Passive

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• Leerjaar 3

Today:

- Grammar: Passive (Lijdende vorm)

Next time: Start Chapter 4: To the extremes

Als je een zin met een hulpwerkwoord maakt, zoals can, could, must, may, might, dan gebruik je daarna het hele werkwoord van to be.

My phone must be stolen.

The door can be locked now.

Practise using Passive voice. Work in pairs. Put the sentences into the passive voice(present and past):

1. They sell cheese here.

2. Someone broke in this house.

3. They clean our classrooms twice a week.

4. The police caught the thieves.

Then check your answers.

 Check your answers:

1. Cheese is sold here.

2. This house was broken in.

3. Our classrooms are cleaned twice a week.

4. The thieves were caught.

                                                         

Need some more explanation about Passive?

Do the exercises below(click on Exercise):

1. Exercise 1 -  Passive of Present Simple 

2. Exercise 2 - Passive of Past Simple