Passive: present, past and perfect

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• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3-6

Passives

What makes a sentence passive?

The combination of 'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a sentence passive

The woman is bitten (by the dog).

The wound was stitched (by the doctor).

ACTIVE= He is stealing a bike.

ACTIVE

ONDERWERP = WIE /WAT het doet staat vooraan de zin.

PASSIVE: The bike is stolen.

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

Passive = form of 'to be' + past participle

My room is being cleaned.

 I think loads of films have been made there.

I was told the scenery in Avatar was based on this landscape.

The girls are decorated with flowers.

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

Boys like to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

This room has been painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

Cricket is played in Australia.

1. passive
2. active

The friends have been looking forward to meeting her.

1. passive
2. active

The search will be stopped because of the storm.

1. passive
2. active

Present simple passive. Choose the correct option.
This soup ....... with carrots.

1. is make
2. is maked
3. is made
4. are made

Present simple passive. Choose the correct option.
The workers ....... well.

1. aren't paid
2. isn't pay
3. pays
4. aren't pays

Make a passive (use present simple):
Lots of books ... (buy) by my father every year.

1. are bought
2. is bought
3. were bought
4. have been bought

Use past simple passive:
The film ...................(shoot) in Texas.

1. was shooting
2. was shot

Use past simple passive:
The school ......................in 1991.( build)

1. was being built
2. was built

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

The secretary writes an email

The musicians play another song

The emails are sent by the secretary now

The songs are played in a different order

Active

Passive

Active

Passive

Make a passive. Start with 'a goal'...

Make a passive. Start with 'the oranges'...

Cedric ... murdered by Voldemort.

Present Perfect active

present perfect in an active sentence: 

I have eaten

Has she walked? 

They haven't eaten

Do you remember when to use the present perfect? 

In short:

- Something starting in the past and still going on

- No particular past time is given (but results are still there) 

PRESENT PERFECT:
in welke zin wordt de present perfect gebruikt?

1. She was working until late.
2. She worked until late.
3. She has worked until late.
4. She has been working until late.

Present perfect

1. ww+ed
2. do/does
3. have/has + ww+ed
4. did

present perfect

1. I have decided
2. I had decided
3. He had decided
4. I did decide

Present perfect:

1. I have lived in The Hague for 10 years
2. I walk to school everyday

Present perfect passive

have or has + been + past participle

The bread has been eaten.

The children have been left unattended.

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

Present Perfect Passive
De bal is nu al zo vaak getrapt.
The ball ....... so many times by now.

present perfect simple

Have/ has + pp

present perfect continuous

has/ have +been+-ing

Present Perfect Passive

has/ have been + pp

They have been offered more money.

I've lived there since 2000

It's been going on for a while 

I've seen that film many times

They have been giving money to that charity for years.

He has been nominated.

They have asked him to join in several times.

They have predicted bad weather. 

Bad weather has been predicted (by them).

Present Perfect Passive

Present perfect passive

Watskebeurt?! De hulpwerkwoorden van een passive en een perfect worden naast elkaar gezet: has om een perfect te maken, en het 3e rijtje werkwoord van 'to be' voor de passive. Waarom dat? Perfects gaan toch altijd met 3e rijtje werkwoord?

The thief		steals	my money	present simple
the thief	has	stolen	my money	present perfect
my money	is	stolen	(by the thief)	passive simple
my money	has been	stolen	(by the thief)	present perfect passive

present perfect passive

The room HAS just BEEN CLEANED. 

I know what a 'passive' sentence is and can create passive sentences in present and past simple.

1. Yes
2. No
3. Almost

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