The Passive
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Slide 1 - Tekstslide
Slide 2 - Tekstslide
Slide 3 - Tekstslide
Slide 4 - Tekstslide
Why is the passive form useful?
A
to talk about things without knowing who did them
B
to talk about things without focusing on who did them
C
focusing on who did something
D
active sentences are too direct
Slide 5 - Quizvraag
Choose the sentence in the passive.
A
The Headmaster has given the present.
B
The Headmaster is giving the present.
C
The present was given to the Headmaster.
D
The Headmaster gave the present.
Slide 6 - Quizvraag
Choose the passive sentence.
A
The zookeeper picked up the leaves.
B
The woman was sweeping the floor.
C
Leaves were swept up.
D
The people were laughing.
Slide 7 - Quizvraag
Which sentence is in the passive voice?
A
The farmer is harvesting the corn.
B
The farmer has harvested the corn.
C
The corn is harvested by the farmer.
D
Harvesting corn is a heavy job.
Slide 8 - Quizvraag
Choose the sentence in the passive.
A
Our book was handed to our teacher.
B
We will hand our book to the teacher.
C
We hand our book to the teacher.
D
We're going to hand our book to the teacher.
Slide 9 - Quizvraag
Choose the sentence in the passive
A
Our maths teacher graded the tests.
B
Our maths teacher is grading the tests.
C
Our maths teacher grades the tests.
D
The tests are graded by our maths teacher.
Slide 10 - Quizvraag
The thief was caught right after the robbery.
The student was hit by a green car.
I am walking in the forest right now.
My manager was fired the other day.
My bike was stolen last week.
She broke up with me on Valentine's day.
Active
Passive
Passive
Passive
Active
Active
Slide 11 - Sleepvraag
The secretary writes an email
The musicians have played another song
The emails are sent by the secretary now
The songs are played in a different order
Active
Passive
Passive
Active
Slide 12 - Sleepvraag
Rewrite in the Passive Voice:
They won the game
(you don't have to write 'by...')
They won the game
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Slide 13 - Open vraag
Put into the passive:
Somebody stole my bike.
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Somebody stole my bike.
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Slide 14 - Open vraag
Change into the passive:
Storms destroy villages.
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Storms destroy villages.
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Slide 15 - Open vraag
Change into the passive the passive:
Serena tells the truth
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Serena tells the truth
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Slide 16 - Open vraag
Correct this sentence
There has been committed a murder.
There has been committed a murder.
Slide 17 - Open vraag
Correct the sentence:
There was found a man with a bullet in his chest
There was found a man with a bullet in his chest
Slide 18 - Open vraag
Use these words to write a news headline.
Twente/Ajax/beat/(fill in the score!)yesterday/premier league
Twente/Ajax/beat/(fill in the score!)yesterday/premier league
Slide 19 - Open vraag
Do you understand the passive now?
A
A little better
B
I don't understand this in Dutch
C
I need more practice
D
I can use this without too much problem.
