23 January_Passive voice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Good Morning

• answer check

• grammar: passive voice
• individual work

    on your desk: book(144), pen

Lesson Objective:

- to learn passive voice

answer check

PAGE 144

Passive Voice

What do you know about passive voice in English?

(lijdende vorm) 

How do we form it? 

Passive Form

active form

The chef cooks the meal.

She writes the letter.

They built the house in 1966.

passive form

The meal is cooked (by the chef).

The letter is written. 

The house was built in 1966.

Why use the passive voice?

We use passive when:

1. We don't know who did the action. 

• The window was broken.

2. The person doing the action is not important.

• This bridge was built in 17th century.

3.  The person doing the action is obvious.

• Bill was arrested last night. / His mother was operated 2 years ago. 

Can you see the emphasis in these sentences?

 

 A) $ 1.000.000 was donated to the children's hospital.

B) The Prime Minister donated $ 1.000.000 to the children's hospital. 

How do we form it?

1. use the verb TO BE (in correct tense)

2. add the PAST PARTICIPLE (V3) of the main verb

English is spoken all over the world.

The room is cleaned everyday.

The book was written by a famous writer.

PAY ATTENTION!!!

***If we have a 'continuous tense', then we add 'being'

The issue is still being disscussed in the meeting.

***If we have a 'perfect tense', then we add 'has/have + been'

The report has been completed.

***If we have a modal verb OR future tense, then we add 'be' after the modal

The work must be finished soon.

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• page 147 ex. 10

underline the passive form