There's a small mistake towards the end of this video, which I only noticed after posting links to it on Facebook, etc. The corrected version is here: https://youtu.be/ehSmO-vL_vY 0:00 Introduction 0:10 Why teachers and textbooks often don't teach the prepositional passive 1:22 "Agent" and "patient" versus "subject" and "object" 2:08 Different types of constructions 3:20 How the prepositional passive works: "The cow jumped over the moon" versus "The car ran over the chicken" 5:17 Another example: "Someone has drunk out of the glass" versus "Someone has gone out of the room" 6:33 "They are Looking forward to the holidays" versus "The police are looking into the accusations" 7:16 Impossible passives: "Mary suffers from headaches" 8:06 A sliding scale of acceptability 8:39 Try it yourself! (There is a minor mistake in the answers here; it should be "her mother *is* looked after" and [X]"His father *is* taken after", not "was".) Passive playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_mVsDmPhes&list=PLzVb6yL_jY6-J70nxQ5fs1F8ACC8x80AQ&index=1 Membership URL: https://www.youtube.com/anosensei/join A special thanks to "TEFL Certified Native American Teacher Tutor" (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi0e6RFY1QErG6Wjgq1XLfQ), who pointed out a flaw in the preview version of this video. If subtitles are not available in your language, let me know and I will add them. © All rights reserved