12 Forma passiva e have something done (47–52)

12Forma passiva e have something done
(47–52)
Forma passiva – uso
La forma attiva si usa per parlare di un’azione che qualcuno
o qualcosa compie.
The earthquake destroyed many buildings.
La forma passiva si usa invece per parlare di un’azione che qualcosa
o qualcuno subisce.
Many buildings were destroyed by the earthquake.
Forma attiva
Someone stole my bike.
Forma passiva
My bike was stolen.
Forma passiva – forma
Per formare il present simple e il past simple passive si usa il present simple e il
past simple di be + past participle. Trovi l’elenco dei verbi irregolari alla pagina
416 di The Complete English Grammar.
Present simple passive
Affermativa
Chocolate is made from cocoa.
Past simple passive
The Coliseum was built in the first
century AD.
Negativa
The Euro isn’t used in the USA.
I wasn’t told about the meeting.
Domande
Are the Olympics held every four years?
When were these photos taken?
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Esercizi
1Riscrivi le frasi alla forma passiva (present simple o past simple).
They make beer in a brewery.
Beer is made in a brewery.
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.
1Americans eat three billion pizzas every year.
Three billion pizzas
every year in America.
2Nickelback wrote the song Rockstar.
The song Rockstar
by Nickelback.
3 Levi Strauss invented jeans in the 1870s.
Jeans
by Levi Strauss in the 1870s.
4They hold the World Cup every four years.
The World Cup
every four years.
5They held the first World Cup in 1930.
The first World Cup
in 1930.
6They didn’t hold the World Cup in 1942 and 1946.
The World Cup
in 1942 and 1946.
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2Completa le notizie giornalistiche usando la forma passiva del present
simple o del past simple dei verbi del riquadro.
arrest
discover
injure
recapture
steal
Two hundred people were arrested during an anti-war
demonstration in London yesterday.
1 Twenty people
in yesterday’s train crash.
2The lion that escaped from Chicago zoo
last night
and returned to the zoo.
The animal
by a member of the public in a wood
five miles away.
3Hollywood actress Jennifer Jones’s car
outside a supermarket in Los Angles yesterday.
from
3Scegli l’alternativa corretta.
The history of Alcatraz
The island of Alcatraz in San Francisco bay is probably the most
famous prison in the world. A fort ( ) was built / built on the
island in 1853 and the building (1) used / was used as a
prison from 1889. Alcatraz (2) released / was released its
last prisoner in 1963.
Many famous criminals (3) spent / were spent time in
Alcatraz, including the well-known gangster Al Capone,
who (4) was imprisoned / imprisoned there for five years.
Conditions were strict in Alcatraz and prisoners
(5) allowed / were allowed only food, clothing and medical
attention.Today, Alcatraz is a tourist attraction and
(6) is visited / visited by over a million people each year.
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Have something done
L’espressione have something done si usa in due modi:
Per dire che qualcuno fa qualcosa per noi.
We’re having the house decorated.
Per dire che ci accade qualcosa di inatteso o spiacevole.
I’ve had my passport stolen.
have complemento oggetto
past participle
He has
his car
serviced
every year.
We had
the windows
cleaned
yesterday.
Esercizi
4Che cosa diresti in queste situazioni? Usa have e i suggerimenti del
riquadro coniugandoli al tempo verbale corretto.
my bike – stolen
it – delivered
my hair – cut
my scooter – repaired
our house – decorated
Someone is decorating your house at the moment.
We’re having our house decorated at the moment.
1 You have an appointment at the hairdresser’s tomorrow.
I
tomorrow.
2 The garage is repairing your scooter at the moment.
I
at the moment.
3 Someone stole your bike last week.
I
last week.
4 You do your shopping online and the supermarket delivers it.
We do our shopping online and
by the supermarket.
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