10°) Passive voice with modals (unit 19): "There's nothing you can make, That can't be made" (The Beatles - All you need is love)

This sentence it's an example of passive voice with modals. After the modal the passive is formed with be + past participle of the verb. In this example, can't with the passive to express future possibility or impossibility (in this case, impossibility).

9°) Adjective clause: "Ronaldo, who joined Real from Manchester United in 2009 for £80m, said he had reached an "unbelievable" level on the pitch over the "last eight years" and wants to continue playing for another five or six seasons." (segment of interview of BBC with Cristiano Ronaldo, after he realese his film).

This sentence it's an example of adjective clause. In this example, "who" refer to people (in this case, Cristiano Ronaldo). This adjective clause is called nonidentifying or nonrestrictive, because give an additional information about the noun it refers to. The information is not necessary to identify the noun. And, in writing, a nonidentifying adjective clause is separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.

8º) Conclusions about the past (unit 17): "I must've called a thousand times to tell you i'm sorry, for everything that I've done" (Adele - Hello)

This sentence it's an example of a conclusion about the past. Is formed by subject + modal (in this case, must) + have + past participle of the verb. Use "must have" when you are almost certain about your conclusions.

7º) Modals: "You should go and love yourself" (Justin Bieber - love yourself)

This sentence it's an example of modals. The modal "should" express social functions such as giving advice. In this case, one person give an advice for other to go and love yourself. Probably, they had any relationship.

6º) Passive voice: "When the boy was born, like all spartans, he was inspected." (segment of the film "300")

This sentence it's an example of passive voice because the focus is on the object (the person receiving the action). The passive is formed with a form of be (was, in this example) + past participle of the verb.

5°) Indirect speech: "In an interview with BBC ahead of the realese of his film on monday, Ronaldo said he had reached a level from where it is "not easy to improve" (segment of interview of BBC with Cristiano Ronaldo, after he realese his film).

This sentence it's an example of indirect speech (reported speech) because report what a speaker said without using the exact words. It's formed by the subject + said (that) + what be said.


Direct speech: "He said: "I don't need to say 'I'm in the history of football, I'm a legend'. The numbers say everything."" (segment of interview of BBC with Cristiano Ronaldo, after he realese his film).

This sentence it's an example of direct speech (quoted speech) because states the exact words that the speaker used. It's formed by quotation marks before the speech (he said).

4°) Third conditional: "If I hadn't forgotten my phone, I wouldnt have been on the roda a that time" (segment of the series "once upon a time")

This sentence it's an example of third conditional because use the the past perfect in the "if clause" and use would have + past participle. This conditional talk about past unreal conditions and their imagined or impossible results. In this example the "if clause" gives the unreal condition and the "result clause" gives the unreal result of that condition. 

3°) Second conditional: "If I was your boyfriend, I'd never let you go" (Justin Bieber - Boyfriend)

This sentence it's an example of second conditional because use the simple past in the "if clause" and use would + base form of the verb in the "result clause". This conditional talk about unreal conditions and their results. In this example the "if clause" gives the unreal condition and the "result clause" gives the unreal result of that condition. 

2°) First conditional: "I won't give up on us even if the skies get rough" (Jason Mraz - I won't give up)

This sentence it's an example of first conditional because use the simple present in the "if clause" and use the future with will in the "result clause". This conditional talk about what will happen under certain condition. In this example the "result clause" gives the probable result and the "if clause" gives the condition. Don't use comma because the "result clause" comes first.

1°) Zero conditional: "If Marley wants to exercise, walk or run with him twice a day" (segment of the film "Marley & me")

This sentence it's an example of zero conditional because use the simple simple present in both clauses. This conditional talk about things which are always true (science facts and general truths). In this example the "if clause" talks about the condition and the "result clause" talks about what happens if the condition occurs. 

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Unit 13 - Adjective Clauses With Subject Relative Pronouns

"Looking for the rush that makes us feel alive."

In this sentence, the subject “that” is putting togheter two phrases (Looking for the rush and makes us feel alive), and substituting “rush” in the second part.
“The rush” is the noun that is being substituted in the relative clause, “that” is subject, “makes us feel alive” is the Adj. Clause.

Unit 15 - Modals

"You can do magic"

Modals are auxiliary verbs. They can express advice, possibilities... In this example, Can is the modal, and it's expressing present ability.

Unit 16 - Advisability in The Past

"I should have gone to Paris."

Should is a modal, and in this case is meaning "Regrets", because next to "should" there are have + verb (past participle). "SHOULD HAVE" REPRESENTS  actions that were good ideas in the past, but didn't happen.

Unit 17 - Speculation and Conclusions About the Past

"Jonny may might have left with George."

We use may have, might have or could have to express possibilities or speculation about something that happened in the past.  In this case, the person doesn't know if Jonny left with George, so it's a speculation.

Unit 18 - The Passive

"The TV was fixed by him"

Passive voice, the SUBJECT sufferS the action. In this case, the TV is the SUBJECT and it was fixed by someone, so the TV suffered the action.

"I( HE) fixed the TV"

In the Active voice  the person or thing(THE SUBJECT) dOES the action. In this case, "I" did the action, "I fixed".

Unit 20 - The  Passive Causative

"The grass was cut by Joanne" NO! I HAD THE GRASS CUT ( SUBJECT + HAVE + OBJECT+ V PP  eg: I WILL HAVE MY HAIR CUT/ SHE HAS HAD HER BIKE FIXED

We use Passive Causative to talk about something that someone did for us in the past. In this example, Joanne cut the grass FOR me, she did someting  FOR me.

Unit 21 - Present Real Conditionals

"When Sara goes to the mall, she drives her brother's car"

We use Present Real Conditional to express habits, something that happens often. In this case, everytime that Sara goes to the mall, she uses her brother's car.

Unit 22 - Future Real Conditionals 

"If  he pratice a lot, he will win the game"

It uses Future Real Conditional to express something that can  happen under certain conditionS. In this example, if the boys pratice more, probably he will win the game. 

Unit 23 - Present Unreal Conditional

"I wish I could fly"

Present Unreal Conditional, is a conditon that isn't real, impossible IN THE PRESENT , and their results too. In this case, I wished do something that it's impossible.