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Estrellas y famosos: 'ser + past participle + por'

I can understand passive sentences and respond to unprepared questions about film and cinema.

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Estrellas y famosos: 'ser + past participle + por'

I can understand passive sentences and respond to unprepared questions about film and cinema.

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Key learning points

  1. In passive sentences, the focus is on what is done rather than who is doing it.
  2. Some passive sentences in Spanish use 'ser' + past participle.
  3. In passive sentences with 'ser', the past participle must agree in gender and number with the noun it acts on.
  4. The word 'por' means 'by' when it appears after 'ser' + past participle.
  5. Unprepared questions often focus on opinions and past experiences.

Keywords

  • Passive - verb construction that focuses on what is done rather than who does it

  • Past participle - past tense verb form often used in the passive; in English this normally ends in -ed

  • Ser + past participle + por - Spanish passive structure meaning 'to be + past participle + by'

Common misconception

Past participles do not have gender and number marking.

In passive sentences with 'ser' + past participle, the past participle must agree in number with the noun it acts on.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word means 'queue'?
Correct answer: cola (f)
disfraz (m)
forma (f)
risa (f)
rey (m)
Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:belleza (f),beauty
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beauty

Correct Answer:camisa (f),shirt
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shirt

Correct Answer:construcción (f),construction
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construction

Correct Answer:discriminación (f),discrimination
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discrimination

Correct Answer:imaginación (f),imagination
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imagination

Correct Answer:informe (m),report
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report

Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:escrito,written
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written

Correct Answer:hecho,done, made
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done, made

Correct Answer:visto,seen
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seen

Correct Answer:adoptado,adopted
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adopted

Correct Answer:enviado,sent
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sent

Correct Answer:grabado,recorded
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recorded

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'my younger sister is as tall as me'.
1 - mi hermana
2 - menor
3 - es
4 - tan
5 - alta
6 - como
7 - yo
Q5.
Write in English: 'esta especie vive en el lago'.
Correct Answer: This species lives in the lake
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'there is a carnival in the outskirts'.
Correct Answer: Hay un carnaval en las afueras

6 Questions

Q1.
Which question focuses on opinions?
Correct answer: ¿Qué piensas sobre … ?
¿Cuándo fue la última vez que … ?
¿Alguna vez has … ?
Q2.
In passive sentences, the focus is on ...
when the action is done
Correct answer: who does the action
what is done
where the action is done
Q3.
'La sombra es vista por los animales'. Choose the correct translation of 'por'.
because of
Correct answer: by
for
through
with
Q4.
Order the words to form a passive sentence.
1 - la
2 - entrevista
3 - fue
4 - grabada
5 - por
6 - el
7 - gobierno
Q5.
'Los libros son por las cantantes'. Choose the correct past participle.
escrito
Correct answer: escritos
escrita
escritas
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'the shoes were made by'.
Correct Answer: los zapatos fueron hechos por

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