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Emphasis & advanced · CEFR C2 · Mastery
English puts what the listener already knows first and the new part at the end. Most choices between active and passive are really this choice.
The shape
known information first · new information last
Order a sentence so it lands.
In Hindi
अंग्रेज़ी पहले जानी हुई बात रखती है और नई बात आख़िर में। active या passive का चुनाव अक्सर यही होता है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
A man I did not know wrote the report that we discussed yesterday. | The report we discussed yesterday was written by a man I did not know. The report is already known, so it belongs first and the new fact belongs last. |
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Given before new is a CEFR C2 structure — the mastery band — and it belongs to emphasis & advanced. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
CoCap turns this page into practice: Hindi sentence in, English sentence out, corrected one thing at a time. Free, no card.
Practise the given before new →