Passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Today's objective

Transforming sentences from active voice to passive voice.

Table of contents 

-Instruction video part I

-Video response exercise

-Instruction video part II

-Notes

-Quiz questions

Transform the sentence below into a passive voice sentence
"Eric ate Jamie's lunch"

Copy the notes 

How to transform sentences from active voice to passive voice?

stap 1: Zoek het lijdend voorwerp

stap 2: Zet vooraan in nieuwe zin

stap 3: Zoek de persoonsvorm + alle andere werkwoorden 

stap 4:Bepaal in welke werkwoordstijd 

(gebruik als je hulpwerkwoord een vorm van (to be) 

passive verb tenses

Present Simple	am/are/is + past participle	The cookie is eaten
Past Simple	was/were + past participle	The cookie was eaten
Present Perfect	have/has been + past participle	The cookie has been eaten
Past Perfect	had been + past participle	The cookie had been eaten
Future Simple	will be + past participle	The cookie will be eaten
Present Continuous	am/are/is being + past participle	The cookie is being eaten
Past Continuous	was/were being + past participle	The cookie was being eaten

The articles (write).......... after the Queen had given a press conference.

The eight o'clock news (present) ....... usaually ........... by George Smith.

Interviews with the President (give).......... to just anyone.

The theft of the famous painting (discover) ..........until this morning.

When ..........these pictures (take)........, before or after their break-up?

Yesterday a boy (arrest)....... for travelling by bus wearing only his boxer shorts.

Everything we discuss here is a secret. So I (force) ........not to say anything.

The Mona Lisa (paint)...........in 1503.

That fax (not send) ..... until tomorrow morning.

Movie soundtracks (add) ......... always ........ after filming is completed.

Refresh our memory

Explain in short to each other how to transform active voice sentences into passive voice sentences and demonstrate one example