Passive Voice

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Passive Voice

Passive

The cat was chased by the dog.

My manager was fired the other day.

The fire was extinguished. 

They announced the winner's name. 

She broke up with me on Valentine's day.

The thief was caught right after the robbery.

Active or passive?

1. They haven't cleaned the room for months.
2. The room hasn't been cleaned for months.

Active or passive?

1. They make these computers in Korea.
2. These computers are made in Korea.

Active or passive?

1. A lot of students made this mistake.
2. This mistake was made by a lot of students.

Wat is een voorbeeld van een passive?

1. My grandmother ran over a dog.
2. The dog was run over by my grandmother.

Which sentence is passive?

1. Yesterday, they robbed the bank.
2. No one knows who did it.
3. The same bank was robbed three times in a row.
4. The newspaper reported that the police are on the case.

Welke van deze zinnen is een PASSIVE?

1. I walked to school yesterday
2. Last month my father bought a book for me
3. The letter was sent an hour ago
4. A man stole my wallet

Which sentence is passive?

1. The doctor prescribed anti-biotics
2. I was given anti-biotics

Een passive maak je met

1. to be + een vervoeging van het werkwoord have
2. to do + voltooid deelwoord
3. to be + voltooid deelwoord
4. to do+ done

Kies de juiste Passive:
Active: The teacher was explaining the passive

1. The passive was being explained by the teacher
2. The passive is being explained by the teacher
3. The teacher is explaining the passive
4. The passive is explaining the teacher

Choose the correct Passive:

Active: I learnt the passive!

1. The passive was learnt by me.
2. The passive was being learnt by me.
3. The passive learned me
4. The passive had been learnt by me.

Wat is belangrijker bij de passive?

1. het onderwerp
2. het lijdend voorwerp

passive verb tenses

Present Simple	am/are/is + past participle	The cookie is eaten
Past Simple	was/were + past participle	The cookie was eaten
Present Perfect	have/has been + past participle	The cookie has been eaten
Past Perfect	had been + past participle	The cookie had been eaten
Future Simple	will be + past participle	The cookie will be eaten
Present Continuous	am/are/is being + past participle	The cookie is being eaten
Past Continuous	was/were being + past participle	The cookie was being eaten

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How to transform sentences from active voice to passive voice?

stap 1: Zoek het lijdend voorwerp

stap 2: Zet vooraan in nieuwe zin

stap 3: Zoek de persoonsvorm + alle andere werkwoorden 

stap 4:Bepaal in welke werkwoordstijd 

(gebruik als je hulpwerkwoord een vorm van (to be) 

Make the following sentence passive:

The thief steals my bike

Make the following sentence passive:

The truck destroyed the road