Passive

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Passive

First basics: 

Present Simple , Past Simple Passive, Present Perfect

Passive vs. active

In active:

Person/thing does the action

In passive:

Person/thing does not do anything

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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

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

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

What does it look like?

Present Simple:

am/is/are + past participle

Past Simple:

was/were + past particple

Present Perfect:

have/has + been + past participle

For example:

Present Simple:

My room is being cleaned.

Past Simple:

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

 Present Perfect:

I think loads of films have been made there.

Make a passive:
Lots of books ...(read, not) by those children yet.

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

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