Making & Responding to Question - GE 9 - 9

Making and responding to question

Asking if the person is free

Are you doing anything (this evening)?

Have you got anything on (this Saturday)?

What are you up to (on Sunday)?

Saying you have no preference

I am easy. Whatever you like.

I really don’t mind. It’s up to you

I am not bothered either way.

It is all the same to me.

Making sugestion	Polite refusing a suggestion
I thought we could give (that new club) a try. I wouldn’t mind (going to that). How about you? Do you feel like (going for an Indian meal)? Do you fancy (going to hear them play)?	I am sorry, but I don’t feel up to (going to a club). Some other time, perhaps. I would rather give (that) a miss, if you don’t mind.

Phrasa	+ example
Wouldn’t mind Feel like Fancy Feel up to	+ verb + ing, a noun, or a pronoun I wouldn’t mind going to that.
I would rather	+ infinitive I would rather give that a miss, if you don’t mind.

The Passive - GE 9 Unit 9

The passive

The focus is on what happens to somebody or something rather than …

On who or what does the action.

Ex:

In 2010 she was given an Oscar for the best director.

Used when we don’t know who or what does the action.

Ex:

55 Oscars were stolen. (we don’t know who stole them).

To make passive, we use: S + be + past participle

We can use “by + the agent” to say who or what does the action when it is important or unusual information:

52 of the Oscars were found in some rubbish by a man called Willie Fulgear.

Passive form Verbs	be	Past participle
Present Simple	am/are/is	held
Present Continuous	am/are/is being	shown
Past Simple	was/were	given
Present Perfect Simple	have/has been	broadcast
Past Perfect Simple	had been	nominated
Be going to	am/are/is going to	awarded

We can use all modal verbs (can, must, will, could, might, etc) in the passive verb forms.

He cannot be trusted.