Chapter 2: Passive voice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome!

Take a look at the checklist. We will move on after the timer has run out.

Checklist:

- Put your book & notebook on the table;

- Join the LessonUp;

- Start on exercise 51 on page 118;

- Write down any questions you have.

Your homework stories

After having read your stories, some things stood out:

• ... dancing on the heavy metal.
• ... people who are knitting on heavy metal.

• Detective Birkson was called in about an investigation.
• ... it was on the second floor of the house.

Today's plan

• Slim Stampen grammatica;
• Passive voice;
• Exercises.

Goal: Aan het einde van deze les kun je...

- Uitleggen wat het verschil is tussen de passive en de active voice.

- Vertellen wanneer je de passive voice gebruikt.

Slim Stampen

Passive Voice

• Lees mee op pagina 119.

Passive Voice

Belangrijk:

De zin moet in dezelfde tijd blijven staan als je wisselt tussen de active en passive voice.

I do the dishes. --> The dishes are done (by me).

She repainted the front door. --> The front door was repainted...

Passive voice

Match the active verb to the correct passive verb. 

She builds a house.

She is building a house.

She built a house.

She was building a house.

She has built a house.

A house is built.

A house is being built.

A house was built.

A house was being built.

A house has been built. 

Active Voice

Passive Voice

The man won the award.

A bunch of magazines were printed with a mistake in the title.

A lady reported her bag as stolen.

The trees were cut down to make room for more houses.

Active or passive voice? Make the correct combinations

I play tennis every Monday evening.

Tennis is played every Monday evening.

 

This bicycle has been built from scratch.

He has built this bicycle from scratch.

Sentence

active or passive?

Active

Active

Passive

Passive

rewrite in passive voice:
John closes the door.

Zet in de passive voice:
Leyla was researching the story.

Zet in de passive voice:
I was watering the plants.

Zet in de passive voice:
He sends emails

Let's get to work!

Do exercises:

Havo: d, 52ab (p. 119);

VWO: 52, 53a (p. 119).

Done? Slim Stampen in
Stepping Stones Online, practice on your own level.

Goal: Aan het einde van deze les kun je...

- Uitleggen wat het verschil is tussen de passive en de active voice.

- Vertellen wanneer je de passive voice gebruikt.

Uitleggen wat het verschil is tussen de passive en de active voice.

Vertellen wanneer je de passive voice gebruikt.

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