H4F 4-4-2025 45 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome! You need: laptop, grammar booklet,  notebook, pen

Program

1. Program / learning goals (5 mins)

2. Grammar explained & practice together (20 mins)

3. Work individually / in pairs (10 mins)

4. Round off together (5 mins)

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

- I will understand the difference between active and passive sentences

- I can use the passive correctly

Passives

Active -> Passive

Active sentence:

- Peter builds a house.

Passive sentence:

Active -> Passive

Subject - Verb- Object

Do'er of action - action - receiver of action

- Peter builds a house.              

- A house is built by Peter. 

What is the subject in this sentence?

The lion bit the man.

(Onderwerp)

The lion bit the man.

What is the object in this sentence?

(Lijdend voorwerp)

The lion bit the man.

Make it passive:
The lion bit the man

ACTIVE= He steals a bike.

ACTIVE

ONDERWERP = WIE /WAT het doet staat vooraan de zin.

PASSIVE: A bike is stolen.

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

Cricket is played in Australia.

1. passive
2. active

Almost everyone likes to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

This room has been painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

The friends have been looking forward to meeting her.

1. passive
2. active

The search will be stopped because of the storm.

1. passive
2. active

Make a passive:
Lots of books ... (buy) by my father every year.

1. are bought
2. is bought
3. were bought
4. have been bought

Make a passive sentence:
Lots of books ... (read) by children in 1890.

1. are read
2. is read
3. were read
4. have been read

Make a passive:
These films ...(watch, not) by those children yet.

1. aren't watched
2. isn't watched
3. weren't watched
4. haven't been watched

Drag and drop the passive sentence(s) into the box.

The man is eating his bread.

The thief was caught by the police.

The government was shut down.

The secretary writes an email

The musicians play another song

The emails are sent by the secretary now

The songs are played in a different order

Active

Passive

Active or passive voice? Make the correct combinations

I play tennis every Monday evening.

Tennis is played every Monday evening.

 

This bicycle has been built from scratch.

He has built this bicycle from scratch.

Sentence

active or passive?

Active

Active

Passive

Passive

How to recognize a passive sentence...

- A form of 'to be' (am, are, is, was, were, been)

- Followed by a past participle (voltooid deelwoord), like 'bitten'

- Followed by, for example, 'by a lion' OR

- If not, can it be followed by  'by zombies'?

Are all answers 'yes'? 

Congratulations, you have a passive sentence.

The thief was caught right after the robbery.

The student was hit by a green car.

I am walking in the forest right now.

My manager was fired the other day.

My bike was stolen last week.

She broke up with me on Valentine's day.

Active

Passive

Passive

Passive

Active

Active

Thanos ___________ ___________ by the mightiest 

heroes  of the Earth.

is

are

was

being

be

defeated

defeat

been

My broken tap ___________   ___________   _________ now.

is

repaired

was

being

be

fix

repair

been

___________ your room __________  ___________ yet?

is

has

was

cleaned

has

have

platypus

been

Make a passive. Start with 'the salmon'...

Make a passive. Start with 'a book'...

studyandexam.com

Passive = form of 'to be' + past participle

My room was cleaned.

 I think loads of films have been made there.

I was told the scenery in Avatar was based on this landscape.

The girls are decorated with flowers.

Also: can you add 'by zombies'?

To do now:

Grammar booklet pp.38-39

Exercises 1-3

(Explanation on pp.36-37)

Well done! You...

- understand the difference between active and passive 

   sentences

- can use the passive correctly

Don't forget to check Magister before Monday!

Cedric ... murdered by Voldemort.

edition.cnn.com

www.bbc.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk

www.englisch-hilfen.de

www.englisch-hilfen.de

learnenglish.britishcouncil.org

a4esl.org

www.englisch-hilfen.de