5.2 - passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

Unit 5: Alaska

5.2 Listening

Learning targets:

• ...know the difference between an active and passive voice.
• ...know when to use the passive and active voice. 
• ...know how to use the passive and active voice.
• ...learn the words related to travelling.

What is difference?

1. My mom baked oatmeal cookies for a party.

2. The oatmeal cookies were baked (by my mom) for a party.

What is difference?

1. My mom baked oatmeal cookies for a party. (active)

2. The oatmeal cookies were baked (by my mom) for a party. (passive)

Why do you use the passive?

You use the passive to focus on what is happening rather than who is doing it.

In other words:

What happened is more important than who did it.

Passive vs. active

In active:

Person/thing does the action

In passive:

Person/thing does not do anything

(Present) Passive:

am/are/is + voltooid deelwoord

Active:

A lot of people speak English.

Passive:

English is spoken (by a lot of people).

(Past) Passive:

  

was/were + voltooid deelwoord

Active:

Rosa ate all the cookies.

Passive:

All the cookies were eaten (by Rosa).

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 stole a bike.

ACTIVE

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

PASSIVE: The bike was stolen.

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

Boys like to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

Cricket is played in Australia.

1. passive
2. active

The search will be stopped because of the storm.

1. passive
2. active

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

Since "every year" suggests a present simple tense, we use:

are (because "books" is plural)

bought (past participle of "buy"

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

The sentence is in passive voice (focus on "books").

The action happened in 1890 (past time), so we use past simple passive:

was/were + past participle

"Books" is plural, so we use "were" + "read" (past participle of "read" – same spelling, but pronounced like "red"

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

Do exercise 9 & 10 on page 77

In silence

Create a passive sentence. :)

Keys ex. 9a

1. The tent is cleaned...

2. These binoculars are produced...

3. The water is evaporated....

4. I am told...

Keys ex. 9b

1. The tent was pitched...

2. The bears were disturbed...

3. I was picked up....

4. The photos of the campsite were taken...

Keys ex. 10

a. I am asked...

b. The hunter was attacked...

c. ... devices are made...

d. Many moose were seen...

e. Trail was created...

f. It is visited...

Would you like to visit Alaska? Explain why (not). Include at least one reason mentioned in the video.

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Homework for tomorrow

- Unit 5.2 (Listening) 

do ex. 2, 8

Have a good day!

Intermediate

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/passive.htm

Easy

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-verbs-two-objects-exercise-1.html

Easy

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/passive-voice/pa010-active-passive.htm

Advanced

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-quizzes/passive.htm

Intermediate

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/passive-voice/pa002-incident-in-the-sky.htm