Passive herh + quiz

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Passive week 7

Passive vs. active

In active:

Person/thing does the action

In passive:

Person/thing does not do anything

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).

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

to be + past participle

Oefeningen (klik de links)

1) Verschil tussen active en passive

2) Maak zinnen met present passive

3) Maak zinnen met present of past simple passive

How to recognize a passive sentence...

1. check if there is a form of "to be" used (am, are, is, was, were, been, being)
2. is it followed by a participle (voltooid deelwoord)?
3. is it followed by "by + noun or pronoun"?
   If not, can it be followed by 'by zombies'?
4. Are all answers 'yes'? Congratulations, you have a passive sentence!

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 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

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

Are these sentences active or passive?

Active

Passive

Bij binnenkomst wordt de de gast naar een tafel gebracht.

Harry is gisteren geslaagd voor zijn bachelor.

Op de basisschool werden wij iedere maand gecontroleerd op luizen.

Ik was nog nooit zo hard gevallen.

The thief was caught right after the robbery.

The student was hit by a green car.

I am walking in the forest right now.

My manager was fired the other day.

My bike was stolen last week.

She broke up with me on Valentine's day.

Active

Passive

Passive

Passive

Active

Active

Sleep de woorden in de juiste volgorde om een goede passive zin te maken.

house

me

the

painted

by

was

countries

spoken

seven

Dutch

in

is

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

Thanos ___________ ___________ by the mightiest 

heroes  of the Earth.

is

are

was

being

be

defeated

defeat

been

Make a passive. Start with 'a goal'...

Make a passive. Start with 'the oranges'...

Cedric ... murdered by Voldemort.

More practice?

Link 1

Link 2

Lots of practise!

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

Filmpje met uitleg
klik de link

Oefeningen (klik de links)

1) Verschil tussen active en passive

2) Maak zinnen met present passive

3) Maak zinnen met present of past simple passive

Present Simple Passive:

am/are/is + voltooid deelwoord

Active:

A lot of people speak English.

Passive:

English is spoken by a lot of people.

Past Simple Passive:

  

was/were + voltooid deelwoord

Active:

Rosa ate all the cookies.

Passive:

All the cookies were eaten by Rosa.

Make passive:

He has seen the e-mail.

 

by him

the e-mail

has been seen

Mr. Dessens has bought new shoes.

The student was hit by Mr. Dessens.

I was walking in the forest for hours.

The teacher was fired the other day.

Are you being discriminated against?

Have you ever stolen anything?

Active

Passive

Passive

Passive

Active

Active