Passive

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- You can write a correct passive sentence in any tense

What is going on?
write a passive sentence
office/ clean

write a passive sentence
( window/ broken)

write a passive sentence
roof/ repair

let's work

a worksheet with 20 sentences

You have to write a passive sentence

the TENSE is given

Write down the FIRST PART of the sentence

example: BMW's - make - in Germany

you write:  BMW's are made.....

nakijken

Als je naam op de spinner komt, zeg je het antwoord.

De rest van de klas is stil.

vragen? steek je vinger op.

worksheet

1. BMW's are made..
2.  English is spoken..
3.  The oldest house was built..
4.  The bridge is being repaired..
5.  the trees were cut down..
6. The picture will be painted...
7.  The TV was being fixed
8.  The cupboard has been repaired..
9.  the car was found..
10.  breakfast is served..
11. the dog is called..
12. the meeting was being held..
13.  the street has been closed
14.  the banks will be closed
15.  are written
16. Joe was taken to the hospital
17.  the cap was found in the corner
18.  the robber has not been found
19.  the search will be stopped
20.  cameras are being used

homework

- had in the worksheet

do exercises on numo 

How to recognize a passive sentence...

- check if there is a form of 'to be' used (am, are, is, was, were, been)

- is it followed by a participle (voltooid deelwoord)?

- is it followed by 'by + noun or pronoun? If not, can it be followed by 'by zombies'?

Are all answers 'yes'? Congratulations, you have a passive sentence.

PASSIVE: The bike is stolen.

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

Passive exercises

Decide whether the sentence is active or passive.

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

They often listen to music

1. passive
2. active

She is reading the newspaper now.

1. passive
2. active

These cars are produced in Japan.

1. passive
2. active

Boys like to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

Cricket is played in Australia.

1. passive
2. active

The friends have been looking forward to meeting her.

1. passive
2. active

The search will be stopped because of the storm.

1. passive
2. active

This room has been painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

Passive exercises

Fill in the correct form of the verb.

Mr Alan ________ Geography at school.

1. teaches
2. teacher
3. were taught
4. was teached

German __________ in Austria.

1. speaks
2. is spoken
3. is speaked
4. speaketh

A lot of houses ___________ by the earthquake in 1906.

1. were destroying
2. destroy
3. have destroyed
4. were destroyed

Henry Ford ________ the assembly line.

1. invented
2. was invented
3. is invented
4. were invented

The bus driver ________ yesterday.

1. hurts
2. were hurt
3. was hurt
4. is hurting

You should ________ your workbooks to study more.

1. is open
2. was open
3. open
4. opened

Houses ________________ .

1. have being built
2. have been built
3. have being build
4. have been build

Passive exercises

Make you own passive sentence.

Make a passive. Start with 'a goal'...

Make a passive. Start with 'the oranges'...

Name 2 things you've learned today.

Do you think that this lesson was enough for you to understand the passive

1. yes, I got it.
2. no, I still do not understand anything.
3. Well, maybe?
4. I did not pay any attention today.

I can recognize a passive sentence

yes

no

not sure

I can make an active sentence passive

yes

no

not sure

homework

-study the words from chapter 5 

- study grammar 10: passive voice ( page 90)

- do exercise 53 ( p 91)A + B 

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