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G14 Infinitives Passive

Lesson Fourteen

Infinitives, Passive Voice

to be + past participle

He wants to be fed.

(The mother will feed the baby)

She wants to be paid for her tea.

She likes to be seen wearing

purple hair.

He needs to be given a long prison sentence because he’s a very dangerous person.
This guitar needs to be tuned. It sounds terrible!
They expect their baby to be born in November.

 

 

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gerunds in the passive voice

 

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