H3a - passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Hello my lovely students!

Goals

At the end of this lesson...

• You know what the passive is.
• You know what the difference between an active and passive sentence is. 

Wat is een passive? 

Een passive (passieve zin) is een zin waarin het onderwerp zelf niks doet, dus het voert het werkwoord niet uit. 

Het onderwerp ondergaat de handeling, het werkwoord wordt met het onderwerp gedaan. 

The thieves were arrested. 

Wanneer gebruik je een passive? 

Ten eerste: zo min mogelijk. Een passive haalt de vaart uit de zin en klinkt vaak niet mooi. 

Wanneer dan wel? 
- Als wat er gebeurt (en met wie) veel belangrijker is dan wie het doet.

- Als je niet weet wie het doet, alleen dat het gebeurt. 

- Om afstand te nemen van wat er gebeurt. Populair bij politici. 
"Mistakes were made" ipv "I made a mistake" 

- Op toetsen, om te laten zien dat je hem indien nodig kunt gebruiken. 

Passive 

	Active	Passive
present simple	I do the homework. She eats the apples.	The homework is done (by me). The apples are eaten (by her).
	werkwoord present	am/is/are + voltooid deelwoord
past simple	I did the homework. She ate the apples.	The homework was done (by me). The apples were eaten (by her).
	werkwoord past	was/were + voltooid deelwoord
Na modal verb	I must buy groceries	Groceries must be bought
	Modal + hele werkwoord	Modal + be + voltooid deelwoord

Passive

object

subject

Passive

Choose the correct passive.

She writes poems.

1. Poems are written by her.
2. Poems were written by her.
3. Poems are being written by her.
4. Poems have been written by her.

Active: They make cloth.

Passive:

1. Cloth is made.
2. Cloth was made.
3. Cloth has been made .
4. Cloth had been made.

They are going to release him.
Passive =

1. he will be released
2. him is released
3. he is going to be released
4. he has been released

Choose the correct passive

Active: We built a house last year.

1. A house is built by us last year.
2. Last year we built a house
3. A house built by us last year
4. A house was built by us last year.

Choose the correct Passive:

Active: My brother gave me a birthday present

1. I was given a birthday present by my brother
2. A birthday present was given to me by my brother
3. Me was given a birthday present by my brother
4. A birthday present was given by my brother

Choose the correct Passive:

Active: I was really tired after the long week

1. I was made really tired by the long week
2. Really tired was I after the long week
3. Not possible to make this sentence passive
4. Really tired was been by me after the long week

I understand the passive now

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Next up: 

Work in your workbook:

exercise 20/21/22 

Finished? Continue with:J exc. 24,25,26,27