English Grammar and Vocabulary Reference: Passive Voice and Social Terms

Passive Voice Structures

Present Simple: Object + is/are + past participle (e.g., Paris is located).

Present Continuous: Object + is/are + being + past participle (e.g., She is being talked to).

Past Simple: Object + was/were + past participle (e.g., A car was found).

Past Continuous: Object + was/were + being + past participle (e.g., I was being played).

Present Perfect: Object + has/have + been + past participle (e.g., She has been arrested).

Future Simple: Object + will be + past participle.

Causative: Have Something Done

• Present Simple: Have/has + object + past participle (e.g., They have the door painted green).
• Present Continuous: Is/are + having + object + past participle (e.g., They are having the door painted green).
• Past Simple: Had + object + past participle (e.g., They had the door painted green).
• Past Continuous: Was/were + having + object + past participle (e.g., They were having the door painted green).

Character Qualities and Adjectives

Courage, courageous, cruel, cruelty, determination, determined, enthusiasm, enthusiastic, generosity, generous, helpful, helpfulness, honest, honesty, honourable, hopeful, imaginative, kind, kindness, lazy, lonely, loyal, loyalty, materialistic, modest, modesty, optimism, optimistic, patient, polite, qualities, reliable, selfish, sensitive, stupid, stupidity, sympathetic, well-mannered.

Crime and Society Vocabulary

Abolish, arrest, authorities, break the rules, burglar, burglar alarm, burglary, burgle, case, citizen, commit a murder, constitution, criminal damage, death penalty, demonstration, dig a tunnel, elect, employ, escape attempt, follow, government, immigrant, imprison, investigate, judge, kill, majority, murderer, neighbourhood, organisation, policeman, politician, prisoner, public institution, press conference, robbery, security firm, statistics, steal, uniform, violence.

Acts of Kindness and Social Terms

Appreciate (agradecer), barefoot (descalza), fortunate, beg (pedir monedas), beggar (mendigo), benefit (beneficio), collect money, collection, do a good deed (buena acción), donate, elderly people (gente mayor), friendship, homeless (vagabundo), jobless (sin trabajo), inspire, raise money for charity, shelter (abrigo), the blind (ciego), the deaf (sordo), voluntary work, average (promedio), curious, drown (ahogar), engage (comprometerse), groan, incident, promote.