Past Passive

The Passive
(in the past tenses)

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The Passive
(in the past tenses)

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Aims
At the end of the lesson...

You will be able to identify the past tense in a passive sentence.

You will be able to turn active sentences into passive sentences using the past tense.


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Passives
We use passives when...
It does not matter WHO does the action.

We do that by switching the subject (onderwerp) with the object (leidend voorwerp) and changing the verb accordingly.
He cooked dinner yesterday.
Dinner was cooked (by him) yesterday.

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Past Simple Passive
The dog chased the cat. -> active
The cat was chased (by the dog). -> passive

Past simple passive form:
REGULAR = was/were + verb + -ed
IRREGULAR = was/were + verb (3rd row)
                                                                    

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Past Continuous Passive
The dog was chasing the cat. -> active
The cat was being chased (by the dog). -> passive

Past continuous passive form: 
REGULAR VERBS = was/were + being + verb + ed
IRREGULAR = was/were + being + 3rd row verb
                                                                    

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Past Perfect Passive
The dog had chased the cat. -> active
The cat had been chased (by the dog). -> passive

Past perfect passive form:
REGULAR = had + been + verb + -ed
IRREGULAR = had + been + 3rd row verb
                                                                    

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Any difficulties?

Any questions?

Slide 7 - Slide

Let's see what you remember!
Here are 8 questions about the past tenses in active/passive sentences.

Please keep track of the amount of mistakes that you make.

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She sang a beautiful song.
A
active
B
passive

Slide 9 - Quiz

Make this sentence passive.
She sang a beautiful song.

Slide 10 - Open question

I was hit in the face.
A
active
B
passive

Slide 11 - Quiz

Make this sentence active.
I was hit in the face.

Slide 12 - Open question

Dinner was being cooked when I came downstairs.
What is the 1st part of the sentence?
A
active
B
passive

Slide 13 - Quiz

Dinner was being cooked when I came downstairs.
What tense are the 1st set of verbs in?

Slide 14 - Open question

He had cleaned the tables.
A
active
B
passive

Slide 15 - Quiz

Make this sentence passive:
He had cleaned the tables.

Slide 16 - Open question

Slide 17 - Link

How well can you...
  1. Turn active sentences into passive sentences using the past tense.
  2. Identify past tenses in active and passive sentence.

Give yourself a score of 1 to 5.
1 = I don't feel like I can do this.
5 = I can do this right 100% of the time.

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