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.
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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
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