TTO 3 The Passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Today's Programme

- Passive Recap

- Practice/Explanation/Challenge

Lesson Objective:

- You know what a 'passive' sentence is and can create passive sentences in 

all tenses. 

in pairs:

What do you know?

Why a Passive?

1. The 'object' of an action is made important.

Active: People make most cars in Asia.

Passive:                                                                      

• Most cars are made in Asia.

Why a Passive?

2. The 'agent' of an action is unknown or irrelevant.

Active: The police arrest many thieves in supermarkets.

Passive:                                                                                                        

• Many thieves in supermarkets are arrested (by the police).

The murderer _____ (arrest) yesterday.

1. is arrested
2. was arrested
3. arrests
4. was arresting

O3A _____ (teach) by Mr Tip this year.

1. teach
2. were taught
3. are taught
4. are teaching

O3A ____ (teach) by Mr Tip for almost three years now.

1. are taught
2. were taught
3. have been taught
4. have been teaching

This lesson ____ (observe) by Ms Beukers right now.

1. is observed
2. has been observed
3. is observing
4. is being observed

Rewrite in Passive (no-by-phrase):
J.K. Rowling wrote the first HP book in the 90s.

Rewrite in Passive (no-by-phrase):
People have eaten ice cream since ancient time.

Rewrite in Passive (no by-phrase):
Edgar Allen Poe wrote The Tell Tale Heart halfway the 19th century.

Options:

1. Watch the video on the Passive using the QR-code or link on next page

2. Read the explanation on 

p. 146

3. Immediately go to step 4

4. Do all the practice questions on the paper given to you*  

(almost) ALL correct???

--> do the extra challenge 1 or (even) 2

If not: do some extra practice or go back to step 1 and/or 2

In this LessonUp file:

Extra challenge (4th yr)

1. Practice questions

2. Grammar translation

Extra practice

Explanation Video

DO TAKE NOTES while watching!

* KEY on next page

Link to Explanation Video

https://www.cambridge.org/files/7015/6268/5455/OW_INT_FSTSB_U02_Vid06_GR1.mp4

Passive Assignment*

1. Tim will make a survey tomorrow. 
2. Chiara had sent a letter before her ink dried up. 
3. * Somebody saw him at the park yesterday. 
4. * They are washing the dishes. 
5. I never watch the six o’clock news. 
6. * They have written a lot of letters of complaint. 
7. She can’t give him the present because she has forgotten to bring it. 
8. The children bought some sweets at the sweetshop in the village. 

* Omit the by-phrase in the sentences with an asterisk

1. Tim will make a survey tomorrow. A survey will be made tomorrow by Tim.
2. Chiara had sent a letter before her ink dried up. A letter had been sent by Chiara before her ink dried up.
3. * Somebody saw him at the park yesterday. He was seen at the park yesterday.
4. * They are washing the dishes. The dishes are being washed.
5. I never watch the six o’clock news. The six o’clock news is never watched by me.
6. * They have written a lot of letters of complaint. A lot of letters of complaint have been written.
7. She can’t give him the present because she has forgotten to bring it. The present can’t be given to him by her because she has forgotten to bring it.
8. The children bought some sweets at the sweetshop in the village. Some sweets were bought at the sweetshop in the village by the children.

KEY:

Extra practice material on the next pages.

www.english-4u.de

www.perfect-english-grammar.com

Extra challenge (1)

The following pages contain questions used by your 

fourth-year peers. 

Rewrite in Passive:
Rats have eaten most of the food that was still on the table.

Rewrite in Passive:
We should have done more about poverty in Bangladesh.

Rewrite in Passive:
You need to hand in your essay on the 22nd of December.

Fill in the correct form:
Our lawn _____ (cut) once every week.

Fill in the correct form:
The verdict is today.
I think the accused _____ (send) to prison.

Fill in the correct form:
The fire brigade ____ (phone) soon after the fire had broken out.

Fill in the correct form:
The jewels ____ (not - sell) very well, so far.

Extra challenge (2)

The following pages contains grammar translation meant for your fourth-year peers. 

Passive Translation

1. Mrs. Groen is gevraagd om een les te geven over Edgar Allan Poe.

2. Marieke wordt al drie jaar gepest op school.

3. De meeste chip machines worden geproduceerd door het Nederlandse bedrijf ASML.

4. Dat is nooit bewezen in studies. 

5. Deze prullenbak wordt elke dag geleegd. 

6. Of er een verband is tussen waar je woont en de kans dat je huidkanker krijgt wordt op dit moment onderzocht.

KEY Passive Translation (1)

1. Mrs. Groen is gevraagd om een les te geven over Edgar Allan Poe.

Mrs. Groen was/has been asked to teach/give a lesson on/about Edgar Allan Poe.

2. Marieke wordt al drie jaar gepest op school.

Marieke has been bullied at school for three years now.

3. De meeste chip machines worden geproduceerd door het Nederlandse bedrijf ASML. 

Most chip machines are manufactured/produced by the Dutch company ASML.

KEY Passive Translation (2)

4. Dat is nooit bewezen in studies. 

That has never been proved/proven in studies. 

5. Deze prullenbak wordt elke dag geleegd. 

This (rubbish) bin /trash can is emptied every day.

6. Of er een verband is tussen waar je woont en de kans dat je huidkanker krijgt wordt op dit moment onderzocht.

If/whether there is a connection between where you live and the chance (that) you (will) get skin cancer is being researched at the moment.