H4F 11-4-2025 45 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome! You need: Wasp, laptop, grammar booklet,  notebook, pen, your brain

Program

1. Learning goals + recap passive (10 mins)

2. Speaking + video (10 mins)

3. Read Wasp text +  do assignments (15 mins)

4. Round off together (5 mins)

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

- I will have done a short recap of the passive

- I will have practised my speaking, listening and reading skills

- I will know more about penguins

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Switches:

Boulders:

Menace:

Remote:

Pristine:

Mammal:

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Switches: changes

Boulders: large rocks

Menace: threat, possible danger

Remote: far away, distant

Pristine: unspoilt

Mammal: zoogdier

Coming up:

5 questions about active / passive

RECAP

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

My broken tap ___________   ___________   _________ now.

is

repaired

was

being

be

fix

repair

been

Make passive:
I wrote a letter

1. A letter was written by me
2. A letter has been written by me
3. A letter is written by me
4. A letter was being written by me

Make passive:
They had not won the competition

1. The competition has not been won by them
2. The competition was not won by them
3. The competition had not been won by them
4. The competition was not being won by them

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

How to recognize a passive sentence...

- A form of 'to be' (am, are, is, was, were, been)

- Followed by a past participle (voltooid deelwoord), like 'bitten'

- Followed by, for example, 'by a lion' OR

- If not, can it be followed by  'by zombies'?

Are all answers 'yes'? 

Congratulations, you have a passive sentence.

The thief was caught right after the robbery.

The student was hit by a green car.

I am walking in the forest right now.

My manager was fired the other day.

My bike was stolen last week.

She broke up with me on Valentine's day.

Active

Passive

Passive

Passive

Active

Active

Thanos ___________ ___________ by the mightiest 

heroes  of the Earth.

is

are

was

being

be

defeated

defeat

been

___________ your room __________  ___________ yet?

is

has

was

cleaned

has

have

platypus

been

Passive = form of 'to be' + past participle

My room was 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.

Also: can you add 'by zombies'?

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To do now:

Assignment 23

Wasp Student File, p.7

Work in pairs, speak English!

Coming up:

Video about this week's theme from Wasp

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1. What does the Earthshot Prize aim to do?

2. How? Name 3 focal areas

3. How do microplastics end up in our bodies?

4. What gives hope, according to Pierre Palier?

1. What does the Earthshot Prize aim to do?

2. How? Name 3 focal areas

3. How do microplastics end up in our bodies?

4. What gives hope, according to Pierre Palier?

1. What does the Earthshot Prize aim to do?

Support efforts to help repair our planet, find a solution to pollution

2. How? Name 3 focal areas

a) finding solutions in nature, b) reinventing existing products, c) redefining the way we think about our possessions

3. How do microplastics end up in our bodies?

It starts in the ocean, tiny plastic particles are absorbed by plankton, which gets eaten by fish > it enters the food chain and ends up in our blood stream

4. What gives hope, according to Pierre?

Nature already has all the solutions, we just need to 'take a hint' and use our knowledge from science and our engineering skills to make the world a better place.

To do now:

Read "A day without plastic"

Wasp Magazine pp.10-11

10 minutes in silence

To do afterwards: assignments 24 and 25

and... 26

Student File pp.7-8

Grammar booklet: passive, exercise 2, answers

1. Frank's hotdog has been eaten (by Tim).

2. His room is being painted right now (by Jason).

3. My mother was visited last week (by my uncle).

4. This house was built in 1943 (by my grandfather).

5. Three books had been written before 1867 (by him).

6. Portuguese is spoken in Brazil.

7. All the milk has been drunk.

8. A new stadium is being built near the station.

9. The princess was eaten (by the wolf).

10. All the windows had been cleaned before the storm.

Well done! You...

- have done a short recap of the passive

- have practised your speaking, listening and reading skills

- know more about penguins

Next lesson: finish OMAM 1st chapter

& bring OMAM + OMAM booklet + notebook + Wasp

                                            ALWAYS check Magister before the lesson!

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