week 11: Unraveling the Mystery of the Passive Voice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will understand the form and use of the passive tense.

What do you already know about the passive tense?

What is the Passive Voice?

The passive voice is formed by using a form of the verb 'to be' with the past participle of the main verb.

Purpose of Using Passive Voice

- focusing on the action rather than the doer.

Television is watched by millions worldwide.

- emphasizing the object of the action.

Football is played worldwide

-we don't know who did it

A man was killed last night. 

Forming the Passive Voice

Passive voice: Subject + to be + past participle + by + doer (optional) > The cake is baked by Mary. 

- vorm van be: am / are / is / was / were / being / be, soms met hulpwerkwoord als can / will / are / have / had

- in de passive hebben we nooit do/did/does!

- past participle: - ed vorm / derde rijtje > baked / bought

make this passive: Tom buys flowers

Tom is buying flowers

Tom bought flowers

Tom has bought flowers

Tom will buy flowers.

Does Tom buy flowers?

Work time 

Solutions p.76 ex 5 and 6

Zf 10 mins

Done? Study irregular verbs

 

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.