Passive/ Look at test TW 3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Tuesday, April 8th

Programme

- Term 4: study guide and tests

- Feedback TW 3

- Start SB Unit 6

- The passive revisited

Let's take a look at term 4

Feedback on your test week test

Start SB Unit 6

Turn to SB p. 80

• Getting started, discuss questions
• Vocabulary: ex. 1 - 2 - 3
• Listening: ex. 1 + 3
• Speaking: ex. 1 - 2

The Passive: SB p. 210

The passive                

Some general tenses with the passive:

Present simple                                                 am/ are/ is + past participle

Present continuous                                       am/ are/ is + being + past participle

Past simple                                                        was/ were + past participle

Past continuous                                              was/ were + being + past participle

Present perfect                                               have/ has + been + past participle

Past perfect                                                      had + been + past participle

Future  simple                                                  will + be + past participle

Modal passive, for example                       must + be + past participle

Infinitive                                                              to be + past participle

The passive

Recap: when do we use the passive?

1. action is more important than agent

2. no idea who performed the action

3. obvious who performed the action

BUT ALSO!

4. using formal language (C1 exam!)

Get to work!

- WB p. 28 Grammar, exercise 1

- Finished? Do SB p. 87 Push yourself C2 exercises 1 and 2

Next week

a. Be able to tell me which book you’re going to read for your SE Speaking.
b. Find a speaking partner from our own class.

c. Bring your SB and WB to class.

d. Finish WB p. 28, ex. 1

e. Study wordlist unit 6.