Celta- Assignment 1
1. My car was stolen. E-mails were written.
2. Used when:
• we focus on the action in the past
• it is not important who did the action but what happened to the subject in the sentence
3. i.
I had a very bad day yesterday because I had an important meeting at work and I woke up late. I decided to go to work by car because I was in a hurry. I went outside my house but I couldn´t find my car. I looked everywhere and then I realized that my car was stolen. I don´t know who did it.
ii.
Past My car was stolen. Now Future
iii.
Am I talking about now or the past? Past
Do we know who did the action? No.
Is it more important who stole my car or what happened to my car? It´s more important to know what happened to my car.
4. i. Positive: Subject + was/ were+ past participle Negative: Subject +was/ were + not + past participle
Question: was/ were + subject + past participle ii. Passive voice
5. Subject and auxiliary verb are not contracted. Auxiliary was/ were + not are normally contracted to wasn´t / weren´t.
Stress typically falls on the past participle rather than the auxiliary was/ were.
Weak forms of was/ were occur: /wƏZ/, / wƏ/ before consonants, /wƏr/ before vowels.
6. i. X The letter was deliver.X Correction: The letter was delivered.- We don´t use the past simple form with the passive voice but we use the past participle. ii. X The criminal were caught. X Correction: The criminal was caught. With singular subject, one person, we use was not were. iii. X House vas /vƏZ/ built. Cookies vere /vƏr/ eaten. X Correction: House was /wƏZ/ built not vas /vƏZ/ built. Cookies were /wƏr/ eaten not /vƏr/ eaten.
7. Reference book used: C Oxenden, C Latham-Koenig-“ New English File, Pre-Intermediate” OUP 2008
2. Used when:
• we focus on the action in the past
• it is not important who did the action but what happened to the subject in the sentence
3. i.
I had a very bad day yesterday because I had an important meeting at work and I woke up late. I decided to go to work by car because I was in a hurry. I went outside my house but I couldn´t find my car. I looked everywhere and then I realized that my car was stolen. I don´t know who did it.
ii.
Past My car was stolen. Now Future
iii.
Am I talking about now or the past? Past
Do we know who did the action? No.
Is it more important who stole my car or what happened to my car? It´s more important to know what happened to my car.
4. i. Positive: Subject + was/ were+ past participle Negative: Subject +was/ were + not + past participle
Question: was/ were + subject + past participle ii. Passive voice
5. Subject and auxiliary verb are not contracted. Auxiliary was/ were + not are normally contracted to wasn´t / weren´t.
Stress typically falls on the past participle rather than the auxiliary was/ were.
Weak forms of was/ were occur: /wƏZ/, / wƏ/ before consonants, /wƏr/ before vowels.
6. i. X The letter was deliver.X Correction: The letter was delivered.- We don´t use the past simple form with the passive voice but we use the past participle. ii. X The criminal were caught. X Correction: The criminal was caught. With singular subject, one person, we use was not were. iii. X House vas /vƏZ/ built. Cookies vere /vƏr/ eaten. X Correction: House was /wƏZ/ built not vas /vƏZ/ built. Cookies were /wƏr/ eaten not /vƏr/ eaten.
7. Reference book used: C Oxenden, C Latham-Koenig-“ New English File, Pre-Intermediate” OUP 2008