25 November / passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

TODAY'S  

      You need: book (p. 81), pen

• brain teaser
• speaking ex.
• grammar: passive voice
• self-study time

By the end of this lesson,

     

              -you've learned how to use 'Passive' in English.

Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour on the same day of the same month, but they are not twins. How can this be possible?

 They were not born in the same year.

Reminder!

Next Wednesday: no reading lesson 

                             take your textbook with you

time to talk

page 66 _ ex.8 

Texas Law

*use the expressions A-D

on p. 63

Passive Voice

Have you heard of passive voice in English?

(lijdende vorm) 

How do we form it? 

Passive Form

active form

The chef cooks the meal.

She writes the letter.

They built the house in 1966.

passive form

The meal is cooked (by the chef).

The letter is written.

The house was built in 1966.

Why use the passive voice?

We use passive when:

1. We don't know who did the action. 

• The window was broken.

2. The person doing the action is not important.

• This bridge was built in 17th century.

3.  The person doing the action is obvious.

• Bill was arrested last night. / His mother was operated 2 years ago. 

Can you see the emphasis in these sentences?

 

 A) $ 1.000.000 was donated to the children's hospital.

B) The Prime Minister donated $ 1.000.000 to the children's hospital. 

How do we form it?

1. use the verb TO BE (in correct tense)

2. add the PAST PARTICIPLE (V3) of the main verb

English is spoken all over the world.

The whole cake was eaten up.

The cake was baked yesterday.

The room is cleaned everyday.

The book was written by a famous writer.

      look at p. 93

exercise 6a

 the sentences in passive form

               look at p. 71

test yourself

PAGE 71_ EX. 7

Done? Learn vocab of 2.4 on p.92 & 93

work in silence

PAGE 72 

EX. 8

Write 5 sentences using 'passive form' 

and the words in brackets

Let's recap

tell me how to form passive form & why we use passive

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