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Special Passive & exercises with keys for advanced learners only.

PART A: STRUCTURES

STRUCTURE 1

1. Somebody + want/ like/expect + someone to do something
2. Somebody + want /like/expect + something + to be done

EX:

• Our teacher wants us to prepare our lessons carefully.
• Our teacher wants our lessons to be prepared carefully.
• They expected me to finish my work early.
• They expected my work to be finished early.

STRUCTURE 2

1. Somebody + agree/arrange/determine/decide + to do something
2. Somebody + agree/arrange/determine/decide + that something + should be + done

EX:

• She decided to rebuild the house.
• She decided that the house should be rebuilt.

STRUCTURE 3

1. Something + need(s) + doing            (also: want + V-ing/ require + V-ing)
2. Something + need(s) + to be done    (also: want+ to be done/require+to be done)

EX:

• The house needs cleaning. (passive meaning)            
• These flowers require watering.
• The house needs to be cleaned.                              
• These flowers require to be watered.
• You don’t need to prepare the lesson (active)   - The chickens need feeding
• The lesson doesn’t need to be prepared.          - The chickens need to be fed.
• The lesson doesn’t need preparing.