Passive/ CITO Listening: globale vraag + final practice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Tuesday, February 21st

Programme

- Passive reviewed

- Impersonal passive

- CITO Listening practice: Globale vraagvorm

- Choose what to do:

* Final listening practice

* SB Review 3

The passive

Remember when we talked about passive structures with have or get?

Choose the correct answers!

1. Our neighbours ... on their roof by an energy company.

1. had solar panels fitted
2. fitted solar panels

2. I'm going to ... next week. It's cheaper than paying a cleaner.

1. get our windows cleaned
2. clean our windows

3. The park gazebo ... by the strong wind. Some volunteers are helping to rebuild it.

1. got knocked down
2. knocked down

4. My dad hates doing jobs around the house, especially ...

1. having the grass cut
2. cutting the grass

5. After the storm we decided to hire a tree surgeon and ... the tree in our garden.

1. cut some branches off
2. have some branches cut off

6. In the autumn, I'm always in the garden ... dead leaves.

1. sweeping up
2. having someone sweep up

7. My friend had to call the police after his house ... at the weekend.

1. got burgled
2. burgled

8. Everyone in our neighbourhood will ... next year. It'll take the decorator ages to do the whole street.

1. get their house painted
2. paint their house

Impersonal passive

The passive is often used with a reporting verb in impersonal situations, for example in news reports and more formal texts.

Some common reporting verbs used in passive sentences are:

allege, anticipate, argue, assume, believe, claim, consider, estimate, fear, know, prove, report, rumour, say and think.

Impersonal passive

1. Subject + passive + infinitive (or perfect infinitive) with to

Examples:

Advertising is believed to be essential to the success of a new product on the market.

Celebrity endorsement is thought to have had a big impact on sales of the soft drink.

Impersonal passive

2. It + passive + that clause

Examples:

It is feared that the recession will last a lot longer than first expected.

It was reported that the managing director had resigned from the company.

Usually either structure can be used; however, that clauses can't be used as the subject of a passive sentence.

That advertising is essential is believed.

Turn this sentence into an impersonal passive:
1. They say that Francis is in hospital.

Turn this sentence into an impersonal passive:
2. People believe that nuclear power stations are dangerous.

Turn this sentence into an impersonal passive:
3. His colleagues thought that he was on holiday.

Listening practice

Globale vraagvorm

- Luister (en kijk) naar een fragment van ongeveer 5 - 8 minuten.

- Maak aantekeningen.

- Beantwoord 5 - 7 meerkeuzevragen over de algemene inhoud van het fragment.

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Listening practice

Answer key

1. B

2. A

3. B

4. A

5. B

6. B

Choose what to do

- Final practice for your listening test on Friday. Does your device work?!

- SB Review 3 (p. 41)

Friday

SE Listening (havo/ vwo)

Be on time!

Bring your device, earphones and charger to the test.

You are responsible for your own materials and wifi access!