my car (P. CONTINUOUS) MY CAR IS BEING repaired BY the mechanic The children are playing the guitar The guitar IS BEING PLAYED by the children 3)The architect has built a new house (PRESENT PERFECT) A NEW HOUSE HAS BEEN BUILT by the architect The mason has demolished many walls Many walls HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED by.... 4) John made some pizzas (past simple) Some pizzas WERE MADE by John Susan packed up her clothes Clothes WERE packed up by Susan 5) My mother was cleaning the house yesterday (P continuous) THE HOUSE WAS BEING CLEANED BY MY MOTHER yesterday My friends were washing their cars last night My friends’ cars WERE BEING WASHED last night The cars WERE BEING WASHED by my friends last night.6) My friends will give a party next week (future) A PARTY will BE GIVEN BY MY FRIENDS NEXT WEEK Sandra and Tom won't invite their friends to their wedding Their friends WON'T be invited by Sandra and Tom to.... 7) Somebody must assist the old lady (obligation) THE OLD LADY must BE ASSISTED by somebody We must pay the bill THE BILL must be paid BY us 8)| love when people give me presents. (likes dislikes) | LOVE BEING GIVEN PRESENTS =