SS3H Chapter 2 Passive voice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Today

The active voice vs the passive voice

You are able to talk in the passive voice

What is the difference?

• I open the window
• The window is opened by me

• Active voice --> focuses on who is doing the action
• Passive voice --> focuses on the action

Active or passive?
The story was being told.

1. active
2. passive

James locked the door.

1. active
2. passive

How to make the passive?

Add a form of 'to be' plus the past participle

Object at the start of the sentence

I open the door --> The door is opened

Take a look at the next exercise. Which one belongs where?

1. I open the window
   
2. I am opening the window
   
3. I opened the window
   
4. I was opening the window
   
5. I have opened the window
   
6. I had opened the window

A. The window has been opened

B. The window was opened

C. The window was being opened

D. The window had been opened

E. The window is opened

F. The window is being opened

Change this sentence to the passive. Use your book.
My grandfather built this house in 1943.p

People speak Portuguese in Brazil.

Work on your own/ in pairs (whisper)

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