Present Simple Passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's Programme

- Passive Explanation

- Passive Practice

Lesson Objective:

- You know what a 'passive' sentence is and how to form it

Boys like to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

Cricket is played in Australia.

1. passive
2. active

The friends look forward to meeting her.

1. passive
2. active

About 23 houses are painted by the painter each year.

1. passive
2. active

Make a sentence (about your life) in which you use 'yesterday' or 'last weekend'.

Passive Voice

What does 'passive' mean?

What makes a sentence passive?

'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a passive sentence

Active: The teacher teaches the student.

Passive: The student is taught (by the teacher).

What makes a sentence passive?

'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a passive sentence

Active: The man walks the dog.

Passive: The dog is walked (by the man).

Why do we use the Passive?

Why a Passive?

1. The 'object' of an action is made important.

Active: People make most cars in Asia.

Passive: Most cars are made in Asia.

Why a Passive?

2. The 'agent' of an action is unknown or irrelevant.

Active: The police arrest many thieves in supermarkets.

Passive: Many thieves in supermarkets are arrested (by the police).

ACTIVE= He steals a bike.

Subject = He

Verb = steals

Object = a bike

ACTIVE

AGENT = Who / What performs the ACTION is at the beginning of the sentence.

PASSIVE: 

Hundreds of  bikes are stolen each year.

                     

           

          Subject = Hundreds of bikes

Verb = are stolen

PASSIVE

The 'victim' is in the beginning of the sentence. The Agent (who did 'it') is unknown.

Most bananas are shipped from South America.

1. passive
2. active

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

Exercise in pairs

• Trump ... (love) by many Americans.
• Everyone ... (force) to stay home during the Corona Crisis.
• The thief ... (catch) after he robbed the bank. 
• Mrs. Groen ... (like) by her students. 
• Cars ... (make) in factories in Europe. 
• Chocolate ... (produce) by mixing ingredients together.

Fill in:
Trump ___ (love) by many Americans.

Fill in:
Everyone ____ (force) to stay at home, during the Corona crisis.

Make a passive. Start with 'oranges'...

Make a passive. Start with 'computers'...

Make a passive. Start with 'the girl...'

How to recognize a passive sentence...

- check if there is a form of 'to be' used (am, are, is, was, were, been)

- is it followed by a participle (voltooid deelwoord)?

- is it followed by 'by + noun or pronoun? If not, can it be followed by 'by zombies'?

Are all answers 'yes'? Congratulations, you have a passive sentence.

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Assignment

Do the exercises on the worksheet.

Extra: worksheet about the present & past simple passive

Done: do the exercises on the following pages.

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Do you understand the passive now?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Maybe
4. Sort of

Lesson 2: passive recap

goals: 

- you understand what the passive is used for. 

- you can form the passive in the present and past simple. 

- you understand what the passive form is in the past simple. 

Drag and drop the passive sentence(s) into the box.

The man is eating his bread.

The thief was caught by the police.

The government was shut down.

Make a sentence in the
present simple passive. Use 'make'.

Make a sentence in the
past simple passive. Use 'force'.

Get some work done...

Do ex. 1 and 3 on page 72

Ex. 6, we will do together

Activity; noughts & crosses

1. Play noughts & crosses with the words given. Use the passive in the present simple and past simple.
2. In pairs
3. Dice, notebook & pen/pencil
4. 10 minutes
5. Done; come up with new grid with words for noughts and crosses yourselves and play again.