Passive and active voice

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

Welcome to today's English lesson!

Wat is het verschil?

Ik doe de afwas.

De afwas is gedaan (door mij).

Wat is het verschil?

Ik doe de afwas. 

Wie doet er de afwas?

De afwas is gedaan (door mij). 

Is de afwas al gedaan?

By the end of this lesson, you...

...know the difference between an active and passive voice.

...know when to use the passive and active voice. 

...know how to use the passive and active voice. 

Explanation: Passive and active voice

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: 

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: 

Wanneer gebruik je de passive voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: 

Wanneer gebruik je de passive voice?

Active vs Passive voice

• Active: I bake a cake. 
• Passive: A cake is baked. (By me). 
• Active: The reporter published the news.
• Passive: The news was published. (By the reporter)
• Wanneer gebruik je de passive voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: The news was published. 

Wanneer gebruik je de passive voice?

1. Wanneer het niet belangrijk is wie iets heeft gedaan. 

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 
Passive: A cake is baked.
Active: The reporter published the news.
Passive: The news was published. 
Wanneer gebruik je de passive voice?

• 1. Wanneer het niet belangrijk is wie iets heeft gedaan. 
• 2. Wanneer de actie belangrijker is dan wie het doet. 

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Hoe maak je de passive voice van een active voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. (Onderwerp - ww - leidend voorwerp)

Passive: A cake is baked. 

Hoe maak je de passive voice van een active voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. (Onderwerp - ww - leidend voorwerp)

Passive: A cake is baked. (Leidend voorwerp - ww)

Hoe maak je de passive voice van een active voice?

Leidend voorwerp + to be + past participle

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. (Onderwerp - ww - leidend voorwerp)

Passive: A cake is baked by me. (Leidend voorwerp - ww)

Hoe maak je de passive voice van een active voice?

Leidend voorwerp + to be + past participle (+ by + onderwerp)

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I tell a story. 

Passive: 

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I tell a story.  (present simple)

Passive: A story is told. (present simple)

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I told a story.

Passive: 

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I told a story. (past simple)

Passive: A story was told. (past simple)

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I am telling a story. 

Passive: 

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I am telling a story. (present continuous)

Passive: A story is being told. (present continuous)

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I was telling a story. 

Passive:

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I was telling a story. (past continuous)

Passive: A story was being told. (past continuous)

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I have told a story. 

Passive: 

Active: I had told a story.

Passive: 

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I have told a story. (present perfect)

Passive: A story has been told.

Active: I had told a story.

Passive: 

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I have told a story. (present perfect)

Passive: A story has been told.

Active: I had told a story. (past perfect)

Passive: A story had been told. 

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active: The mechanic is repairing the car. Write down the full passive sentence.

Write down the passive voice.
Active: She read the book. (Past simple)

Active: Tonya had crafted the map.

What's the difference?

• Both "the map had been crafted" and "the map has been crafted" are correct, but they serve different purposes:
• "The map had been crafted" is in the past perfect passive voice. It suggests that the crafting of the map was completed before another past action or point in time.
• "The map has been crafted" is in the present perfect passive voice. It indicates that the crafting of the map was completed at some unspecified time before now and may have relevance to the present.
• The choice between them depends on the context of what you're trying to convey!

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: Clara was checking the furniture.

Ik snap hoe ik de passive voice moet maken en wanneer ik deze moet gebruiken.

Ik heb meer oefening nodig voor ik dit in de vingers heb.

Ik snap het nog niet, kunt u het nog een keer uitleggen?

Over to you...

• Open your workbook on page 118. 
• Make exercise 51.
• Read Grammar 6
• Make exercise 52.
• Make exercise 53 in your workbook.