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10 APPLY.

Look at the photo. Then write sentences about it. Use your imagination. Use passive gerunds,
passive infinitives, and get passives in your sentences.

got hit by a snowstorm
1. This city

2. The taxi

3. The woman doesn’t want

4. The dog doesn’t mind
5. can be scary.

B_ Work in a group. Share your sentences from exercise A. Ask each other questions about your
sentences. Try to use passive gerunds, passive infinitives, and get passives.

A: This city got hit by a bad snowstorm.
B: Did anyone get hurt in the snowstorm?

A: No, no one got hurt, if I remember correctly.

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