Passive open introduction

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

The passive

By the end of this class

• I know what the passive is 
  
• I understand why we use the passive
  
• I can use the passive in writing 
  

The Passive

How do we form a passive sentence?

1: Scrap the subject from our sentence (create an empty space)

2: find the Direct or Indirect Object in our sentence

3:  make object (DO/IO) new 'subject' 

Why use passive?

To focus is on what is happening, not on who does it!! 

You report on something 

Passive: how?

Use a form of: to be + past participle

Examples: 

present tense

A: He walks the dog every evening.

P: The dog is walked every evening

past tense

A: Yesterday,  my phone broke.

P: My phone was broken

Extra check for a Passive

Use the check phrase 

'by zombies/grandma'

OR by + original subject 

A: I explain grammar every lesson.

P: Grammar is explained (by zombies).

P: Grammar is explained (by me).

Passive 

	Active	Passive
present simple	I do the homework. She eats the apples.	The homework is done (by me). The apples are eaten (by her).
	werkwoord present	am/is/are + voltooid deelwoord
past simple	I did the homework. She ate the apples.	The homework was done (by me). The apples were eaten (by her).
	werkwoord past	was/were + voltooid deelwoord

Oefeningen 

1) Verschil tussen active en passive

2) Maak zinnen met present passive

3) Maak zinnen met present of past simple passive

The passive

What do you remember?

The Passive; Welk hulpwerkwood moet je altijd gebruiken in de Passive?

hoe maak je een passive?

Make this sentence passive:
The teacher explained the passive.

Active to passive

The students understand the passive.

Make passive
Somebody prepared lunch.

Turn this sentence into a passive:
He invites me.

Make Passive:
Everybody loves chocolate.

Make 

make grammar: SB p.70 ex. 1-6

Still confused?

Raise your hand so we can do exercise 1 together