H3a the passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

The Passive

Today's class

• Learning goals
• The passive: Revision.
• The passive: Exercises. 
• Vocabulary.

Learning goals

Active vs Passive

Active:

• In an active sentence the subject performs the action.
• Example: They build these ships in Japan.

Passive:

• In a passive sentence the subject undergoes the action.
• These ships are built in Japan.

How to make a passive

1. Pick the right form of 'to be' based on the context.

2. Choose the right past participle.

Active

Intel produces millions of chips

The police arrested the burglar

He sent 

Passive

Millions of chips are produced

The burglar was arrested

The present tense of the passive 

The present simple passive is used to talk about the following: 

• Actions performed in the present.
• Habits.
• Statements and facts. 

Present simple passive: Examples

1. Dutch and Frysian are spoken in the Netherlands. (Fact)
2. The beach is cleaned every morning. (Habit)
3. The songs are sung. (Action performed in the present).

At Pathé, movies _____ every day.

1. are show
2. are showing
3. were shown
4. are shown

Past simple passive

The past simple passive must be used when:

• There is an indication of time like yesterday, last year, in 2003, two weeks ago.

How do we form the past simple passive?

1. Pick between was and were.
2. Use the past participle.

Past simple passive: Examples

• They were arrested yesterday. 
• The accident was caused by a drunken driver.

This house ______ in 1850.

1. is build
2. was built
3. is built
4. was build

Time to practise

I read this book a long time ago.

1. Passive
2. Active

Shane was asked to play the main character

1. Passive
2. Active

My parents expected problems.

1. Passive
2. Active

This picture ___ (take) at John's birthday party last week.

English ___ (speak) by millions of people all over the world.

Passive

Next exercise

Change the next sentences.

From Passive to Active

or 

From Active to Passive

Rita writes a letter.
Vergeet de punt niet!

These shoes were bought by my mum.
Vergeet de punt niet!

I threw the litter away.
Vergeet de punt niet!

Quizz on the passive