DI Dicas Inglês
📕 Avançado

I was given
a book

Passiva de verbos com dois objetos.

🔑 A grande sacada

Verbos com dois objetos (give, send, offer, tell) viram passiva de dois jeitos — e em inglês o mais comum é começar pela pessoa: I was given a book.

// da ativa pra passiva

They gave me a prize.

I was given a prize.

A prize was given to me.

Me deram um prêmio.

Também: She was offered a job. · We were told the truth.

⚠️ Erros comuns do brasileiro

✗ I was gave a book.

✓ I was given a book. (particípio: given)

✗ Me was given a book.

✓ I was given a book. (sujeito, não objeto)

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