Passive reviewed/ continued + listening practice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Thursday, February 8th

Programme

- The passive reviewed

- Passive continued: have/ get

- Cito Listening practice (woots - vwo)

- Finished? Work on vocabulary unit 3

The passive                    SB p. 34

The passive consists of a form of to be + past participle (volt. dw.)

The tense of the verb be determines the tense of the passive:

Derogatory language is often used to describe homeless people. (present s.)

Many problems have been caused by growing inequality. (present perfect)

If we want to say who or what caused the action, we use by.

The passive                    SB p. 34

We can use the passive in order to change the focus of a sentence:

• the action/ event/ process/ issue is more important than the agent; He was bitten by the dog.
  
• the agent is unknown or obvious; My bike has been stolen.
• new or more interesting information is presented at the end of a sentence, usually after by; Some historians say that metal money was invented by the Phoenicians in around 1500 BC.
  

The passive                    SB p. 34

We can also use the passive for style reasons:

• presenting information in an impersonal way; Temporary homes are being built in areas that are at high risk of flooding.
  
• setting out rules and procedures, but no personal command; Ensure that the electricity supply is disconnected before demolition.
  
• avoiding long phrases at the beginning of a sentence; New homes were promised by the highly popular mayor of the city.
  

The passive                    SB p. 34

Some general tenses with the passive:

Present simple                                                 am/ are/ is + past participle

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

Past simple                                                        was/ were + past participle

Past continuous                                              was/ were + being + past participle

Present perfect                                               have/ has + been + past participle

Past perfect                                                      had + been + past participle

Future  simple                                                  will + be + past participle

Modal passive, for example                       must + be + past participle

The passive

Let's practise some more!

Fill in the correct form of the passive.

1. Hundreds of hot meals ... (give) every night to homeless people in the city.

2. The prize for the best new fundraising idea ... (award) at a ceremony last night.

3. Homelessness can ... (cause) by poverty or lack of employment opportunities.

4. The refugees ... (evict) from their temporary campsite before they arrived here.

5. Since the start of this year, many young people ... (provide) with training to help them find a job.

6. Charity workers ... (praise) by the celebrity actress in her speech last week.

The passive

Turn to SB p. 35

Let's take a look at Passive structures with have and get (exercise 8)

Examples:

1. I have my hair cut every 6 weeks.

2. Dad gets his car cleaned at the local garage once a week.

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Get to work

- Do SB p. 35 exercise 9 individually or in pairs.

- Go to woots.nl and practise one the vwo listening tests

Finished?

Go to SB p. 36 and do collocations exercises 5 and 6.

Which words 'belong' together?

Monday

- Bring your SB, device and earphones
- Finish the exercises in your SB
- Study wordlist unit 3 WB pp. 130/131: revise all