OC - unit 3 - Passive

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Passives

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

WIE/WAT het doet staat achteraan de zin/niet in de zin. 

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Cederic Diggory _____ (murder) by Lord Voldemort

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He ________ (send) to Azkaban.

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

Boys like to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

This room has been painted blue.

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

Passive = form of 'to be' + past participle

My room is being cleaned.

 I think loads of films have been made there.

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

The girls are decorated with flowers.

How to form a passive

"Harry throws the ball"

1. Undergo-er becomes the subject of the sentence
"The ball..."

2. You define the verbs in the sentence and check in what tense they are written. 
"throws" - present simple

3. You take to be and make sure it fits both the tense and the new subject of the sentence. 
"The ball is..."

4. You take the main verb of the active sentence and put it in the past participle (voltooid deelwoord). 
"The ball is thrown."

5. You decide whether it's necessary to put the old subject in a by... clause. This is only necessary when it's important that we know who did it/when this will provide important information.

"The ball is thrown by Harry."

Overzicht - All Tenses

Present simple = am/is/are + past participle

Past simple = was/were + past participle

Present continuous = am/is/are being + past participle

Present perfect = have/has been + past participle

Past continuous = was/were being + past participle

Past perfect passive = had been + past participle

Future passive = will be + past participle

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

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

Thanos ___________ ___________ by the mightiest 

heroes  of the Earth.

is

are

was

being

be

defeated

defeat

been

My broken tap ___________   ___________   _________ now.

is

repaired

was

being

be

fix

repair

been

___________ your room __________  ___________ yet?

is

has

was

cleaned

has

have

platypus

been

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

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

Do you understand now? If not try to explain what part you don't understand.

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