Mastering English Grammar: Tags, Future, and Passive Voice
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Mastering Key English Grammar Structures
1. Forming Tag Questions with Negative Statements
Tag questions are short questions added to the end of a statement. When the main statement is negative, the tag is positive. The auxiliary verb used in the tag must match the tense and subject of the statement.
Examples of Negative Statements and Positive Tags:
- That question isn't easy. Is it?
- He isn't working hard. Is he?
- There's no test tomorrow. Is there?
- He wasn't angry. Was he?
- He wasn't watching TV. Was he?
- There weren't many problems. Were there?
- This doesn't seem easy. Does it?
- She didn't work yesterday. Did she?
- He didn't leave early. Did he?
- They haven't yet finished. Have they?
- She hasn't visited Paris. Has she?
- He hasn't been there a long time. Has he?
- They hadn't left when you arrived. Had they?
2. Simple Future Tense Usage
The Simple Future Tense is used to talk about actions that will happen in the future, often using the auxiliary verb 'will'.
Examples of Simple Future Statements:
- She will read the newspaper tomorrow.
- We will come to school by bus.
- You will work very hard.
- She will like to sit in the sun.
- We will play in the park next week.
- He will watch his son in the race.
- The store will be open until seven o'clock.
- The plant will die because of lack of sunshine.
3. Passive Voice: Present Perfect Tense
The Present Perfect Passive Voice is formed using has/have + been + past participle. It emphasizes the result of an action completed recently or at an unspecified time in the past.
Examples of Present Perfect Passive Sentences:
These shoes have been made in Japan.
This new medicine has been created by scientists.
The Guernica has been painted by Picasso.
Radium has been discovered by Marie Curie.
The permanent exhibition has been visited by thousands of people.
These pictures have been painted by the same artist.
War and Peace has been written in 1869 by Tolstoy.
La Maja Vestida has been painted by Goya.
The light bulb has been invented in 1879 by Thomas Edison.
The pyramids have been built by the Egyptians.
Swan Lake and The Nutcracker have been composed by Tchaikovsky.
The graffiti has been removed to the next street.
The wall has been covered by the artist.
The landscapes in this room have been painted by Constable.
The sculpture has been moved to the library.
This wooden chair has been made.
The car has been broken in the middle of the road.
The house has been built by the architects.
The homework has been made by the boy who was punished.