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LESSON ON 29 DEC 20 lessons-learnt, Informal, Formal, :moneybag: :money…

- - - - The action is unexpected, involuntary or unwelcome
        Ex: When he picked up the phone, we got cut off. :phone:
      - An achievement based on a previous effort.
        Ex: She got elected.
      - An achievement in difficulty.
        Ex: I finally got admitted to hospital
        :hospital:
    - - Active and passive infinitives with the same meaning with there
        Ex: There are many rooms to paint/ to be painted.
      - Something/ anything/ nothing to do
        Ex: there's nothing to do in the evening
      - Report verbs (impersonal passive constructions
        Ex: The chairman is thought by the press to earn too much.
      - Passive -ing forms (being + -ed),
        perfect passive -ing forms (having been + -ed)
        
        After verbs normally followed by -ing forms
        Ex: I love being given flowers. :sunflower:
        
        As participles, usally with the meaning of because
        Ex: Being paid monthly, I find annual bills hard to pay.
        
        As the subject of a sentence
        Ex: Being proved wrong is never a comfortable experience.
  - - - Passive sentences: no interest in who/ what performs the action
      - Focus: the action ítelf, who/that is affected by the action, the result.
      - Ex: That window has been broken again.
    - - The information is important and want to say more about it.
      - Ex: I remember being taking ti the fair by my father, who rarely showed any interest in such things
  - - - My mom gave me some money
        -> I was given some money.
      - My mom gave some money to me.
        -> Some money was given to me.
    - - NO intransitive verbs in passive
        :red_cross::red_cross::red_cross: The Tasmanian tiger was die out early this century. :tiger:
      - Some verbs cannot chang the indirect object into the subject
        :red_cross::red_cross::red_cross: He was explained the procedure.
      - Some verb phrases with two object cannot be passive
        Ex: Let me wish you luck. :four_leaf_clover:
      - Some verbs are followed by two Nouns, but the secons is not an object.
        Ex: They declared him President.
- - - - Get sth p.p
      - Have sth p.p
    - - Get sb to - Inf
        Ex: I got the garage to wash my bike
      - Have sb Inf
        I have my son give me a cup of coffee.
  - - - With + instruments/ materials
      - Past participales as adj + other prepositions
      - By + agent
      - Get/have sb/ sth + V-ing: Make sb/ sth start doing sth