v2b Passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Welcome v2b!

How was your spring break? 

Today's lesson!

-Check your language proficiency test :)

- The passive tense 

Time to check your test. (10 min)

Don't discuss your test with others.
I would rather have you check what element needs more focus so we can work on that during period 3!

By the end of this lesson, you...

...know the difference between an active and passive voice.

...know when to use the passive and active voice. 

...know how to use the passive and active voice. 

Why do you use the passive?

You use the passive to focus on what is happening rather than who is doing it.

In other words:

What happened is more important than who did it.

Passive vs. active

In active:

Person/thing does the action

In passive:

Person/thing does not do anything

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).

(Present) Passive:

am/are/is + voltooid deelwoord

Active:

A lot of people speak English.

Passive:

English is spoken by a lot of people.

(Past) Passive:

  

was/were + voltooid deelwoord

Active:

Rosa ate all the cookies.

Passive:

All the cookies were eaten by Rosa.

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

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

Boys like to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

Cricket is played in Australia.

1. passive
2. active

The search will be stopped because of the storm.

1. passive
2. active

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

Since "every year" suggests a present simple tense, we use:

are (because "books" is plural)

bought (past participle of "buy"

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

The sentence is in passive voice (focus on "books").

The action happened in 1890 (past time), so we use past simple passive:

was/were + past participle

"Books" is plural, so we use "were" + "read" (past participle of "read" – same spelling, but pronounced like "red"

The secretary writes an email

The musicians play another song

The emails are sent by the secretary now

The songs are played in a different order

Active

Passive

Thanos ___________ ___________ by the mightiest 

heroes  of the Earth.

is

are

was

being

be

defeated

defeat

been

Create a passive sentence. :)

Intermediate

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/passive.htm

Easy

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-verbs-two-objects-exercise-1.html

Easy

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/passive-voice/pa010-active-passive.htm

Advanced

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-quizzes/passive.htm

Intermediate

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/passive-voice/pa002-incident-in-the-sky.htm

Homework for next lesson

Homework for next lesson (90 min)

- Par I: Writing & Grammar: Ex. 52, 53, 54 and 56 (p. 90-93).

- Finish reading exam Vmbo GT 2017-1 (Eindexamensite).

Have a good day!