Past Passive

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The Passive

(in the past tenses)

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Aims

At the end of the lesson...

You will be able to identify the past tense in a passive sentence.

You will be able to turn active sentences into passive sentences using the past tense.

Passives

We use passives when...

It does not matter WHO does the action.

We do that by switching the subject (onderwerp) with the object (leidend voorwerp) and changing the verb accordingly.

He cooked dinner yesterday.

Dinner was cooked (by him) yesterday.

Past Simple Passive

The dog chased the cat. -> active

The cat was chased (by the dog). -> passive

Past simple passive form:

REGULAR = was/were + verb + -ed

IRREGULAR = was/were + verb (3rd row)

                                                                    

Past Continuous Passive

The dog was chasing the cat. -> active

The cat was being chased (by the dog). -> passive

Past continuous passive form: 

REGULAR VERBS = was/were + being + verb + ed

IRREGULAR = was/were + being + 3rd row verb

                                                                    

Past Perfect Passive

The dog had chased the cat. -> active

The cat had been chased (by the dog). -> passive

Past perfect passive form:

REGULAR = had + been + verb + -ed

IRREGULAR = had + been + 3rd row verb

                                                                    

Any difficulties?

Any questions?

Let's see what you remember!

Here are 8 questions about the past tenses in active/passive sentences.

Please keep track of the amount of mistakes that you make.

She sang a beautiful song.

1. active
2. passive

Make this sentence passive.
She sang a beautiful song.

I was hit in the face.

1. active
2. passive

Make this sentence active.
I was hit in the face.

Dinner was being cooked when I came downstairs.
What is the 1st part of the sentence?

1. active
2. passive

Dinner was being cooked when I came downstairs.
What tense are the 1st set of verbs in?

He had cleaned the tables.

1. active
2. passive

Make this sentence passive:
He had cleaned the tables.

https:

How well can you...

1. Turn active sentences into passive sentences using the past tense.
2. Identify past tenses in active and passive sentence.

Give yourself a score of 1 to 5.

1 = I don't feel like I can do this.

5 = I can do this right 100% of the time.