Grammar herhaling chapter 2: passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Grammar: the passive

Passive

Active - focus op wat het onderwerp van de zin doet. 

Passive - focus op wat het onderwerp van de zin ondergaat. 

Passive structure: to be (tegenwoordige of verleden tijd) + Voltooid deelwoord (+ ed / 3e rijtje)

Passive 

	Active	Passive
present simple	I do the homework. She eats the apples.	The homework is done (by me). The apples are eaten (by her).
	werkwoord present	am/is/are + voltooid deelwoord
past simple	I did the homework. She ate the apples.	The homework was done (by me). The apples were eaten (by her).
	werkwoord past	was/were + voltooid deelwoord

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 room has been painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

Cricket is played in Australia.

1. passive
2. active

Wat is de passive zin voor deze:
Everybody loves Mr Brown.

1. Mr Brown loves everybody.
2. Mr Brown is loved.
3. Mr Brown is loved by everybody.
4. Mr Brown loved everybody.

Wat is de passive zin voor deze:
I water the plants every week.

1. The plants water every week.
2. The plants give water every week.
3. The plants are watered every week.
4. The plants were watered every week.

Make passive:

He has seen the e-mail.

 

by him

the e-mail

has been seen

Sleep de woorden in de juiste volgorde om een goede passive zin te maken.

house

me

the

painted

by

was

countries

spoken

seven

Dutch

in

is

Vul de juiste vorm in:
Most books _____ (sell) by bookshops

Vul de juiste vorm in:
The pictures and illustrations ____ (draw) by artists.

Vul de juiste vorm in:
The post _______________ (deliver) every morning.

Vul de juiste vorm in:
The last newspaper ________________ (buy) a few minutes ago.

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

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

Zet dit in de passive form.
Rita writes a letter.
Vergeet de punt niet!

Zet dit in de active form.
These shoes were bought by my mum.
Vergeet de punt niet!

Zet dit in de passive form.
I threw the litter away.
Vergeet de punt niet!

Finished?

- Go to Somtoday
- Look at today's homework for English

- Choose what you're going to do next