Passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3-6

Passives

Passive

Active: het onderwerp 'doet' zelf iets.

Passive: het onderwerp doet zelf niets, maar 'ondergaat' iets.

ACTIVE= He is stealing a bike.

ACTIVE

ONDERWERP = WIE /WAT het doet staat vooraan de zin.

PASSIVE: The bike is stolen.

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

PASSIVE: The bike is stolen.

Is (form of 'to be') = present simple

stolen = voltooid deelwoord

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

Passive = form of 'to be' + past participle

My room is being cleaned.

 I think loads of films have been made there.

I was told the scenery in Avatar was based on this landscape.

The girls are decorated with flowers.

What makes a sentence passive?

'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a passive sentence

It is not important who is doing something

Active: The teacher teaches the student.

Passive: The student is taught (by the teacher).

How to recognize a passive sentence...

- check if there is a form of 'to be' used (be, am, are, is, was, were, been)

- is it followed by a past participle (voltooid deelwoord)?

- is it followed by 'by + noun or pronoun? If not, can it be followed by 'by zombies'?

Are all answers 'yes'? 

Congratulations, you have a passive sentence.

Making a passive sentence

Angry penguins | attack | my sister.

Subject (S)                              Object (O)

1. Object moves to the front of the sentence

2. Check the tense of the sentence
present tense? use am / is / are | past tense? use: was / were

3. Change the verb into the past participle (volt. deelwoord).

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

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

Boys like to play soccer.

1. passive
2. active

This room has been painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

Cricket is played in Australia.

1. passive
2. active

The friends have been looking forward to meeting her.

1. passive
2. active

The search will be stopped because of the storm.

1. passive
2. active

The Passive

Om de Passive te kunnen gebruiken moet je een aantal dingen weten:

1. in welke tijd staat een zin?

2. hoe vervoeg je to be?

3. wat is het voltooid deelwoord?

In deze LessonUp ga je deze drie dingen eerst apart oefenen. Daarna ga je oefenen om de Passive te gebruiken. 

  

Stap 1

1. in welke tijd staat een zin?

2. hoe vervoeg je to be?

3. wat is het voltooid deelwoord?

Combine the forms of to be to a sentence in the same tense

I cleaned the room yesterday.

They have baked a cake.

He washes his clothes every week.

are

is

was

have been

has been

were

Fill in:
My sister always ... (buy) expensive clothes.

Yesterday we ... (go) to the new James Bond film.

They ... (live) here since 2000.

Stap 2

1. in welke tijd staat een zin?

2. hoe vervoeg je to be?

3. wat is het voltooid deelwoord?

Vervoeging van to be

		present	past	Voltooid deelwoord
	I	am	was	been
You	are	were	been
He	is	was	been
She	is	was	been
It	is	was	been
	We	are	were	been
You	are	were	been
They	are	were	been

Stap 3

1. in welke tijd staat een zin?

2. hoe vervoeg je to be?

3. wat is het voltooid deelwoord?

Make passive sentences

Remember:

STEP 1                             STEP 2

form of to be + past participle (voltooid deelwoord)

hulp ww (can /may..)  before step 1

Make passive:
John collects money.

Het voltooid deelwoord

ww + ed

watched............

of

3e rij onregelmatige werkwoorden

seen...........

Make a passive:
Lots of books ...(read, not) by those children yet.

1. aren't read
2. isn't read
3. weren't read
4. haven't been read

Make a passive:
Lots of books ... (buy) by my father every year.

1. are bought
2. is bought
3. were bought
4. have been bought

Make a passive sentence:
Lots of books ... (read) by children in 1890.

1. are read
2. is read
3. were read
4. have been read

Drag and drop the passive sentence(s) into the box.

The man is eating his bread.

The thief was caught by the police.

The government was shut down.

The secretary writes an email

The musicians play another song

The emails are sent by the secretary now

The songs are played in a different order

Active

Passive

Thanos ___________ ___________ by the mightiest 

heroes  of the Earth.

is

are

was

being

be

defeated

defeat

been

My broken tap ___________   ___________   _________ now.

is

repaired

was

being

be

fix

repair

been

___________ your room __________  ___________ yet?

is

has

was

cleaned

has

have

platypus

been

Make a passive. Start with 'a goal'...

Make a passive. Start with 'the oranges'...

Cedric ... murdered by Voldemort.

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