SKILL 5: LISTEN FOR WHO AND WHAT IN PASSIVES

Sometimes the conversation contains an active statement, but the correct answer has a passive statement with the same meaning.

Sometimes it’s the other way around. 

For example:

(Man) Did Sally go to the bank this morning?

(Woman) Yes, she did. She opened a new checking account.

(Question) What does the woman imply?

       In your test book, you read:

(A) Sally wrote several checks.

(B) Sally wanted to check up on the bank.

(C) A new bank account was opened.

(D) Sally checked on the balance in her account.

      We are going to choose answer (C) because it has the same meaning as “she opened a new checking account,” but it is in the passive form. Be careful: In passive sentences, the subject receives the action, it doesn’t do it.


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