HV2 W12 Passive Voice

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Passive Voice

Not to be confused with passive-aggressive.

By the end of this lesson, you

- know what the term "passive voice" means

- know how to recognize when a sentence is passive

- can turn any active sentence into a passive one

- got a few reminders about how word order and past participle work

But first, let's recap some old stuff

- Word order

- Past participle

Okay, that's great, but what is passive voice?

The passive voice or passive sentences are sentences where the subject of the sentence is not the one doing the thing.

Let's look at an example

One of these panels has a sentence in the passive voice. In the next slide, type in what sentence that was.

What was the passive sentence in the comic strip on the last slide?

Why would you use passive sentences?

De Passive Voice gebruik je wanneer je extra focus wil leggen op wat gedaan wordt, in plaats van wie het doet. Bijvoorbeeld omdat wie het doet niet belangrijk is (1), of omdat je het niet wilt vertellen (2):

1. The door was closed.

2. The disher were done.

      (by James, but I'm going to pretend I did it myself)

How do you make passive sentences?

Making sentences passive can be done in a few easy steps. Let's use the sentence "Eric is doing the dishes right now"

There are 3 things we need to know and 4 things we need to do.

Things we need to know

Eric is doing the dishes right now.

1. What is the tense of the sentence?

2. What is the object of the sentence?

2. Who is doing the thing?

Things we need to do

Eric is doing the dishes right now.

1. Turn the object into the subject.

2. Change the active verb into the past participle form.

3. Add a form of to be in the same tense as the original sentence.

4. If we know who is doing the thing, add "by <person>" before the where and when of the sentence.

Enough talk

Let's practice

What is the tense in
"Mistakes were made"

1. present simple
2. present perfect
3. past simple
4. past continuous

Wat is de passive vorm van
"The moderators have disabled the comments"?

1. are being disabled
2. have been disabled
3. were disabled
4. were being disabled

Wat is de passive vorm van
"I deliver newspapers"?

1. newspapers are delivered
2. newspapers have been delivered
3. newspapers were being delivered
4. newspapers were delivered

Geef de passive vorm van deze zin:
Leyla was researching the story.