Passive Voice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Passives

ACTIVE= He is stealing a bike.

ACTIVE

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

PASSIVE: A bike is being stolen.

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

What makes a sentence passive?

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

The woman is bitten (by the dog).

The wound was stitched (by the doctor).

But also:

If you don't keep you distance you might be infected with Covid-19.

Unfortunately, stricter rules must be applied now.

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

This room has been painted blue.

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

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

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

Homework

• Go to Teams -> English -> bestanden -> grammar P1.
• Open the document  grammar P1 passive_forms_-_exercises part 1.pdf
• Do ALL the exercises, except for the discussion question
• Don't forget the meaningful sentences that are on SOM! :-)