3A. 2.4 The passive

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• Leerjaar 3

Welcome!

Please sit down and

put your book, pen and closed laptop on your table

Lesson starts when the timer stops!

Today

- Newsround

- Question of the day

- Vocabulary

- Grammar

Lesson goal:  You understand the difference between the past simple and present perfect

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What is your favourite meal or food?

planetary

to lift off

community service

orbiter

atmosphere

execution

trial

to fine

Passive

                                                  What is the difference?

 

He paints the house every year.            vs     The house is painted every year.

Thieves stole lots of cars last year.       vs      Lot of cars were stolen last year.

Teenagers read fashion magazines.    vs        Fashion magazines are read.

 Mr. Jones taught German at school.    vs       German was taught at school.

Grandma bakes great cakes.                     vs       Great cakes are baked.

Zin van actief naar passief...

Angry penguins | attack | my sister.

Onderwerp (S)                       lijdend voorwerp (O)

1. Lijdend voorwerp (object) komt vooraan in de zin te staan. 

2. Kijk in welke tijd de zin staat voor het hulpwerkwoord. 
tegenwoordige tijd? Gebruik: am / is / are | verleden tijd? Gebruik: was / were

3. Gebruik het voltooid deelwoord van het hoofdwerkwoord. 

My sister is attacked (by angry penguins // by zombies).

Hulpwerkwoorden in de passive

Penguins are attacking my sister. 

In deze zin staat al een vorm van "to be". 

1. Lijdend voorwerp komt vooraan in de zin. 

2. Hulpwerkwoord to be herhalen. Let op! vorm kan veranderen!

3. Gebruik being om de passive te maken. 

4. Gebruik het voltooid deelwoord van het hoofdwerkwoord.

Passive

Used because:

- It is not important who did it 

- If you don’t know who did it. 

- Used in newspapers

Present Simple Passive

General truths & the present

 

Created with am/are/is + verb+ed (irregular: 3rd word)

The house is painted every year.

Many accidents are caused by reckless driving.

Past Simple Passive

It is finished in the past, you can see this because there is usually a date in the the sentence. (last year, in 1980, yesterday)

 

Created with was/were + verb+ed (irregular: 3rd word)

A letter was written yesterday.

The buildings were built in 1990.

Computers weren’t used in schools in 1985.

Past Simple Passive

This room ___ (clean) every Friday.

The roof of the building ___ (destroy) in a storm a few days ago.

Many accidents ___ (cause) by reckless driving.

In the Netherlands, elections for Parliament ___ (hold) every four years.

You can’t see the school from here. It ___ (surround) by a gate.

Six hundred people ___ (employ) by this company last year.

Can you tell me how mountains ___ (form)?

Past & Present Simple Passive

This room is cleaned (clean) every Friday.

The roof of the building was destroyed (destroy) in a storm a few days ago.

Many accidents are caused (cause) by reckless driving.

In the Netherlands, elections for Parliament are held (hold) every four years.

You can’t see the school from here. It is surrounded (surround) by a gate.

Six hundred people were employed (employ) by this company last year.

Can you tell me how mountains are formed (form)?

The words ______ (explain) by the teacher today.

A letter ________ (send) the day before yesterday.

He _______ (invite) to the party yesterday.

These phones ______ (make) in China.

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
My mum does all the housework.

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
She bought four apples.

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
The man stole the blue car.

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
I play football all the time.

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
The police arrested the thieves.

Get to work

Open your book on page 71

Do exercise 7, 8, 9, 10

Finished:

Continue with your grammar sheet

GImkit

Simple Passive

Rewrite the sentences into the passive voice.

The teacher always answers the students’ questions.

Sue changed the flat tire.

Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah.

The saltwater corroded the metal beams.

Simple Passive

Rewrite the sentences into the passive voice.

 Students' questions are always answered by the teacher

The flat tire was changed by Sue

The savannah is (being) roamed by beautiful giraffes

The metal beams were corroded by the saltwater

Do exercise 7, 8, 9, 10 on page 71 - 73

Study Words lesson 4 Nl-Eng on page 92-93