Puzzling grammar questions

[مستر/ عصام الجاويش]

Puzzling grammar questions
1-Find the mistake in the following sentence, then write it correctly:
*. It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation doing.
2. Choose the correct answer :
* For how long……this mobile? Aren't you going to buy a new one?
a) do you have b) have you got c) have you had

زملائى الاعزائى هذه الجمل وردت فى احد الكتب الخارجيه فى الوحده الاولى ماهى افضل اجابه من وجهه نظركم؟

[Essam ABDOU]

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة مستر/ عصام الجاويش

Puzzling grammar questions

1-Find the mistake in the following sentence, then write it correctly:
*. It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation doing.
2. Choose the correct answer :
* For how long……this mobile? Aren't you going to buy a new one?
a) do you have b) have you got c) have you had

زملائى الاعزائى هذه الجمل وردت فى احد الكتب الخارجيه فى الوحده الاولى ماهى افضل اجابه من وجهه نظركم؟

- It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation done / being done
- Grammatically speaking Have you had is best.

Best Regards

[كانونو]

doing being done


do you have

[مستر/ عصام الجاويش]

Thank you Mr Essam. Is there any reference to verify the answer to the first question?

[Essam ABDOU]

Yes.'heart transplant operation' is an object in the passive. So, we use passive structure.
Another reference is that we use gerund (and in other cases the infinitive) after verbs such as: see, watch, notice, listen, etc. The gerund and the past participle fit here.
Also, whether we use done (based on a general fact) or being done (based on a continuous action happening during the operation) the meaning is acceptable.

Best Regards

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[عمادالمرسى]

I think
Its amazing to watch
{have you got}

[بوقايد]

Iagree completely with Mr Essam
being done
have you had
but Ithink done is incorrect

[mr_moh55555]

He was amazed as he watched the heart transplant
operation being performed.
being done
For how long have you had this mobile? Aren't you going to buy a new one?


I think we should omit for

[مستر/ عصام الجاويش]

انا دخلت سألت السؤال ده فى منتدى انجليزى وقدمت اجابتى اهو الرابط لمزيد من الفائده
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[aaabdulwahab]

To understand the first sentence clearly, let's put it in the active form

It's amazing to see a surgeon do / doing a heart transplant operation

Now let's change it again into passive

It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation be / being done
I think that's the answer for the first sentence

as For the second sentence have you had is the answer because here we need a present perfect and have you got is not a present perfect in this context it is the same as do you have

(The Grammar topic for Unit 2 in Hello 7) .

Atef Ahmed Abdulwahab
Teacher of English
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

[aaabdulwahab]

Mr. Essam,
My greetings,
You didn't say anything about my comment on your two wonderful sentences

[المرابط]

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[Mr.Limitless]

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة مستر/ عصام الجاويش

Puzzling grammar questions
1-Find the mistake in the following sentence, then write it correctly:
*. It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation doing.

زملائى الاعزائى هذه الجمل وردت فى احد الكتب الخارجيه فى الوحده الاولى ماهى افضل اجابه من وجهه نظركم؟

شكرا للأستاذ عصام على هذه الأسئلة .
أعتقد أن السؤال الثانى لا خلاف عليه .
السؤال الأول :
*. It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation doing.
الإجابة الصحيحة كما أشار الأفاضل الزملاء و خاصة Mr. Moh55555
It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation being done / done .
الشرح :
هذه الجملة هى Adjective clause مربوطة بالضمير which
فأصلها :
It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation. It is done .
ربطها :
It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation which is done
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و الطريقة الثانية :


فإنه يمكن اختصارها على طريقتين :
حذف which , is
It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation done.

و الثانية : هى أن نأتى أن نحذف which ونأتى ب being
It's amazing to see a heart transplant operation being done.

Best Regards

Mr. Limitless