Verb Patterns, Passives and Causatives
Choose to + verb or -ing after a verb, put two objects in the right order, and use the passive and have something done.
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Lessons in this module
- What can follow a verb?Use the right pattern after a verb: to + verb, a person + to + verb, or -ing.
- Verbs with two objects: give, send, explain and suggestPut the person and the thing in the right order after verbs such as give, explain and suggest.
- Patterns that change meaning: stop, remember, tryChoose -ing or to + verb after stop, remember, forget and try, so that you say what you mean.
- The passive: is made, was builtForm the passive with be and a past participle, and know when to use it.
- Passives in other tenses and with modalsMake the passive in other tenses and after modal verbs.
- Reporting passives and advanced passive patternsReport what people say or believe with the passive, and use the passive after to, after -ing verbs and with two objects.
- Causatives: have, get, make, let and helpSay that you arrange, cause or allow an action that another person does.
- Verb-structure workshop: explain a processCheck the pattern after each verb, the voice and the meaning when you explain what happened.