Chapter 11

The passive (course)

*The progressive forms of the present perfect, past perfect; future, and future perfect are

very rarely used in the passive.

*The omission of to is more common in British English than American English: An award

was given Mrs. Lee.

*See Chapters 9 and 10 for a discussion of the form, meaning, and use of modals and phrasal modals.

*Some of the common adjectives that follow get are:

angry anxious bald better big busy

chilly cold dark dizzy empty

fat full good heavy hot

hungry late light mad nervous

old rich sick sleepy tall

thirsty warm well wet worse