Chapter 1&2 grammar recap

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Chapter 1&2 grammar recap

Past Perfect

Passive

Past Perfect + Past Simple

When to use

Als er iets gebeurd is in het verleden, VOOR een andere gebeurtenis in het verleden.

(De eerste gebeurtenis wordt dan vervoegd met de Past Perfect  en de volgende gebeurtenis met de Past Simple)

The past perfect - voltooid verleden tijd

Het had gesneeuwd voordat we naar buiten gingen.

It had snowed before we went outside. 

Toen Sarah en Tim 25 jaar waren, hadden zij al 5 jaar gewerkt. 

When Sarah and Tim were 25 years old, they had already worked for 5 years. 

Past perfect

Some examples

The guide had already started the tour when they joined the group.

                         1e gebeurtenis                                   2e gebeurtenis

  Before we planned the trip, we had never talked about going to Canada.

  

            2e gebeurtenis                                                                       1e gebeurtenis

(Signal words: After, before, until)

Past Perfect

Action before past simple

Had + ww + ed

Had + 3e rijtje

 - hadn't + ww+ed/ 3e rijtje

? Had vooraan in de zin + ww+ed/ 3e rijtje

after, before, until

Past Simple

ww+ed

2e rijtje

- didn't + hele ww

? Did +ow+ hele ww

WALDY

When, Ago, Last …

Days/Dates,,Year/Yesterday

Practice time!

Put the two answers below each other. For example:

had been

washed

When they _______ (finish) school, they _______ (go) to the mall.

They ________ (show) me the pictures they ________ (take) during their holiday.

The boy _______ (be) sorry for what he ______ (do).

After she ______________ (wash) the curtains, she ____________ (clean) the windows.

Before they ________ (start) the party, they ___________ (invite) some friends.

After Columbus ____________ (discover) America, he __________ (return) to Spain.

How did that go?

2 or more mistakes? Practice using the link on the next slide.

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Active sentence

The subject is doing something

Anne paints a picture.

Anne is doing something.

Passive sentence

Something happens to the subject

The picture is painted by Anne.

The picture doesn't do anything, it just happens.

Voltooid deelwoord:

Regelmatige ww --> ww+ed

onregelmatige ww --> 3e rijtje

Active to passive (step by step)

1. Find the direct object in the active sentence.

John bought many houses.

2. Put DO at beginning of new sentence

Many houses ...

3. Find the verbs 

John bought many houses.

4. Determine the tense of the verb phrase from the active sentence.

bought = past simple

5. Convert according to the tenses of the passive

bought --> was/were bought

6. Rewrite the sentence.

Many houses were bought (by John).

Make the sentence passive:
She pays a lot of money.

Make the sentence passive:
She didn't win the prize.

Make the sentence passive:
We stopped the bus.

Make the sentence passive:
He doesn't open the book.

Next exercises

Choose between present simple/ past simple

active/ passive

and fill in the correct form of the verb.

Fill in the correct form of the verb:
Every week, a delicious sandwich ___________ (to make) by my mum.

Fill in the correct form of the verb:
I ___________ (not/ to like) fish when I was younger.

Fill in the correct form of the verb:
Pizza's ____________ (to invent) in Naples in the 18th century.

Fill in the correct form of the verb:
School books _______ (to buy) by parents every year.

Fill in the correct form of the verb:
My sister ________ (to bake) the most delicious cakes!

How did that go?

2 or more mistakes (all passive questions)? Practice using the link on the next slide.

(first three options)

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