Passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

The passive

       In this lesson: the passive

Prior lesson: recognise passives in texts	2 min
Lesson objective: ...........	1 min
Explanation of the passive	10 min
Quiz (cell phone)	10 min
Lesson objective 'met'?	1 min

 Find passives in texts

Yesterday, we discovered that all passives have .............+ a ...........

In groups you had to find all passives in texts. 

First on your own -> discuss in group -> write on black board

Lesson objective

At the end of the lesson you'll have discovered how well you know what passive sentences look like and how to make them

ánd you have 6 or more points in the quiz questions

Where can you find passives?

In texts

formal +

scientific writing

Rule passive: always conjugation of  'to be' + past participle

                                                      Examples: 

1. The tables are decorated with flowers.
2. My room is being cleaned.
3. I was told the scenery in Avatar was based on this landscape.
4. I think loads of films have been made there.
   
   -> These passive tenses are..
   

How to convert active -> passive 

Passive: object + verbs* + subject

* verbs: 'to be' + past participle

Active:                                                                Tense?                               Passive:

1.  A woman hit my dog.                             ->                               .....................................
2. Someone has burgled his house.     ->                              ......................................

What makes a sentence passive?

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

The woman is bitten (by the dog).

The wound was stitched (by the doctor).

ACTIVE= He is stealing a bike.

ACTIVE

ONDERWERP = WIE /WAT het doet staat vooraan de zin.

PASSIVE: The bike is stolen.

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

Boys like to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

This room has been painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

Make a passive:
Lots of books ...(read, not) by those children yet.

1. aren't read
2. isn't read
3. weren't read
4. haven't been read

Make a passive:
Lots of books ... (buy) by my father every year.

1. are bought
2. is bought
3. were bought
4. have been bought

Make a passive sentence:
Lots of books ... (read) by children in 1890.

1. are read
2. is read
3. were read
4. have been read

Thanos ___________ ___________ by the mightiest 

heroes  of the Earth.

is

are

was

being

be

defeated

defeat

been

___________ your room __________  ___________ yet?

is

has

was

cleaned

has

have

platypus

been

Make a passive. Start with 'a goal'...

Cedric ... murdered by Voldemort.

Lesson objective 'met'?

Have you discovered how well you know what 

passive sentences look like and how to make them?

And have you got 6 points or more?