Passive revision H3a

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

The passive

       Today's class

• Learning goals.
• Writing a formal letter.
• Grammar: The passive. 

Lesson objective

At the end of the lesson you'll have discovered how well you know what passive sentences look like and how to make them.

Turn the active sentences into passive ones

1. John killed the snake.
2. They teach grammar in school.
3. We elected him president.
4. The teacher graded the tests. 

Answers

1. The snake was killed (by John).
2. Grammar is taught in school (by them).
3. He was elected president (by us).
4. The tests were graded (by the teacher).

Rule passive: always conjugation of  'to be' + past participle

                                                      Examples: 

1. The tables are decorated with flowers.
2. My room is being cleaned.
3. I was told the scenery in Avatar was based on this landscape

How to convert active -> passive 

Passive: object + verbs* + subject

* verbs: 'to be' + past participle

Active:                                                                Tense?                               Passive:

1.  A woman hit my dog.                             ->                               .....................................
2. Someone has burgled his house.     ->                              ......................................

Practise test: The passive

1. Their parents ____________ from the fire in their flat last night. 
2. The thief _______________by the Manchester police yesterday.
3. Those computers ___________________ by a company in China.
4. __________ that picure from the 19th ___________ by van Gogh?

What makes a sentence passive?

The combination of 'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a sentence passive

The woman is bitten (by the dog).

The wound was stitched (by the doctor).

ACTIVE= He is stealing a bike.

ACTIVE

ONDERWERP = WIE /WAT het doet staat vooraan de zin.

PASSIVE: The bike is stolen.

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

Boys like to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

This room has been painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

Make a passive:
Lots of books ...(read, not) by those children yet.

1. aren't read
2. isn't read
3. weren't read
4. haven't been read

Make a passive:
Lots of books ... (buy) by my father every year.

1. are bought
2. is bought
3. were bought
4. have been bought

Make a passive sentence:
Lots of books ... (read) by children in 1890.

1. are read
2. is read
3. were read
4. have been read

Thanos ___________ ___________ by the mightiest 

heroes  of the Earth.

is

are

was

being

be

defeated

defeat

been

___________ your room __________  ___________ yet?

is

has

was

cleaned

has

have

platypus

been

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

Cedric ... murdered by Voldemort.

Lesson objective 'met'?

Have you discovered how well you know what 

passive sentences look like and how to make them?

And have you got 6 points or more?