Passive Voice and Conditionals".

1.The passive tense is used because..
It's another form of speak emphasize in something more important than the subject.
2.When do we use the passive voice?
 We used passive voice when we talk about the action and the person who did it is not important and we want to emphasize in the object, also when the person is unknown or only we want to change the order of the tense.for adding when someone does not want to confess something one can talk in passive for hide the true. 
3.. The structure to use the passive voice in the

PRESENT TENSE is Object+To be (present)+Past Participle+(by + subject)* *If needed.

PAST TENSE is  OBJECT + To Be (Past) + Past Participle + By + Subject

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE is Object + To be (Present)+ Verb to be (present+ ing) + Past Participle + by + Subject

4. Go to this website (http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive) and do some of the exercises there. Share with us one of the exercises on your blog.

Passive Voice - Exercises on Form

Write passive sentences in Simple Present.

1. The documents are printed.
2. The window is opened.
3. The shoes are bought.
4. The car is washed.
5. The litter is thrown away.
6. The letter is sent.
7. The book is not read.
8. The songs are not sung.
9. The food is not eaten.
10. The shop is not closed.

Passive Voice - Exercises on Form

Write passive sentences in Simple Past.

1. The test was written.
2. The table was set.
3. The cat was fed.
4. The lights were switched on.
5. The house was built.
6. Dinner was served.
7. This computer was not sold.
8. The car was not stopped.
9. The tables were not cleaned.
10. The children were not picked up.

Great, all answers are correct!

Complete the sentences or answer the following questions in your blog:

5. Which tenses are used in the first conditional? Write an example about it.

Simple present tense and Simple Future

For instance:

1- If she moves over there, We will go out more frecuently 

2- we won't pay these classes, If you don't tell us who the new teacher is

3. If  I take classes on saturday, I won't be able of going out night fridays

6. What is the characteristic of the first conditional?

Real situations or possible situations are written in first conditional

7. Which tenses are used in the second conditional? Write an example about it.

In second conditional we use hypothetical situation or situations where oneself is incluided in the tense making a comparative with another one.

For instance:

  If I were a woman, I'd dress up very flamboyant!

  I Would talk her If I wasn't so shy!

8. The pronoun I comes with the verb to be in the second conditional in which form?

9. Which tenses are used in the third conditional?

When we talk about third conditional we describe past tense or something that it never happened but we wished it was.

Past Perfect + (Would Have/ Should Have/ Could Have/ Might Have) + Past Participle

10. Go to this Website (http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences) Read about it clear up any questions you might have. Do this exercise: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/exercises?05. Share in your what you have learnt about Conditionals.

Exercises on Conditional Sentences (Mix)

Type I, II or III

Complete the Conditional Sentences. Decide whether to use Type I, II or III.

1. If I had time, I would go shopping with you.
2. If you speak English, you will get along with them perfectly.
3. If they had gone for a walk, they would have turned the lights off.
4. If she comes to see us, we will go to the zoo.
5. I would have told you, if I had seen him.
6. Would you mind if I opened the window?
7. If they had invited me, I wouldn't have said no.
8. My friend will meet me at the station if he gets the afternoon off.
9. If I didn't do it, nobody would do it.
10. If my father doesn't pick me up, I'll take the bus home.

Great, all answers are correct!

Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 2

Janine is a daydreamer. She imagines what would happen if she won the lottery.

Complete the Conditional Sentences Type II.

1. If I played the lottery, I would have a chance to hit the jackpot.
2. If I hit the jackpot, I would be rich.
3. If I were rich, my life would change completely.
4. I would buy a lonely island, if I found a nice one.
5. If I owned a lonely island, I would build a huge house by the beach.
6. I would invite all my friends if I had a house by the beach.
7. I would pick my friends up in my yacht if they wanted to spend their holidays on my island.
8. We would have great parties if my friends came to my island.
9. If we liked to go shopping in a big city, we would charter a helicopter.
10. But if my friends' holidays were over, I would feel very lonely on my lonely island.