3HV Passive & Relative Pronouns

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• Leerjaar 3

Passive & Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns

Is that the class ___ teacher took them to the cinema?

That was the day ___ we became friends.

Is there a place ___ we can talk privately?

My parents vividly remember the day ___ I was born.

Passive

Active - focus op wat het onderwerp van de zin doet. 

Passive - focus op wat het onderwerp van de zin ondergaat. 

Passive structure: to be (tegenwoordige of verleden tijd) + Voltooid deelwoord (+ ed / 3e rijtje)

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

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Oefeningen (klik de links)

1) Verschil tussen active en passive

2) Maak zinnen met present passive

3) Maak zinnen met present of past simple passive

Hoe verander je de zin van active naar passive?

Active - Passive

A thief stole my bike.

My bike was stolen (by a thief).

Next exercise

Are the following sentences passive or active?

I read this book a long time ago.

1. Passive
2. Active

Shane was asked to play the main character

1. Passive
2. Active

My parents expected problems.

1. Passive
2. Active

Next exercise

Fill in the correct Passive form: 

Present Simple Passive

or
Past Simple Passive

This picture ___ (take) at John's birthday party last week.

English ___ (speak) by millions of people all over the world.

Passive

Next exercise

Change the next sentences.

From Passive to Active

or 

From Active to Passive

Rita writes a letter.
Vergeet de punt niet!

These shoes were bought by my mum.
Vergeet de punt niet!

I threw the litter away.
Vergeet de punt niet!

HOMEWORK

Lesson 1

Work on the exercises