Passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

The passive (lijdend) 1

Today's GOAL: Become a master of Passive! 

Subgoals: 

- being able to recognise direct object.

- being able to recognise indirect objects. 

- Understand why that is useful

- being able to recognise transitive verbs.

- being able to recognise intransive verbs. 

- being able to recognise ergative verbs. 

What does 'passief' mean?

What makes a sentence passive?

'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a passive sentence

Active: The teacher teaches the student.

Passive: The student is taught (by the teacher).

Active: The dog bites the man.

Passive: The man was bitten (by the dog).

How to recognize a passive sentence...

- check if there is a form of 'to be' used (am, are, is, was, were, been)

- is it followed by a participle (voltooid deelwoord)?

- is it followed by 'by + noun or pronoun? If not, can it be followed by 'by zombies'?

Are all answers 'yes'? Congratulations, you have a passive sentence.

ACTIVE= He steals a bike.

Steals = present simple

ACTIVE

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

PASSIVE: The bike is stolen.

Is (form of 'to be') = present simple

stolen = voltooid deelwoord

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

Boys like to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

This room has been painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

Cricket is played in Australia.

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

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

My broken tap ___________   ___________   _________ now.

is

repaired

was

being

be

fix

repair

been

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.

Excellent and well done!