tailieunhanh - OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 59

OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-59 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 59 TO BE DONE AND BEING DONE Compare the active and passive. ACTIVE PASSIVE to-infinitive ought to meet Sarah at the airport. I hope to be met at the airport. ing-form insist on meeting you at the airport. I love being met at the airport. I meet people. People meet me. Here are some more examples. want to play volleyball. I hope to be chosen for the team. The minister agreed to answer questions. He agreed to be interviewed on television. Why did Tom keep making jokes about me I don t enjoy being laughed at. You say you remember telling me the news. But I certainly can t remember being told. An ing-form sometimes comes after a preposition. The postman complained about being attacked by Nick s dog. Famous people get tired of being recognized everywhere they go. B Active forms with a passive meaning The active ing-form after need has a passive meaning. The bicycle needs oiling. The bicycle needs to be oiled. The windows need cleaning. The windows need to be cleaned. We cannot use the passive ing-form here. NOT The-bicycle needs being oiled. We sometimes use an active to-infinitive when we talk about a job to be done. I ve got some letters to write today. We ve got this bill to pay. Here we use the active to write because the subject of the sentence I is the person who has to do the job. But if the subject is not a person then we use the passive infinitive. The letters are to be written today. The bill is to be paid without delay. All this mess has to be cleared away. The goods have to be shipped. We can use the structure be to-infinitive to give an order. The matter is to be given top priority. You re not to drive too fast. After the subject there we can use either an active or a passive to-infinitive. There are some letters to write to be written today. There s a bill topay to be paid. 62 Verb active to-infinitive or ing-form 73 Preposition active ing-form 59 EXERCISES I Passive forms A am asking the government to allow me into Britain. I am .