✅ Formula 18: Should people be given X?
Cấu trúc:
1 Use common native speaker agreement and disagreement phrases.
As I see it, people in my country often work away too much.
Look at these ways of expressing agreement and disagreement with an exclamation or a proposition.
Agreement
Yes, they certainly should!
Absolutely!
Definitely!
I couldn’t agree more!
Disagreement
Absolutely not!
Of course not!
I don’t think so.
Certainly not!
Introducing your opinion
I think/believe/feel that …
The way I see it .. .
In my opinion .. .
I am convinced that …
For me …
2 Use common native speaker rights, fairness and permission expressions with the passive.
All workers deserve to be provided with a fair salary.
The passive structure
Remind yourself of the passive structure: subject+ be + past participle
The workers are given three weeks’ holiday every year.
The children were allowed to wear casual clothes last week.
People today are not provided with enough benefits.
Using the passive to suggest
To make suggestions, native speakers normally combine verbs such as should and ought to with the passive. Note in the following examples how these are used and that (to) be is
added before the past participle:
should (not) be + past participle
ought (not) to be + past participle
(don’t) deserve to be +past participle
should (not) be allowed to +verb
should (not) be permitted to +verb
Look at these in the context of the following examples:
People who work longer hours deserve to be paid more money.
Workers ought to be treated more fairly.
Women ought not to be discriminated against at work.
Children sbould not be allowed to work until they are 18 years old,
Employees should be permitted to wear casual clothes to work.
Fathers should be given extra holidays to spend time with their family.
All workers deserve to be provided with a safe working environment.
3 Express reasons like a native with the zero conditional.
If workers are treated fairly, they are usually more loyal to their company.
The structure for the zero conditional is as follows:
if+ present verb+ present verb
lf we travel to work by subway, we usually get there quicker.
If l go to music concerts, I always dance.
if workers are late, they get into trouble.
Look at how the zero conditional is used with the passive:
if+ passive +present verb
If people are given more paid holidays, they are more loyal to their company.
if children are allowed to play computer games too much, they get really lazy.
If young people are made to wear uniforms in school, they are generally better behaved.
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