Lesson 30: Passive voice - strona bierna.

Present Simple	Present Continuous	Present Perfect Simple
The letter is written every day by her. List jest pisany przez nią co dziennie. TO BE + 3 FORMA CZASOWNIKA AM IS                   WRITTEN ARE AM NOT/ ISN’T/ AREN’T	The letter is being written now. List jest teraz pisany. TO BE + 3 FORMA CZASOWNIKA   AM BEING   IS BEING            WRITTEN   ARE BEING AM NOT/ ISN’T/ AREN’T BEING	4 letters have been written since I came. 4 listy zostały napisane odkąd przyszłam. TO BE + 3 FORMA CZASOWNIKA HAVE BEEN     WRITTEN HAS BEEN HAVEN’T/ HASN’T BEEN
Past Simple	Past Continuous	Past Perfect Simple
America was discovered in 1492. Ameryka została odkryta w 1492 roku. TO BE + 3 FORMA CZASOWNIKA WAS         DISCOVERED WERE WASN’T /WEREN’T	The letters were being written for 30 minutes yesterday. Listy były pisane wczoraj przez 30 minut. TO BE + 3 FORMA CZASOWNIKA   WAS BEING       WRITTEN  WERE BEING WASN’T /WEREN’T BEING	The letter had been written before I came. List został napisany zanim przyszłam. TO BE + 3 FORMA CZASOWNIKA HAD BEEN       WRITTEN HADN’T BEEN
Future Simple	Future Continuous	Future Perfect Simple
The letter will be written tomorrow. List zostanie jutro napisany. TO BE + 3 FORMA CZASOWNIKA WILL BE       WRITTEN WON’T BE	The letter will being written from 8 to 9 tomorrow. Jutro od 8:00 do 9:00 list będzie pisany. TO BE + 3 FORMA CZASOWNIKA WILL BEING   WRITTEN WON’T BEING	The letter will have been written by the end of the week. List zostanie napisany do końca tygodnia. TO BE + 3 FORMA CZASOWNIKA WILL HAVE BEEN    WRITTEN  WON’T HAVE BEEN

Zadania:

1.   
Zamień
podane zdania na zdania w stronie biernej:

·        
They have never published his last poem.

·        
They will announce the results next week.

·        
They send us a newsletter every month.

·        
Someone gave Sarah beautiful roses this morning.

·        
Before that incident, his dogs had not attacked us.

·        
They have given Frank’s office to Alison.

·        
The police knew about the robbery because someone had
informed them.

·        
They will organize a few concerts during the summer.

·        
A technician checks the machines once a week.

2.   
Uzupełnij
zadania czasownikami z nawiasu w odpowiednim czasie strony czynnej lub biernej.

·        
Two dangerous criminals _________ (escape) from prison
last week. They ________ (arrest) few days later.

·        
Jack _________ (take) photographs of beautiful places
in the world. Sometimes his photos ________ (publish) in National Geographic.

·        
Before the exam started, the students ___________
(take) their seats. Their ID cards _________ (check), too.

·        
It’s strange that the pizza _________ (not delivered)
yet. I _________ (already/call) them three times.

·        
Mark says he _________ (send) to Spain by the company
next year. He __________ (try) to find some business partners there.

Odpowiedzi:

1.   
Zamień
podane zdania na zdania w stronie biernej:

·        
His last poem has never been published.

·        
The results will be announced next week.

·        
A newsletter is sent to us every month./ We are sent a
newsletter every month.

·        
Beautiful roses were give to Sarah this morning./Sarah
was given beautiful roses this morning.

·        
Before that incident, we hadn’t been attacked by his
dog.

·        
Frank’s office has been given to Alison./Alison has
been given Frank’s office.

·        
The police knew about the robbery because they had been
informed.

·        
A few concerts will be organized during the summer.

·        
The machines are checked by technician once a week.

2.   
Uzupełnij
zadania czasownikami z nawiasu w odpowiednim czasie strony czynnej lub biernej.

·        
Two dangerous escaped
from prison last week. They were arrested few
days later.

·        
Jack takes photographs
of beautiful places in the world. Sometimes his photos are
publish in National Geographic.

·        
Before the exam started, the students had taken their seats. Their ID cards had been checked too.

·        
It’s strange that the pizza hasn’t
been delivered yet. I have already called them
three times.

·        
Mark says he will be sent to Spain by the company
next year. He will try to find some business partners there.

