Passive 2

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

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Guiding questions

1. Who said that Putin is humiliating himself?

2. When was the new Sri Lankan prime minister chosen?

3. What can you tell about the Northern Ireland Assembly?

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The Passive 

Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can:

- recognise the passive 

- understand the use of the passive 

- make active sentences passive and vice versa 

Imporant because:

you can use the techniques in your letters and essays (Part of the 5H PTA). 

Man charged in murder investigation

A man has been charged in connection with the investigation into the murder of a 52-year-old man in Dublin's south inner city on Monday. The man, who is in his 40s, was arrested yesterday and questioned at Pearse Street Garda Station.He has since been charged and is due in court this morning.

A woman in her 30s, who was also arrested as part of the investigation, has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions. 

Isaac Horgan was found sitting on a couch in his flat at Markievicz House at around 11am on Monday. He had been stabbed in the upper leg and was pronounced dead a short time later in hospital.

                                                                                                                                                      --  RTE - 31 March 2021

Passive: what, why & when

What: A sentence is passive when the subject of the sentence receives someone or something else's action. 

Why :

• it creates more distance/it sounds more business-like
• you focus on what happened and not on who 'did' the action.

When: for instance in essays and papers, newspapers

Passive: how

How:

Example:

John carried  Jill  across the threshold. 

subject / onderwerp =  John

verb / werkwoord = carried

direct object / lijdend voorwerp = Jill

                         

Passive: how

How:

Example:

John carried  Jill across the threshold 

Jill was carried across the threshold by John

subject / onderwerp = Jill

verb / werkwoord = was carried

add 'by' 

                         

Passive or Active?

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Passive sentences in 5 steps

1. Identify the subject, verb and object 
   
2. Identify the tense by looking at the verb
   
3. Use object as new subject (singular/ plural)
   
4. Add form of 'to be' and change verb into past participle (voltooid deelwoord, 3e uit rijtje onregelmatige ww.)
   
5. Add rest of the sentence and agent if needed
   

Do

Learnbeat 1.3B: 2 and 3

Homework: 

Finish assignments, study theory 1.3A and 1.3B