Passive and active voice

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

Goal of this class

You know what an active and passive voice is.

.You know how to use the passive and active voice correctly. 

Passive and active voice

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: 

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: 

Wanneer gebruik je de passive voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: 

Wanneer gebruik je de passive voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked (by me)

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: The news was published. (by the reporter)

Wanneer gebruik je de passive voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: The news was published. 

Wanneer gebruik je de passive voice?

1. Wanneer het niet belangrijk is wie iets heeft gedaan. 

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: The news was published. 

Wanneer gebruik je de passive voice?

1. Wanneer het niet belangrijk is wie iets heeft gedaan. 

2. Wanneer de actie belangrijker is dan wie het doet. 

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Hoe maak je de passive voice van een active voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. (Onderwerp - ww - lijdend voorwerp)

Passive: A cake is baked. 

Hoe maak je de passive voice van een active voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. (Onderwerp - ww - lijdend voorwerp)

Passive: A cake is baked. (Lijdend voorwerp - ww)

Hoe maak je de passive voice van een active voice?

Lijdend voorwerp + to be + past participle

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. (Onderwerp - ww - lijdend voorwerp)

Passive: A cake is baked by me. (Lijdend voorwerp - ww)

Hoe maak je de passive voice van een active voice?

Lijdend voorwerp + to be + past participle (+ by + onderwerp)

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I tell a story. 

Passive: 

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I tell a story.  (present simple)

Passive: A story is told. (present simple)

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I told a story.

Passive: 

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I told a story. (past simple)

Passive: A story was told. (past simple)

LET OP DE TIJDSVORM!

Active: The mechanic repaired the car. (write down the full sentence with subject)

Active: She reads a book.

Active: Tonya painted an artwork.

Active: Clara and Max check the quality of the toys.

Active: The dogs bark at the cat.

Active: They called off the meeting.

Active: His grandmother looked after him.

Active: The Pieters give pepernoten to children.

Active: Sinterklaas wears a mantel.

Put these sentences into the passive (present or past)

a) The airline sent our package to Australia. 

b) Farmers grow soy in Argentina. 

c) People export Spanish tortilla to the US. 

d) El Greco painted The Burial of the Count of Orgaz. 

e) You don’t find penguins at the North Pole. 

f) Columbus didn’t discover America in 1491. 

g) They draw some paintings. 

h) My uncle sold the bicycle. 

i) The child broke all the plates in the cupboard. 

j) She didn’t find the book. 

f) Who directed the film Princesas? 

 

5.- Write questions for these answers in the passive form.

a) Yes, rice is grown in Spain. 

b) Yes, the song was sung by them. 

c) No, the trees weren’t cut down. 

d) No, the story isn’t known. 

e) Yes, he was told to be quiet. 

Blink > Grammar app Exercises

Leerblad > Focusing on action: the passive > 

1) Grammar app: the passive

2) Grammar app: irregular verbs

How did it go?

Do you know how to use the passive and active voice correctly?