Let/Make/Be Allowed to + Passive

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Let/Make/Be allowed to & Passive

1. Ik ken het verschil tussen make, let en be allowed to en kan deze correct toepassen.

2. Ik  ken het verschil tussen de present passive en de past passive en kan deze correc toepassen

Let

Giving permission to do something

I’ll let you go out tonight. (= I give you

permission to go out tonight).

Past tense: let

I let you go out that night

Make

Obligating someone to do something 

She makes me study a lot (= She obliges me to study a lot).

Past tense: made

She made me study a lot.

Be allowed to

(Not) Having permission to do something

We aren’t allowed to smoke in the office. (= We can’t smoke in the office).

We are allowed to smoke in the office. (= We can smoke in the office).

Past tense: was/were allowed

We were allowed to smoke in the office.

Make, let or be allowed to?
His mother ___ him clean his room.

1. made
2. let
3. allowed

Make, let or be allowed to?
Thankfully, the boss ___ me leave early.

1. made
2. let
3. allowed

A: Are you coming on the camping trip with us?
B: No, I ______________

1. don't make
2. 'm not allowed to
3. 'm not allowed
4. don't let

My evil parents ___________ me study for my exams all last weekend!

1. allowed
2. let
3. make
4. made

Our teacher always …..................................... us do lots of homework.

Our parents …..................................... us stay up late last night.

Rewrite the sentences using make and let :
Mum: You don't have to go with us if you don't want to.

Rewrite the sentences using make or let or be allowed to :
We have to ring her when we arrive. My mum says so.

Passive 

	Active	Passive
present simple	I do the homework. She eats the apples.	The homework is done (by me). The apples are eaten (by her).
	werkwoord present	am/is/are + voltooid deelwoord
past simple	I did the homework. She ate the apples.	The homework was done (by me). The apples were eaten (by her).
	werkwoord past	was/were + voltooid deelwoord

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Oefeningen (klik de links)

1) Verschil tussen active en passive

2) Maak zinnen met present passive

3) Maak zinnen met present of past simple passive

Present Simple Passive:

am/are/is + voltooid deelwoord

Active:

A lot of people speak English.

Passive:

English is spoken by a lot of people.

Past Simple Passive:

  

was/were + voltooid deelwoord

Active:

Rosa ate all the cookies.

Passive:

All the cookies were eaten by Rosa.

Passive

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

Sleep de woorden in de juiste volgorde om een goede passive zin te maken.

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me

the

painted

by

was

countries

spoken

seven

Dutch

in

is

Are these sentences active or passive?

Active

Passive

Bij binnenkomst wordt de de gast naar een tafel gebracht.

Harry is gisteren geslaagd voor zijn bachelor.

Op de basisschool werden wij iedere maand gecontroleerd op luizen.

Ik was nog nooit zo hard gevallen.

Make passive:

He has seen the e-mail.

 

by him

the e-mail

has been seen

Mr. Dessens has bought new shoes.

The student was hit by Mr. Dessens.

I was walking in the forest for hours.

The teacher was fired the other day.

Are you being discriminated against?

Have you ever stolen anything?

Active

Passive

Passive

Passive

Active

Active

Practice 

Easy

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/passive3.htm

intermediate

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-5.html

Advanced

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/passive_quiz.htm