Recap grammar 3rd period 2V/G

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Recap grammar 3rd period 2V/G

We can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true.

• If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.(I probably won't win the lottery)
  
• If I met the Queen of England, I would say hello.
  
• She would travel all over the world if she were rich.
  

• She would pass the exam if she ever studied.(She never studies, so this won't happen)

We can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true

• If I had his number, I would call him. (I don't have his number now, so it's impossible for me to call him).
  
• If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man.

Passive Voice

What makes a sentence passive?

In a passive sentence it is not important who is doing something but to whom it's happening.

Active: The teacher teaches the student.

Passive: The student is taught (by the teacher).

'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a passive sentence

How to recognize a passive sentence...

- check if there is a form of 'to be' used (be, am, are, is, was, were, been)

- is it followed by a past participle (voltooid deelwoord)?

- is it followed by 'by + noun or pronoun? If not, can it be followed by 'by zombies'?

Are all answers 'yes'? 

Congratulations, you have a passive sentence.

Making a passive sentence

Angry penguins | attack | my sister.

Subject (S)                              Object (O)

1. Object moves to the front of the sentence

2. Check the tense of the sentence
present tense? use am / is / are | past tense? use: was / were

3. Change the verb into the past participle (volt. deelwoord).

My sister is attacked (by angry penguins // by zombies).