Passive Voice - Lijdende Vorm

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

H5 Passive Voice

Who still remembers:
What is the passive voice?

How well do you understand
the Passive Voice?

No longer know what it is

Can recognise it

Know difference between active and passive voice

Can use the passive voice

Can explain the passive voice

How to avoid 'you'?

Most people put sprinkles on their sandwich

A lot of people have this at home.

Almost everyone has this at home.

It is not necessary to go to the supermarket....

It is possible to vary a lot....

But what is the efect of these changes?.......

“you just need these three ingredients and your done”

“And you can even change some to your own taste”

Onderwerp niet bekend/niet belangrijk ( in het NL: ‘Er/Men’ = in het Engels ‘It’)

Lijdend voorwerp komt vooraan

Vorm van ‘to be’ + voltooid deelwoord (let op! irr verbs)

Vorm van ‘to be’ let op tijdsbepaling (last year, FYNE JAS etc.)

“you just need these three ingredients and your done”

These three ingredients are just what is needed and then the sandwhich is done.

“And you can even change some to your own taste”

These sandwiches can be adjusted to your own taste

Passive is often better..

You only need PB, jelly and bread --> Only PB, jelly and bread are needed.

And you can even change some of them to your own taste --> The ingredients can be switched out to accomdate different tastes.

For example, you can put sprinkels on it --> For example, sprinkles can be put on them.

Bram Eekman

What is the difference between these sentences?

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Difference between Active & Passive Voice

1. ACTIVE VOICE: nadruk op WIE iets doet of heeft gedaan
2. PASSIVE VOICE: nadruk niet op WIE iets, maar op WAT er is gebeurd 

Difference Active vs Passive Voice

How to recognise the Passive Voice?

PASSIVE VOICE: always consists of

1. form of the auxiliary TO BE + a past participle 
   for example: is arrested, has been stolen, will be made
   
   
2. sometimes a by-clause with the doer of the action
   for example: by the police, by my sister, by teachers

1/3 'This room has been painted blue.'

1. Passive
2. Active

2/3 The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

3/3 'The search will be stopped because of the storm.'

1. Passive
2. Active

How do you make the Passive Voice?

Tense changes Active to Passive Voice

ACTIVE to PASSIVE VOICE in small steps

The police arrested my brother yesterday.

1. Object becomes subject > My brother ...
   
2. Choose form of TO BE same tense as verb (simple past) > was > My brother was ...
3. Select the past participle form of the main verb: arrested >  My brother was arrested ...
4. Add BY + subject > My brother was arrested by the police ... 
5. Add rest> My brother was arrested by the police yesterday.

1/3. Change into a passive voice:
Somebody smashed the window with a brick.

2/3. Change into a passive voice:
We will discuss the rest tomorrow.

How well do you understand
the Passive Voice now?

No longer know what it is

Can recognise it

Know difference between active and passive voice

Can use the passive voice

Can explain the passive voice

Now: do handout and rewrite  text