Passive recap & linking words

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome!

Happy to see you today!

Take a seat, grab paper & a pen and wait until we get started!

Riddle:
I am a word of six; my first three letters refer to an automobile; my last three letters refer to a household animal; my first four letters is a fish; my whole is found in your room. What am I?

Today's program

Recap: passive
New: linking words
Plus: Cambridge English (Mrs. Furr-Verijdt)

The Passive

What do we remember? 

Let's add some zombies to our snitch...

The zombies rule

If you can put 'by zombies' behind it, it's passive voice

"he parked the car" "by zombies" --> active voice

"the car has been parked" "by zombies" --> passive voice

present simple - passive

When something happens every day/regularly/as expected

object + am/is/are + verb (past tense)

The flowers are watered by the gardener every evening.
The flowers are watered (by the gardener) every evening.

Maak de passive. Laat de dader weg.
Kids always eat candies.

Past simple - passive

Used when things are in the past and are done and finished. 

Passive: object + was/were + verb (past tense)

The apple was eaten (by the little boy).

Maak de passive. Laat de dader weg.
The teacher corrected the mistakes.

Linking words

Connecting statements and showing relation

Linking words are used to:

- Give extra information
- Show cause and effect
- Show contradictions
- Show order & time

I know this one already, because I have used it many times.

Why use linking words?

Because they make sense.

Check your reading book - what would it look like if they weren't there?

Giving extra information 

also - ook

and - en

besides - daarnaast

moreover - bovendien

too - ook
in addition - daarbij

Showing cause and effect 

as a result - als gevolg daarvan, derhalve

because (of) - omdat, vanwege

in order to - om

since - aangezien

so - daarom, dus

that's why - daarom

therefore - daarom, dus

Showing Contradictions

although / though - hoewel

even though - hoewel

but - maar

despite/in spite of - ondanks

however - echter

instead (of) - in plaats van

nevertheless - hoe dan ook/toch

Showing order & time

first - eerst

finally - uiteindelijk

last - ten slotte

next - daarna
eventually - uiteindelijk
meanwhile - ondertussen

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What's next

More information on linking words:
- Your book
- Friday 24th

What we are going to do on Friday:
- Check homework in Teams! Send it to me before the next class.
- Recap linking words
- Learn about negatives

Welk (voeg)woord kende je aan het begin van de les nog niet?