Passive 3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

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• Passive part 3

The Passive 

Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can:

- recognise the passive 

- understand the use of the passive 

- make active sentences passive and vice versa 

- construct a passive sentence using the sentence's indirect object as well. 

Imporant because:

you can use the techniques in your letters and essays (Part of the 5H PTA). 

Passive sentences in 5 steps

1. Identify the subject, verb and object (both direct and indirect)
   
2. Identify the tense by looking at the verb
   
3. Use object as new subject (singular/ plural)
   
4. Add form of 'to be' and change verb into past participle (voltooid deelwoord, 3e uit rijtje onregelmatige ww.)
   
5. Add rest of the sentence and agent if needed
   

Tenses

I write a letter

I am writing a letter

I wrote a letter

I have written a letter

I had written a letter

I shall write a letter

I must write a letter

I should  have written a letter

Anne Harris gives U2's Bono a break

Anne Harris - subject

gives - verb (present simple)

U2's Bono - indirect object

a break - direct object

A break is given to U2's Bono  by Anne Harris 

U2's Bono is given a break by Anne Harris 

Bono took care of the children

The children were taken care of (by Bono)

Do

Learnbeat 1.3C: 3 en 4

Homework: 

Finish assignments, study theory 1.3A and 1.3B, C.