Passive2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3-6

Passive (tense)

Active

Het onderwerp voert een actie uit.

I paint the room.

Passive

Het onderwerp overkomt iets.

The room was painted (by me).

En daardoor verandert de werkwoordstijd en wisselen zinsdelen van plek.

Active persoonsvorm:

Kan elke werkwoordstijd zijn.

Mike made a brownie.

Passive persoonsvorm:

vorm van to be plus het voltooid deelwoord van het werkwoord.

A brownie was made by Mike.

Active

Present simple:

The company hires the woman.

Past simple:

He delivered the letters.

Passive

Present simple:

The woman is hired by the company.

Past simple:

The letters were delivered.

Active

Present continuous:

They are asking the right questions

Past continuous:

The companies weren't producing them in America, so I saw an opportunity.

Passive

Present continuous:

The right questions are being asked.

Past continuous:

They weren’t being produced in America, so I saw an opportunity.

Active

Present perfect simple:

Diego has just sent me a message.

Past perfect continuous: 

They had been observing a flying object for over two hours last Friday night.

Passive

Present perfect simple:

I have just been sent a message by Diego.

Past perfect continuous: 

A flying object had been being observed for over two hours last Friday night.

Passive Voice

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).

+ the subject is not doing the verb

Tense

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

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

This room was painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

The secretary writes an email

The musicians play another song

The emails are sent by the secretary now

The songs are played in a different order

Active

Passive

Match the tenses with examples of their passive forms

Present simple

Present continuous

Past simple

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Future with will

had been invented

were sold

have been invented

are manufactured

is being encouraged

will be banned

8B SB ex. 2

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. (fact)

is

are

was

being

be

defeated

defeat

been

My broken tap ___________   ___________.

is

repaired

was

being

be

fix

repair

been

___________ your room __________   yesterday?

is

has

was

cleaned

has

have

platypus

been

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

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

1. The world's first plane ... (fly) by the Wright brothers in 1903.

2. In 2000, the Channel Tunnel ... (open) between England and France.

3. Tickets for spaceflights ... (sell) today by Virgin Galactic for $200,000 each.

4. The construction of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona ... (not finish) until 2026.

00:06

Make the sentence active:
Cedric was murdered by Lord Voldemort

1. Cedric is murdered by Lord Voldemort
2. Cedric murdered Lord Voldemort
3. Lord Voldemort murdered Cedric
4. Lord Voldemort murders Cedric

00:18

Make active:
Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event

1. A legendary event chose Hogwarts to host
2. The board chose Hogwarts to host a legendary event
3. It was Hogwarts that was chosen to host a legendary event

00:23

Make active:
He was sent to Azkaban

1. They sent him to Azkaban
2. He sent them to Azkaban
3. They were sent him to Azkaban

00:50

Make active:
you will be rewarded

1. We reward you
2. You are rewarded
3. A reward will be given to you
4. We will reward you

Passive = form of 'to be' + past participle

My room is cleaned.

 I think loads of films were made there.

I was told the scenery in Avatar was based on this landscape.

The girls are decorated with flowers.

00:49

Active: The cat chased the mouse.
Passive: The mouse...

01:31

Active: The goose fed the panda.
Passive:

More info about the passive

in Teams - Term 3 - Passive

Are the modals of deduction and probability clear or do you need extra help for that?

1. Clear to me
2. Extra help

Make 4C

Exercise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9.

Next slides narrative tenses recap - join if you want.

Narrative tenses

(future in the past)

Narrative tense

In the main narrative:

Past simple: series of completed events that happened in the past

We left for the airport on an exceptionally sunny day.

Past continuous: background actions +/ in progress at the time

The sun was shining and it was really hot by midday.

Narrative tense

Before the main narrative:

Past perfect simple: emphasises the completion of the action

The builders had put up the scaffolding around the house.

Past perfect continuous: emphasises a continuing or ongoing action.

The builders had been putting up the scaffolding when the roof fell in.

I used my time well while I ____(wait) for my plane – I wrote some emails.

1. waited
2. was waiting
3. had waited

By the time we reached Frankfurt I ______ (already/be) very tired of driving.

1. was already
2. was already being
3. had already been

I got to work this morning and was angry when I saw that no one (arrive) yet.

1. arrived
2. was arriving
3. had arrived

I (not/call) you at 9 o'clock as arranged because I was having a meeting.

1. didn't call
2. wasn't calling
3. hadn't called

What _____(you/do) this time last year?

1. did you do
2. were you doing
3. had you done

I gave my friend directions to my house, but later realised that I ____(forgot) to give her the exact address.

1. forgot
2. was forgetting
3. had forgotten