The passive 3vwo

Passive tense
1 / 14
volgende
Slide 1: Tekstslide
EngelsMiddelbare schoolvwoLeerjaar 3

In deze les zitten 14 slides, met tekstslides.

Onderdelen in deze les

Passive tense

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

What has happened to these letters?

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Your options? 

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Possible answers
The letters were sent
The letters have been sent
The letters were thrown away
The letters were opened
The letters are being burnt

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

What's weird about the passive? No subject needed!

The letters were sent.....?          (by whom?)
The letters have been sent....
The letters were thrown away....

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Active sentences
The subject is or was actively doing something, at some point in time. 

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Describe: subject+verb+object

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

"The ball is kicked (by him)"
1. Object is now in front of sentence (place subject)
2. You can always add the phrase 'by someone'
3. the sentence is in the same tense as the active
4. There is always an extra form of 'to be' in there

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

So far so good...now the hard part
1. How do you take over the same tense that was used in the active? 
"they are kicking the ball" (active)
"The ball is being kicked by them (passive)

Rule: main verb gets to be a 'volt deelw' &  extra form of to be gets to take over the tense. 

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

What should you be able to do?
1. translate Dutch passive into English passive
2. turn active into passive
3. know your 'volt deelw' / past participles

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

How to translate the tenses
1. is geschopt / is kicked or has been kicked
2. was geschopt / was kicked or had been kicked
3. wordt geschopt / is being kicked
4. werd geschopt / was being kicked


Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Turn active into passive
follow the 4 rules

"She builds houses"
"Houses.....              by....."
"Houses ........built by......"
"Houses are built by her"

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

know your volt deelwoorden
See hand out.
Look at the third row: past participle

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Now...practise!

Slide 14 - Tekstslide