Passive

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 (finish 2014-1 this Friday)

• Grammar: the passive 

Save these dates!

• 13 May: 2014-1
• 10 June: 2015-1

• 3 June: Passive GRO
• 10 June: KLT/WLT
•  Test week: Reading and  Literature (16 - 22 June)

The Passive 

Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can:

- recognise the passive 

- understand the use of the passive 

- make active sentences passive. 

Imporant because:

you can use the techniques in your letters and essays (Part of the 5H PTA). 

Passive or Active?

Harry & Meghan - wedding

'However, experts thought that this could not have been a legal ceremony as it lacked witnesses and a registered venue, and was instead likely to have been an informal exchange of vows'.

'In an interview with the Italian newspaper la Repubblica, the reporter asked Mr Welby about what happened'. 

                                                                     --   The Guardian 31 March 2021

Harry & Meghan - wedding

'However, it was thought that this could not have been a legal ceremony as it lacked witnesses and a registered venue, and was instead likely to have been an informal exchange of vows'.

'In an interview with the Italian newspaper la Repubblica, Welby was asked about what happened'. 

                                                                     --   The Guardian 31 March 2021

Passive: what, why & when

What: A sentence is passive when the subject of the sentence receives someone or something else's action. 

Why :

• it creates more distance/it sounds more business-like
• you focus on what happened and not on who 'did' the action.

When: for instance in essays and papers, newspapers

Man charged in murder investigation

A man has been charged in connection with the investigation into the murder of a 52-year-old man in Dublin's south inner city on Monday. The man, who is in his 40s, was arrested yesterday and questioned at Pearse Street Garda Station.He has since been charged and is due in court this morning.

A woman in her 30s, who was also arrested as part of the investigation, has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions. 

Isaac Horgan was found sitting on a couch in his flat at Markievicz House at around 11am on Monday. He had been stabbed in the upper leg and was pronounced dead a short time later in hospital.

                                                                                                                                                      --  RTE - 31 March 2021

Passive: how

How:

Example:

John carried  Jill  across the threshold. 

subject / onderwerp =  John

verb / werkwoord = carried

direct object / lijdend voorwerp = Jill

                         

Passive: how

How:

Example:

John carried  Jill across the threshold 

Jill was carried across the threshold by John

subject / onderwerp = Jill

verb / werkwoord = was carried

add 'by' 

                         

What is the subject of this sentence?

The lion bit the man.

(Onderwerp)

The lion bit the man.

What is the object of this sentence?

The lion bit the man.

Make this sentence into a passive:

The lion bit the man.

Passive sentences in 5 steps

1. Identify the subject, verb and object 
   
2. Identify the tense by looking at the verb
   
3. Use object as new subject (singular/ plural)
   
4. Add form of 'to be' and change verb into past participle (voltooid deelwoord, 3e uit rijtje onregelmatige ww.)
   
5. Add rest of the sentence and agent if needed
   

De tijd van het nieuwe 'to be' werkwoord in je passieve zin  hangt af van de tijd van het werkwoord in je actieve zin. 

Bijv.

John dropped Jill in the living room 

                 Jill was dropped in the living room (by John)

am/ is/ are + past participle

Active

Someone cleans the office everyday 

My boss asks me to work late every night.

Passive

The office is cleaned every day (by someone)

I am asked to work late every night (by my boss). 

was/ were + past participle

Active

Someone painted our house last month.

The noise did not wake me.

Passive

Our house was painted last month.

I was not woken by the noise.

have/has been + past participle

Active

UPS has delivered the letters. 

Thomas has written many books. 

Passive

The letters have been delivered by UPS. 

Many books have been written by Thomas. 

Do

Learnbeat 1.3A: 4 and 5

• make active - passive
• correct mistakes 

inloggen.learnbeat.nl

Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can:

- recognise the passive 

- understand the use of the passive 

- make active sentences passive. 

Imporant because:

you can use the techniques in your letters and essays (Part of the 5H PTA). 

Homework

Thursday:

Literature homework

Friday 13 May:

• Learnbeat 1.3A: 4 and 5
• Study the theory
• Text 2014-1