unit 2 Texas - L4 simple present passive

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(simple present) passive

* lijdende vorm - vaak in  nieuwsbericht/ werkstuk/ officiële berichten, etc

* onbelangrijk / onbekend wie de handeling doet

* het wat is belangrijk, niet wie

He gave the book (to me)

1. active
2. passive

Mary kisses John.

1. active
2. passive

John is kissed.

1. active
2. passive

He is arrested.

1. active
2. passive

They paint the house every five years.

1. active
2. passive

1) He gave me the book.

2) Mary kisses John.

3) John is kissed. 

4) He is arrested.

5) They paint the house every five years. 

(present simple) passive

to be + past participle

so: am/ is / are = verb 3

reasons to use passive

1) we want to change the focus of the sentence

- The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci -> more interested in painting, than in artist

2) who or what causes the action is unknown/ unimportant or obvious or people in general

* He is arrested. (obvious by whom = police)

* My bike is stolen. (unknown by whom)

* The road is repaired. (unimportant by whom)

* The form can be obtained from post offices.(people in general

3) in factual or scientific writing

* The chemical is placed in a test tube and the data entered into the computer. 

4) in formal writing instead of using someone/ people/ they

* The brochure will be finished next month. 

* That newspaper is printed in Amersfoort. 

5) In order to put the new information at the end of a sentence to improve style. 

* Three books are used regularly in the class. The books were written by Dr. Bell. (Dr. Bell wrote the books - sounds clumsy)

6) When the subject is very long

* I was surprised by how well the students did in the test. 

-> sounds more natural than: "how well the students did in the test surprised me"

on your own

unit 2 lesson 4 exercises 1 up till 12

exercise 13 (challenge)

- step 1+2 in method

- step 3 on separate sheet and to hand in / or email as attachment