Unit 2 Grammar

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Unit 2: Grammar

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• Homework check: Unit 2, lesson 2 exercise 2, 3, 4, 5

All Right! Test

• When: 2 November 
• Unit 1 & Unit 2, counts 2x
• Vocabulary: not all words, see new list
• Grammar: Who, whose, whom, which, that (unit 1);   Comparisons (unit 1); The passive (unit 2)
• Reading 

Today

• Listening test: inzage
• Grammar: the passive
• Reading  

Tomorrow: recap grammar unit 1 + passive

Listening test

• No pens on your table
• Check your answers (pay attention to version)
• Found a mistake? Raise your hand 

Grammar: The Passive

John kissed Mary

vs

Mary was kissed by John

What is more important: who is doing the action or who is undergoing the action/what is happening?

Grammar: The Passive

Present simple:

Active: I wash the dishes

Passive: The dishes are washed by me

Past simple:

Active: I washed the dished

Passive: The dishes were washed by me

Making a passive

• Use to be + past participle (voltooid deelwoord)
• Present simple: am/is/are
• Past simple: was/were
• Voltooid deelwoord: verb + -ed/onregelmatig werkwoord

The passive

+ Mary was kissed (by John)

- Mary was not/wasn't kissed (by John)

? Was Mary kissed (by John)?

+ I was told to wait here (by someone)

- ...

? ...

Exercise 9: Active or passive?
The work in space is monitored from the ground

1. Active
2. Passive

Active or passive?
Rockets are launched from Cape Canaveral

1. Active
2. Passive

Active or passive?
Nasa has developed a new rocket

1. Active
2. Passive

Active or passive?
The new spacesuits were designed to withstand radiation

1. Active
2. Passive

Active or passive?
Astronaut André Kuipers has been to space a couple of times

1. Active
2. Passive

Active or passive?
The last space shuttle was named Atlantis

1. Active
2. Passive

Ex. 10: Fill in the gap
a. Our planet .... in a mass of gasses, called the atmosphere

1. is wrapped
2. are wrapped
3. was wrapped

b. All NASA missions ... by the US government

1. is financed
2. are financed
3. was financed

c. I ... to wait here just a few minutes ago

1. am told
2. was told
3. were told

d. The astronauts ... back by their families when they returned

1. are welcomed
2. was welcomed
3. were welcomed

Let's practice! Unit 2.4:

1. (redo) Ex. 9 (online/p. 72)
2. Ex. 10 (online/p. 72)
3. Ex. 11 (online/p. 73)
4. Done? Vocabulary exercise 6 (online/p. 72)
5. Done? Read Space Travel + ex. 4-7 (online/p. 69-71)

All exercises (9-11; 6; 4-7) are homework for tomorrow