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Monday, April 21, 2014

I am used to seeing her in bad mood


I am used to (something)


‘be used to means 'become familiar with'. 

Example  : I am used to seeing her in bad mood.


Meaning : I am familiar with seeing her in bad mood. It's not the first time I am seeing her in bad mood.  







Example 2 : imagine that you have recently moved to, let's say, Japan. Because Japan is so different from your home country, you felt a little uncomfortable being there. Everything was new and strange. Then after a while, you started to feel more at home in Japan. You can use this expression:

'It was strange at first, but now I am used to Japan.'

Do you notice the grammar of this phrase?


Subject (I, he, she, we) + be verb (am, is, are) + used to + object (Japan, it)


Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Simple Passive

Use:       

The passive voice is used:
a) When the object of a sentence is more important than the subject
The city was destroyed by the volcano.
b) When the subject of the sentence is unknown.
This cheese was made in Canada.
 It is common in formal and scientific writing.
Form:
You can use the passive voice in all tenses. Use the correct form of be + the past participle of the verb.
Present Simple:
I
 you / they / we
It / She / he

am
are
is
Past participle


taken
given
built
made
eaten
brought
cooked
left...
The workers collect the rubbish of Wednesdays.
=>  The rubbish is collected on Thursdays.
Past Simple:
you / they / we
I / It / She / he

were 
was
People built the castle over 800 years ago.
=>  The castle was built over 800 years ago.
Present Perfect:
I / you / they / we
It / She / he

have been
has been
Someone has taken my book!
=>  My book has been taken!
Past Perfect:
I / you / they / we / it / she / he

had been
When we arrived at the airport, someone had resold our tickets.
=>  When we arrived at the airport, our tickets had been resold.
Modals
I / you / they / we / it / she / he

can be
will be
would be
must be
should be
could be
You must wear a hard hat in this area.
=>  Hard harts must be worn in this area.

To mention who caused the action, use by.
The bins were emptied by the cleaning staff.