Passive

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

The passive

The Passive

Passive

I explain grammar every lesson.

Grammar is explained (by me).

Someone stole my bag. 

My bag was stolen.

Passive: how?

Use a form of to be + past participle

present

He walks the dog every evening.

The dog is walked every evening

past

Yesterday,  my phone broke.

My phone was broken

Passive 

	Active	Passive
present simple	I do the homework. She eats the apples.	The homework is done (by me). The apples are eaten (by her).
	werkwoord present	am/is/are + voltooid deelwoord
past simple	I did the homework. She ate the apples.	The homework was done (by me). The apples were eaten (by her).
	werkwoord past	was/were + voltooid deelwoord

Oefeningen 

1) Verschil tussen active en passive

2) Maak zinnen met present passive

3) Maak zinnen met present of past simple passive

The passive
What do you remember?

The Passive; Welk hulpwerkwood moet je altijd gebruiken in de Passive?

hoe maak je een passive?

Make this sentence passive:
The teacher explained the passive.

Active to passive

The students understand the passive.

Make passive
Somebody prepared lunch.

Zet in de passive:
He invites me.

Make Passive:
Everybody loves chocolate.