EfC year 2, lesson 5
Passives
Items in this lesson
Passives
Goals
At the end of this lesson you can make passive sentences
Active vs passive voice
How does the meaning change?
Active vs passive voice
How does the meaning change?
In the active voice:
The focus is on the person
-> accusatory
In the passive voice:
The focus is on the process or result
Doer is unknown
What do we use the passive for?
The focus is on the result or process.
What do we use the passive for?
When the doer is unknown
Or to avoid blame
What do we use the passive for?
To talk about the state of something.
My telescope was damaged.
Often used in technical reports.
Active to passive
The technician replaced the filter
What or who is receiving the action?
Active to passive
The technician replaced the filter
What or who is receiving the action?
Active to passive
The technician replaced the filter
What or who is receiving the action?
Who is the doer, what is the action and what is the object?
Active to passive
The technician replaced the filter
the doer action Object
"The filter" is receiver.
-> becomes new doer
Active to passive.
The technician replaced the filter
the doer action Object
The filter
"The filter" is receiver.
-> becomes new doer
What time is the action in?
Active to passive.
The technician replaced the filter
the doer action Object
The filter was replaced
"The filter" is important.
-> becomes new doer
Action is in past (verleden)
Active to passive.
The technician replaced the filter
the doer action Object
The filter was replaced (by the technician.)
"The filter" is important.
-> becomes new doer
Action is in past (verleden)
Whodunnit not always important!
Your turn!
Turn these active sentences in to passive ones!
The bulldozer cleared the debris.
The operator checked the hydraulics.
They used a jackhammer to break the concrete.
The truck delivered new materials in the morning.
The workers assembled the scaffolding around the building.
Steps:
What or who is receiving the action?
Who is the doer, what is the action and what is the object?
In what time is the action?
By who?
Extra information
Practise
Make exercise 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 on page 20 & 21
Exercise 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 on page 22 & 23
Goals
At the end of this lesson you can make passive sentences
