Passive

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

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The Passive

Om de Passive te kunnen gebruiken moet je een aantal dingen weten:

1. in welke tijd staat een zin?

2. hoe vervoeg je to be?

3. wat is het voltooid deelwoord?

In deze LessonUp ga je deze drie dingen eerst apart oefenen. Daarna ga je oefenen om de Passive te gebruiken. 

  

Stap 1

1. in welke tijd staat een zin?

2. hoe vervoeg je to be?

3. wat is het voltooid deelwoord?

what tenses do you know?

Combine the forms of to be to a sentence in the same tense

I cleaned the room yesterday.

They have baked a cake.

He washes his clothes every week.

are

is

was

have been

has been

were

Fill in:
My sister always ... (buy) expensive clothes.

Yesterday we ... (go) to the new James Bond film.

They ... (live) here since 2000.

Stap 2

1. in welke tijd staat een zin?

2. hoe vervoeg je to be?

3. wat is het voltooid deelwoord?

Vervoeging van to be

		present	past	Voltooid deelwoord
	I	am	was	been
You	are	were	been
He	is	was	been
She	is	was	been
It	is	was	been
	We	are	were	been
You	are	were	been
They	are	were	been

Stap 3

1. in welke tijd staat een zin?

2. hoe vervoeg je to be?

3. wat is het voltooid deelwoord?

Make passive sentences

Remember:

STEP 1                             STEP 2

form of to be + past participle (voltooid deelwoord)

hulp ww (can /may..)  before step 1

Het voltooid deelwoord

ww + ed

watched............

of

3e rij onregelmatige werkwoorden

seen...........

Make passive:
John collects money.

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

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

Make a passive:
Lots of books ...(read, not) by those children yet.

1. aren't read
2. isn't read
3. weren't read
4. haven't been read

Verander naar passive:
My grandfather built this house in 1943.

Make a passive sentence:
They have done their homework.

Make a passive:
Today, houses ... (build) from bricks.

Make a passive:
This car ... (buy) by my grandparents in 2008.

Make a passive:
Those cars ... (make) since 1876.

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