Lesson 5, period 4- active/passive voice

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1,2

Today's lesson, week 22

• Review conjunctions (Fanboys)
  
• Passive/ Active voice 
  
• working on your project 
  

Homework:

This week there is no homework, use your (extra) time to finish the homework of week 20 and 21!

Active/ Passive Voice 

De active/passive voice zijn twee manieren om zinnen te bouwen.

My mother cleaned my room. (ACTIVE)

My room was cleaned (by my mother). (PASIVE)

When do we use the passive voice?

-Wanneer wie niet belangrijk is.

-Wanneer je iemand geen schuld wil geven.

-Wanneer wie overduidelijk is.

-Het onderwerp (OW) doet NIETS (is een item/ding etc.)

My bike (OW) was stolen yesterday.

When do we use the active voice?

-Wanneer de (wie)eigenaar en/of persoon wel belangrijk is.

-Wanneer de persoon belangrijk is om de situatie te begrijpen. 

-Het onderwerp (OW) doet IETS, is actief (vaak persoon)

A thief (OW) stole my bike yesterday.

Examples

Which sentence is in the passive voice?
(tip; let op het woord BY;)

1. The farmer is harvasting the corn.
2. The farmer has harvested by the corn.
3. The corn is harvested by the farmer.
4. Harvesting corn is a heavy job for a farmer.

In welke zin is Tom(de persoon) minder belangrijk en welke zin staat dus in de passive vorm?

1. The entire house paints Tom.
2. The entire house is being painted by Tom.
3. Tom has been painting the entire house.
4. The entire house was being painted by Tom.

The active voice of this sentence is:
The novel was being read by Mom.
(in welke zin is de moeder belangrijk?)

1. Mom read the novel.
2. Mom is reading the novel
3. Mom reads the novel.
4. Mom was reading the novel.

Maak deze zin passive:
Someone has broken into our house last week. (tip: start met OUR HOUSE....

A note was left for her by us.
Active or passive and why?

Passive or active?
The inspector asked me a question

1. active
2. passive

Als je deze zin passive moet maken, Met welk(e) woord(en) begin je de zin?
My neighbors have bought an PC.

1. My neighbors, veranderd niet
2. an PC
3. PC
4. have bought

Let's review
In which form (passive/active) is the subject not important?

When do we use active voice?

When do we use passive voice?

Give your own example of passive voice