Lesson 23: The passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

WELCOME BACK 

Today’s lesson

• Homework check -> lesson 5;future tenses 
  
• Fill in a short questionnaire 
  
• Start with the last grammar lesson
  
• Lesson 6; the passive (lijdende vorm) 
  
• Explain what the passive is 
  
• Short quiz 
  
• Do your exercises 
  

 Passive

• Bestaat uit een vorm van to be + voltooid deelwoord
  

• Bij de passive is het niet belangrijk wie of wat iets doet, maar de actie is wel belangrijk. Dus wat er wordt gedaan of gebeurt is .
  
• Someone broke our kitchen window. > active
  
• Our kitchen window was broken. > passive
  

Hoe maak je de passive?

• De passive bestaat uit:
  
• vorm van 'to be' + voltooid deelwoord
  

• The rules are written on the board (by the teacher).
  
• The song was played three times (by the dj).
  
• The wall has been painted green (by my dad).
  

Lijdende vorm

• Het onderwerp van de zin ondergaat iets.
  
• Het onderwerp voert de actie niet uit.
  

• Example
  
• Our kitchen window was broken by a burglar.
  

The Passive (lijdende vorm)

From active to passive...

Om een actieve zin passief te maken, moet het lijdend voorwerp vooraan in de zin komen te staan, als onderwerp van de passieve zin.

The cat chases the mouse.

'The mouse' wordt onderwerp van de passieve zin --> komt vooraan te staan

'chases' is een present simple --> present simple van "to be" --> is

gevolgd door het voltooid deelwoord van 'chase' --> chased

The mouse is chased by the cat.

onderwerp

lijdend voorwerp

onderwerp

This room has been painted blue.

1. Passive
2. Active

Active vs Passive 

• Active: I play tennis every Monday evening.
  
• Passive: Tennis is played every Monday evening (by me).
  

• Active: He has built this bicycle from scratch.
  
• Passive: This bicycle has been built from scratch.
  

• Active: Valentijn repaired my car last week.
  
• Passive: My car was repaired last week (by Valentijn).
  

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

The search will be stopped because of the storm.

1. Passive
2. Active

This room has been painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

The school had bought new laptops for the new pupils.

1. passive
2. active

The friends have been looking forward to meeting her.

1. passive
2. active