V5 - Watching + WR

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• Leerjaar 5

Watching + WR

Grab your phones!

We are going to do a practise question, just to get you logged in already - makes life easier later on! ;)

What do you know about
sustainable food?

Put your phones down!

Make sure the screens are down, facing your desks, and grab something to write with and on! ;)

Before you watch...

You are going to watch a conversation with Peter Singer. He is an Australian philosopher who focuses on aminal rights. He is talking about the future and sustainable food. 

Before you answer the questions, you are going to watch the entire video without seeing any of the questions. You wil be asked to answer all of the questions at once after watching the video.

Making notes while watching is recommended! ;)

How does Peter Singer feel about the import of food from other countries?

1. It has changed in line with new eating habits.
2. It is acceptable as long as it is transported by ship.
3. It should be stopped to reduce the carbon footprint,

How does Peter Singer feel about the government’s new programme for school meals?

It should focus more on...

1. animal welfare and sustainability.
2. vitamins and nutritional value.
3. vitamins and nutritional value.

What does Peter Singer say about veganism (= not eating any animal products)?

1. He does not believe it is as expensive as people often claim.
2. He does not expect to see that become the norm any time soon.
3. He does not think responsible eating should go to such extremes.

What does the discussion about slavery aim to clarify?

1. How animal rights in due time may be seen in a different light.
2. That animals might well be seen as slaves to the human race.
3. Why farmers switched from keeping slaves to raising animals.

What is Peter Singer’s opinion about the current situation?

1. It is no longer commercially viable,
2. It only focuses on commercial criteria.
3. It will lead to commercial opportunities.

What is most important about school meals, according to Peter Singer?

They should be...

1. affordable.
2. sustainable.
3. vegetarian.

The end!

At least, of the video...

Let's have a look at the passive!

What is the passive?

Often, who did something is less important, simply irrelevant or unknown.

What is the passive?

How is a passive made?

Changing an active sentence to a passive one:

1. identify the (indirect) object (lv / mv)

2. start the passive sentence with that (indirect)

3. identify the verb tense

4. put (vervoeg) to be in that tense and add the past participle (voltooid deelwoord) of the original verb

How is a passive made?

Turn the sentence into a passive one.

People speak Portuguese in Brazil.

1. Portuguese is being spoken in Brazil.
2. Portuguese is spoken in Brazil.
3. Portuguese was spoken in Brazil.
4. In Brazil, people speak Portuguese.

Turn the sentence into a passive one.
At six o'clock someone was telling a story.

1. At six o'clock a story was told by someone.
2. At six o'clock a story was telling by someone.
3. At six o'clock a story was being told by someone.
4. At six o'clock a story told someone.

Turn the sentence into a passive one.

The traffic might have delayed Jimmy.

1. Jimmy might have delayed the traffic.
2. Jimmy is delayed by the traffic.
3. Jimmy might had been delayed by traffic.
4. Jimmy might have been delayed by traffic.

Turn into a passive (no agent).

They are building a new stadium near the station.

Turn into a passive (with agent).

He had written three books before 1867.

Turn into a passive (no agent).

By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.

How is a passive made?

Translating a Dutch passive sentence to an English one:

1. DO NOT translate literally

2. identify the verb and the situation

3. see which verb tense is required based on the situation

4. translate the sentence using the appropriate tense, not the literal one!

Translate into an English passive.

De deur wordt automatisch geopend.

1. The door is opened automatically.
2. The door has been opened automatically.
3. The door will be opened automatically.
4. The door is opened automatically.

Translate into an English passive.

De deur is zojuist geopend.

1. The door has just been opened.
2. The door is just opened.
3. The door was just opened.
4. The door will just be opened.

Translate into an English passive.
De deur werd de hele middag geopend.

1. The door was opened all afternoon.
2. The door was being opened all afternoon.
3. The door will be opened all afgternoon.
4. The door was been opened.

Translate into an English passive.
Iemand heeft alle melk opgedronken!

Translate into an English passive.
Het huis is gebouwd in 1900.

Translate into an English passive.
De brief wordt nu geschreven.

Translate into an English passive.
Deze auto's worden vaak gestolen.

Are there any questions?