Sterling on Cage

Not that I ever thought I'd have performed the definitive "takedown" of David Cage; but if I or anyone else HAD harbored any pretense toward doing so we must now concede that Jim Sterling has now definitively taken the crown on that one:

The Escapist : Jimquisition : Emotions, Polygons, and Ellen Page

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Lesson 29: I wish, would rather, if only, it's high time, as if

I wish – chciałbym; życzyłbym sobie, pragnąłbym, żałuję że:

I would rather – wolałbym/wolałbyś:

1.   
I/you
itp. would rather + bezokolicznik:

2.   
I
would rather + zdanie:

It’s (high) time – najwyższy czas:

If only – gdyby tylko:

1.   
Jako
zwrot wyrażający życzenie: would + bezokolicznik

2.   
Jako
zwrot wyrażający życzenie lub ubolewanie.

As if/ as
though – jak gdyby:

Zadania:

1.    I wish I ____ (be) famous now.

2.    If only I ____ (meet) her yesterday.

3.    He looks as if he ________ (not eat) anything for a long time.

4.    I’d rather you ____ (paint) the gate next Monday.

5.    It’s high time we ____ (leave).

6.    I wish they _____ (come) next week

7.    I only we _____ (can) be together now.

8.    I wish you ____(read) the story last week.

9.    She looks as if she ____ (see) a ghost.

10. If only I _____ (be) at home last night!

11. I’d rather he ____ (not be) so arrogant last night.

12. If only we ____ (have) a car.

13. I’d rather ____ (not go) to this place.

14. You’re an adult now. It’s time you _____ (start) thinking about your
future.

15. He behaves as if he _____ ( not know) her.

Odpowiedzi:

1.    I wish I were famous now.

2.    If only I had met her yesterday.

3.    He looks as if he hadn’t been eating
anything for a long time.

4.    I’d rather you painted the gate next
Monday.

5.    It’s high time we left.

6.    I wish they would come next week

7.    I only we could be together now.

8.    I wish you had read the story last
week.

9.    She looks as if she had seen a ghost.

10. If only I had been at home last
night!

11. I’d rather he hadn’t been so arrogant
last night.

12. If only we would have a car.

13. I’d rather not go to this place.

14. You’re an adult now. It’s time you started
thinking about your future.

15. He behaves as if he didn’t know her.

Listening #4

One:

We gave
Cyprus cheap goals and we should be better than
we are. The mistakes should have been limited – it was too easy for them.

Two:

However,
Murray made no mistake in the 10th game, breaking the world number 30 with ease
to take the first set. The second set was all
one-way traffic, with Murray winning the first five games en route to a
comfortable 6–1 success.

Three:

A second knockdown saw the Brit look to
his corner in a way that suggested he was in serious trouble. Although
he requested to go on, Ward, bleeding heavily from his
nose and with a nasty swelling under his right eye, was withdrawn by his
trainer before the start of the fifth round.

Four:

The
former Eastbourne Eagle suffered rib damage and bruised
kidneys in a crash at Ipswich on Thursday. He fell in the first heat of the 16-lap Classic, but hospital X-rays have revealed
no significant harm to his back.

Five:

Disgraced
sprinter Marion Jones has been handed a two-year ban and
returned the five medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, days after
admitting to the use of a prohibited substance.

Six:

Lebron
says they will bounce back next year. He's right, they will, but they will need
to get some better players in. A lot of the time he made the passes to guys
that were wide open but they couldn't put it in the
basket.

Słownictwo: SPORT

"OVERBYTES" Takes On The PS4

Playstation 4 has been announced. Underwhelmed? You could say that.

Glenn Beck: Video-Games Responsible For Sandy Hook Massacre

Oh, fudge.

(Hey, while you're hear, have you watched our new episode yet?)

Y'know, for awhile there I was a little worried that the American right-wing might've been doing something very smart in regards to their relationship with video-games. While it's not a perfect alignment, it's my observation that the worst aspects of gaming culture right now - centered, as these things tend to be, around the multiplayer-shooter genre - line up pretty well with The Right's most poisonous elements: Misogyny, angry-white-man paranoia plus the attendant homophobia plus "Men's Rights" lunacy that goes with it and, of course, worship of (but complete lack of respect for) the gun culture.

So when I saw things like Ollie North pimping "Call of Duty," my worry was: "Oh great, they've figured it out. They'll never regain footing in the rest of the entertainment industry; but gaming having any kind of ideological bent is such a nascent thing that they could easily slip in and claim this medium for their own without much resistance - and the only thing worse than the bro-gamers dominating the market would bro-gamers as a voting bloc."

Fortunately, The Right has demonstrated rather completely that they prize the short-term financial and electoral gains they get from being the obedient lapdogs of the gun industry FAR more than they do their long-term relevance as a political force; and so they've enthusiastically jumped onto the "Guns Don't Kill People, Violent Video-Games Kill People!" bandwagon - anything to prevent gun manufacturers' from losing business. In the latest salvo: Glenn Beck, preaching the "medical facts" of the Great Desensitization Lie:

Well, that was unpleasant. Hey, why not watch some Shameless Self-Promotion to wash your brain out?