Recap Passive + future in the past

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3-6

Passive (tense)

Active

Het onderwerp voert een actie uit.

I paint the room.

Passive

Het onderwerp overkomt iets.

The room was painted (by me).

En daardoor verandert de werkwoordstijd en wisselen zinsdelen van plek.

Active persoonsvorm:

Kan elke werkwoordstijd zijn, wij werken nu alleen met present simple of past simple.

Mike made a brownie.

Passive persoonsvorm:

vorm van to be plus het voltooid deelwoord van het werkwoord.

A brownie was made by Mike.

Active

Present simple:

The company hires the woman.

Past simple:

He delivered the letters.

Passive

Present simple:

The woman is hired by the company.

Past simple:

The letters were delivered.

Passive Voice

What makes a sentence passive?

The combination of 'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a sentence passive:

The woman is bitten (by the dog).

The wound was stitched (by the doctor).

+ the subject is not doing the verb

Tense

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

This room was painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

Match the tenses with examples of their passive forms

Present simple

Present continuous

Past simple

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Future with will

had been invented

were sold

have been invented

are manufactured

is being encouraged

will be banned

8B SB ex. 2

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

1. The world's first plane ... (fly) by the Wright brothers in 1903.

3. Tickets for spaceflights ... (sell) today by Virgin Galactic for $200,000 each.

4. The construction of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona ... (not finish) until 2026.

Narrative tenses

(future in the past)

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect simple

Past Perfect continuous

Narrative tense

Past simple: series of completed events that happened in the past

We left for the airport on an exceptionally sunny day.

Past continuous: background actions +/ in progress at the time

The sun was shining and it was really hot by midday.

Narrative tense

Past perfect simple: action took place before the main narrative time of the story

It had been sunny on and off for the previous fortnight.

Past perfect continuous: action in progress before the time of the main narrative

We had been waiting at the airport for what seemed like an eternity.

I used my time well while I ____(wait) for my plane – I wrote some emails.

1. waited
2. was waiting
3. had waited

By the time we reached Frankfurt I ______ (already/be) very tired of driving.

1. was already
2. was already being
3. had already been

I got to work this morning and was angry when I saw that no one (arrive) yet.

1. arrived
2. was arriving
3. had arrived

I (not/call) you at 9 o'clock as arranged because I was having a meeting.

1. didn't call
2. wasn't calling
3. hadn't called

What _____(you/do) this time last year?

1. did you do
2. were you doing
3. had you done

I gave my friend directions to my house, but later realised that I ____(forgot) to give her the exact address.

1. forgot
2. was forgetting
3. had forgotten