Unit 5/6 - Y3 - Lesson 5

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Unit 5/6

Test in the next testweek
(17-05 till 21-05)

In class today:

Unit 6 - How do they do it?

Reading / listening

Grammar: present passive

Look at the picture, what does "How do they do it" refer to?

Reading & listening

Read and listen to the text

drag the sentences to the matching paragraphs.

He won a few local and national Magic Circle championships.

This wasn't the first time Dynamo had amazed the people of London.

The man was walking on water!

Was he going to throw himself in?

His grandfather was a keen amateur magician and taught Steven many of his tricks.

Was he really walking on air?

Grammar

Passive voice

Active vs Passive

The penguins are the ones doing the action, they are active.

My sister is not doing the action, she is passive.

Present passive

I wash the car every week.	The car is washed (by me) every week.
You make the pizza every Sunday.	The pizza is made every Sunday.
We read the newspapers online.	The newspapers are read online.

How to form a present passive voice?

am / are / is + past participle

(form of be) + voltooid deelwoord

This writer's articles [ ... ] by many people.

1. read
2. are read
3. are reading
4. have read

The cows [ ... ] by Jackie every morning.

1. are milked
2. milk
3. are milking
4. have milked

Chocolate [ ... ] by everybody.

1. loves
2. are loving
3. is loved
4. have loved

The brakes [ ... ] by the mechanic regularly.

1. check
2. have checked
3. are checking
4. are checked

Spanish [ ... ] in many countries.
(speak)

The cars [ ... ] by that man.
(repair)

The kitchen [ ... ] every day.
(clean)

Paper [ ... ] from wood.
(make)

The shop [ ... ] by the manager.
(close)

End of this class

To practice vocab you can use the quizlet wordlist

Click here for the unit 5 list.
Click here for the unit 6 list.

(You can also download the wordlist there)