Passive/ Look at test TW 3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Thursday, April 18th

Programme

- Dagopening

- The passive

- Take a look at your test (TW 3)

Dagopening: Verkiezingsbeloftes

(thema: Beloofd)

The Passive

Let's take a look at an informative clip on the passive and all its different structures first.

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The passive

Recap: when do we use the passive?

1. action is more important than agent

2. no idea who performed the action

3. obvious who performed the action

BUT ALSO!

4. using formal language (C1 exam!)

Causatives

The passive

Turn to SB p. 82/83

Let's do listening exercises 1 and 2 together first and then see if we can identify different structures of the passives in the examples.

The passive                    

Some general tenses with the passive:

Present simple                                                 am/ are/ is + past participle

Present continuous                                       am/ are/ is + being + past participle

Past simple                                                        was/ were + past participle

Past continuous                                              was/ were + being + past participle

Present perfect                                               have/ has + been + past participle

Past perfect                                                      had + been + past participle

Future  simple                                                  will + be + past participle

Modal passive, for example                       must + be + past participle

Infinitive                                                              to be + past participle

Get to work!

- SB p. 83: do exercises 4 and 5

- SB p. 210: do exercise 1

Finished?

SB p. 87 Push yourself C2

exercises 1 and 2

Answer key SB p. 83 ex. 5

1. that it needed renovating

2. anything had been done

3. even since the block was built

4. and have the whole lot replaced

5. which had to be prioritised

6. get the whole lot done over a weekend

7. before any walls could be painted

8. the whole room needed emptying

9. didn't get spilled all over it

10. without paint getting splashed all over the floor

Answer key grammar ex. 1

1. Most of his personal belongings were taken from his flat (by burglars).

2. His claim for damaged luggage should be settled by the insurance company.

3. My dad's collection of old records could have been sold on eBay for a fortune.

4. I usually have/ get my hair cut by the hairdresser in the High Street.

5. Lots of Russian art can be seen at the big auction house in London this week.

6. Peter started to be respected more/ to be more respected (by his friends) after he won the competition.

Take a look at your test from TW3

Tuesday

a. Be able to tell me which book you’re going to read for your SE Speaking.
b. Find a speaking partner from your own class.

c. Finish the Push Yourself C2 exercises on SB p. 87