Unit 2 - Passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Passive

What are we going to learn today?

At the end of the lesson I …

…know what the passive is

...know the difference between the present simple passive and past simple passive

But first, what do you remember?

This is Sam

Sam is really sad because someone broke into her house yesterday and took some of her belongings. 

The next day, she speaks to her mentor Don. 

Sam? What's wrong?

You look so sad!

My house was
broken into.  

Oh no! Was

anything stolen?

My laptop was
stolen.  

Someone stole your laptop? How horrible!

My laptop was stolen.

Her____________________

Her____________________

Her____________________

Her____________________

But who did it?

I have no idea!?

Question!

Was Sam sad because of who stole her stuff or because her stuff was stolen?

 Look at the sentences. What do they emphasize?

 

Someone stole my laptop	My laptop was stolen
Someone stole my watch	My watch was stolen
Someone stole my ring	My ring was stolen
Someone stole my phone	My phone was stolen
Someone stole my piggy bank	My piggy bank was stolen

The passive

Both sentences are correct.

But one emphasizes the action/result and one the person who did it.

We use the passive when we want to emphasize the action/result instead of the person who did it. 

We use the passive when we don't know who did it / when it's not important who did it.

We do this by taking the object (Dutch: lijdend voorwerp) and putting it at the beginning of the sentence. 

My laptop was stolen.

Someone stole my laptop

The passive - Present and past

We can have a passive form of the present simple and past simple

Active                                                                            Active

She borrows my clothes sometimes                    She borrowed my clothes sometimes

Passive                                                                           Passive

My clothes are borrowed sometimes                    My clothes were borrowed sometimes     

Past Simple

Present Simple 

The passive - Present and past

Remember, you form the passive like this:

a form of to be (am, are, is, was, were) + past participle

My boss gives me a new Iphone every year. 

A new Iphone ..............  to me every year. (by my boss)

Her father posted the letters when she was on holiday.

The letters ............... by her father when she was on holiday.

You were loved - Whitney Houston

We are going to listen to You were loved  by Whitney Houston

While listening you're going to complete the following exercises:

1. Fill the gaps - listen to the missing words.

2. Underline at least three examples of the passive

  

       

Exercises

Do the exercises from the worksheet.

Read the lesson goal. Does the statement apply to you?
At the end of the lesson I know what the passive is

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Read the lesson goal. Does the statement apply to you?
At the end of the lesson I know the difference between the present simple passive and past simple passive

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