She was confronted by a scene of utter chaos. Passives are formed by the auxiliary + past participle of the verb in question, e.g. made in Taiwan, being processed right was ‘It’s ‘They’re now’ (present), ‘He met by the plan was being worked on (past), be taken to the president’, ‘The ‘You’ll going to be offered a new etc. airport’, ‘She’s job’ (future), Passive constructions are often used when we don't know or we want don’t to say who did something (e.g. been was decided that you should ‘It’s destroyed’, ‘It or when we want to give a different emphasis to the subject and object of leave’), an action opened the new new bridge was (‘The prime minister bridge’ versus ‘The opened by the prime minister’). Verb complementation This describes what words and kinds of words we can use after particular verbs. Some verbs, for example, are followed by infinitives can should (‘I swim’, ‘He some are followed by + infinitive like to tried to go’), ‘to’ (‘I swim’, ‘He save her’), some are followed by participles enjoy and some by + a (‘I don’t running’), ‘that’ new clause promised that he would finish the work on There are many (‘He time’). other complementation patterns, too. Some verbs can be followed by more than one grammatical pattern. EXAMPLES I like to watch TV/I like watching TV. I enjoy watching TV. (not *I enjoy to watch TV) I must go. (not *I must to go) I explained the problem to him. (not *I explained him the problem) She suggested that I train as a teacher, (not *She suggested me to train as a teacher) Adverbs
She was confronted by a scene of utter chaos. Passives are formed by the auxiliary + past participle of the verb in question, e.g. ‘It’s made in Taiwan, ‘They’re being processed right now’ (present), ‘He was met by the president’, ‘The plan was being worked on (past), ‘You’ll be taken to the airport’, ‘She’s going to be offered a new job’ (future), etc. Passive constructions are often used when we don't know or we don’t want to say who did something (e.g. ‘It’s been destroyed’, ‘It was decided that you should leave’), or when we want to give a different emphasis to the subject and object of an action (‘The prime minister opened the new bridge’ versus ‘The new bridge was opened by the prime minister’). Verb complementation This describes what words and kinds of words we can use after particular verbs. Some verbs, for example, are followed by infinitives (‘I can swim’, ‘He should go’), some are followed by ‘to’ + infinitive (‘I like to swim’, ‘He tried to save her’), some are followed by participles (‘I don’t enjoy running’), and some by ‘that’ + a new clause (‘He promised that he would finish the work on time’). There are many other complementation patterns, too. Some verbs can be followed by more than one grammatical pattern. EXAMPLES I like to watch TV/I like watching TV. I enjoy watching TV. (not *I enjoy to watch TV) I must go. (not *I must to go) I explained the problem to him. (not *I explained him the problem) She suggested that I train as a teacher, (not *She suggested me to train as a teacher) Adverbs