Active voice & Passive voice
Active form: Subject + verb + object
Passive form: Subject + verb to be + past participle + object
Passive form: Subject + verb to be + past participle + by + object
Voice refers to ( how/what/when/who ) is doing the verb's action in a sentence
Spot the difference between these two basic examples:
* We can often say things in two ways in the active or in the passive voice.
* Things often are said in two ways, in the active or in the passive voice.
Active voice means the subject is doing the action
Passive voice means the subject is receiving the action
The active voice highlights on the whole sentence, and if the subject of the verb ( which does the action) is known or important or needed to be known.
The passive voice focuses, emphasises also pivoting on the action, and if the subject of the verb ( which does the action) is not known or not important or not needed to be known.
Active sentences: Dear cherished client, Mo received your order successfully, humbly note that, he collected it already and he will send it on next Friday.
Passive sentences: Dear cherished client, your order was successfully received, humbly note that, it is already collected and it will be sent by next Friday.
Prefix + infinitive + suffix
Prefix and suffix are sets of letters that are added into the beginning or the end of a word to modify its meaning or change it to a different word class
If + 1st tense + 2nd tense
When + 1st tense + 2nd tense
Note "if clause can be in the 1st or the 2nd part of the sentence"
Conditional is a type of sentence that is made up of an if/when clause the (condition) and a main clause the (result)
Types, usages, tenses, examples
*Zero conditional expresses fact/truth/general
(if or when + present simple, ... present simple)
Example: If/when it rains, the ground gets wet.
*1st conditional expresses reality/possibility
(if + present simple, ... will + infinitive)
Example: If you set your mind onto a goal, you will eventually achieve it.
*2nd conditional expresses unlikelihood/impossibility
(if + past simple, ... would + infinitive)
Example: If I was able, I would travel the whole planet.
*3rd conditional expresses imaginable/regretting
(if + past perfect, ... would + have + past participle)
Example: If you had told me you needed a ride, I would have left earlier.
