Active and passive sentences

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• Leerjaar 4

Active and passive sentences

Goal: you learn the difference and can make your own sentences

Passive

Difference

De passive komt in het Engels veel vaker voor dan in het Nederlands.

Daarom hebben wij er een beetje moeite mee, maar er zijn heel duidelijke regels voor:

Een zin kan active zijn, dat wil zeggen dat het onderwerp iets doet.

Een zin kan ook passive zijn, dat wil zeggen dat er iets gebeurt met het onderwerp.

Kijk maar eens naar de voorbeelden:

Difference

My grandfather built this house in 1934. This house was built in 1934 by my grandfather.

That company employs hundreds of people. Hundreds of people are employed by that company.

Careless drivers cause many accidents. Many accidents are caused by careless drivers.

They didn't invite me for the party. I wasn't invited for the party.

Difference

Je ziet dat er in de passive-zinnen steeds een vorm van het werkwoord to be en een voltooid deelwoord staat.

De betekenis van to be is in deze zinnen altijd: worden.

Passive

De passive (lijdende vorm) wordt vaker in schrijftaal gebruikt en de active (bedrijvende vorm) vaker in spreektaal.

Je maakt de passive door een vorm van to be + voltooid deelwoord. 

In het Nederlands gebruik je worden of zijn +

voltooid deelwoord.

Passive

Wanneer gebruik je het?	De lijdende vorm gebruik je als iets wordt gedaan.
Wat geeft het aan?	Het is niet belangrijk of niet bekend wie iets doet, maar het gaat erom dat het wordt gedaan/gebeurt.

Passive

Present Simple Passive:

am/are/is + voltooid deelwoord

Active:

A lot of people speak English.

Passive:

English is spoken by a lot of people.

Past Simple Passive:

  

was/were + voltooid deelwoord

Active:

Rosa ate all the cookies.

Passive:

All the cookies were eaten by Rosa.

Present Simple Passive:

By wordt weggelaten als het niet belangrijk is wie de actie doet (bv. "English is spoken worldwide").  

Past Simple Passive:

  

Passive

Alle tijden van de passive 

Tense                    Active                                  Passive

Present Simple	I write a letter	A letter is written
Present Continuous	I am writing a letter	A letter is being written
Past Simple	I wrote a letter	A letter was written
Past Continuous	I was writing a letter	A letter was being written
Present Perfect	I have written a letter	A letter has been written
Past Perfect	I had written a letter	A letter had been written
Future Simple	I will write a letter	A letter will be written
Modal	I must write a letter	A letter must be written
Modal Perfect	I should have written a letter	A letter should have been written

The Passive; Welk hulpwerkwood moet je altijd gebruiken in de Passive?

Mr. Dessens has bought new shoes.

The student was hit by Mr. Dessens.

I was walking in the forest for hours.

The teacher was fired the other day.

Are you being discriminated against?

Have you ever stolen anything?

Active

Passive

Passive

Passive

Active

Active

Make passive:

He has seen the e-mail.

 

by him

the e-mail

has been seen

Kies de juiste Passive:

Active: I learnt the passive!

1. The passive was learnt by me.
2. The passive was being learnt by me.
3. The passive learned me
4. The passive had been learnt by me.

Actieve zin: The suspect lied to the police
Passive:

1. The police had been lied.
2. The police have been lied.
3. The Police was lied to
4. The police were being lied.

Make the sentence passive:
Everybody loves chocolate.

Make the sentence passive:
I learned the passive voice.

Actieve zin: They make homework.

Passive:

1. Homework is made by them.
2. Homeworm was made by them.
3. Homework has been made by them.
4. Homework had been made by them.

Actieve zin: They make cloth
Passive:

1. Cloth is made.
2. Cloth was made.
3. Cloth has been made .
4. Cloth had been made.

Make the sentence passive:
John collects money.

Make the sentence passive:
Peter prepared lunch.

Make the sentence passive:
The teacher explained the passive.

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

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

Passive Simple 

	Active	Passive
present simple	I do the homework. She eats the apples.	The homework is done (by me). The apples are eaten (by her).
	werkwoord present	am/is/are + voltooid deelwoord
past simple	I did the homework. She ate the apples.	The homework was done (by me). The apples were eaten (by her).
	werkwoord past	was/were + voltooid deelwoord

Oefeningen (klik de links)

1) Verschil tussen active en passive

2) Maak zinnen met present passive

3) Maak zinnen met present of past simple passive

More practice?

Link 1

Link 2

Lots of practise!

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