Passive: present simple and past simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Listening test 

week 16 - 21 april - om 13:40 uur in lokaal 55/56!

active sentences

I teach your class four times a week. 

She writes a diary entry every day. 

I taught your class yesterday. 

She wrote a diary entry last night.

subject + verb + object 

Which two tenses did you just see?

1. present simple / past simple
2. present continuous / past simple
3. past simple / past continuous
4. present continuous / past continuous

... sentences

You class is taught by me four times a week.

A diary entry is written by her every day. 

Your class were taught by me yesterday. 

A diary entry was written by her last night. 

Wat valt je op aan de zinnen hierboven?

Welke twee zinsdelen zijn met elkaar van
plaats gewisseld?

1. subject and verb
2. subject and object
3. object and verb
4. er zijn geen zinsdelen verwisseld

passive sentences | AANTEKENING

VB: The book was written last year. 

We gebruiken dit soort zinnen...

• ... als het niet belangrijk is wie de actie uitvoert ...
• ... als we willen focussen op de actie en niet de persoon die het uitvoert ...
• ... als we niet weten wie de actie uitvoert. 

enkele voorbeelden | AANTEKENING

• The train was delayed yesterday. 
• The school is opened by the janitor every day. 
• His keys were not found last week. 

Kijk eens goed naar de werkwoordconstructie...

Hoe vorm ik de passive?

Hoe vorm je the passive? | AANTEKENING

een vorm van to be + voltooid deelwoord / 3e rijtje onregelm. ww.

• am/are/is + designed/written/taught/built
  
• was/were + designed/written/taught/built
  

ACTIVE

PASSIVE

The police discovered evidence of the crime.

The paintings were recovered by the police.

More evidence was uncovered by detectives.

Detectives didn't find any suspicious photos.

Put the words in the correct order to make 2 Passive sentences.

house

me

the

painted

by

was

countries

spoken

seven

Dutch

in

is

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

Passive

Active

Go to SB p. 86

Do ex. 2 Grammar. Finished? Go study the Passive. See Magister for documents and YouTube videos.

After today's lesson...

.... I fully understand the passive.

... I need some more practice

... I find the passive difficult. Could you please help me during Dalton?