Present Simple Passive

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time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

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Today's Programme
- Present Perfect / Past Simple Recap
- Passive Explanation
- Passive Practice




Lesson Objective:
- You can make a sentence using the right tense (either PP/PS)
- You know what a 'passive' sentence is and how to form it

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Make a sentence (about your life) in which you use 'yesterday' or 'last weekend'.

Slide 3 - Open question


Passive Voice

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What does 'passive' mean?

Slide 5 - Open question

What makes a sentence passive?
'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a passive sentence

Active: The teacher teaches the student.
Passive: The student is taught (by the teacher).


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What makes a sentence passive?
'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a passive sentence

Active: The man walks the dog.
Passive: The dog is walked (by the man).


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Why do we use the Passive?

Slide 8 - Open question

Why a Passive?
1. The 'object' of an action is made important.

Active: People make most cars in Asia.
Passive: Most cars are made in Asia.


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Why a Passive?
2. The 'agent' of an action is unknown or irrelevant.

Active: The police arrest many thieves in supermarkets.
Passive: Many thieves in supermarkets are arrested (by the police).


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ACTIVE= He steals a bike.
Subject = He
Verb = steals
Object = a bike
ACTIVE
AGENT = Who / What performs the ACTION is at the beginning of the sentence.

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PASSIVE: 
Hundreds of  bikes are stolen each year.
                     
           
          Subject = Hundreds of bikes
Verb = are stolen

PASSIVE
The 'victim' is in the beginning of the sentence. The Agent (who did 'it') is unknown.

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Boys like to play soccer.
A
passive
B
active

Slide 13 - Quiz

About 23 houses are painted by the painter each year.
A
passive
B
active

Slide 14 - Quiz

Cricket is played in Australia.
A
passive
B
active

Slide 15 - Quiz

The friends look forward to meeting her.
A
passive
B
active

Slide 16 - Quiz

Most bananas are shipped from South America.
A
passive
B
active

Slide 17 - Quiz

The Government is planning a new road near my house.
A
passive
B
active

Slide 18 - Quiz

Fill in:
Trump ___ (love) by many Americans.

Slide 19 - Open question

Fill in:
Everyone ____ (force) to stay at home, during the Corona crisis.

Slide 20 - Open question

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

Slide 21 - Open question

Make a passive. Start with 'computers'...

Slide 22 - Open question

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

Slide 23 - Open question

How to recognize a passive sentence...
- check if there is a form of 'to be' used (am, are, is, was, were, been)
- is it followed by a participle (voltooid deelwoord)?
- is it followed by 'by + noun or pronoun? If not, can it be followed by 'by zombies'?
Are all answers 'yes'? Congratulations, you have a passive sentence.

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Assignment/Homework
- Ex. 2cde on page 41 of your Student Book
(we will discuss the answers next week)

(on the following pages you'll find extra digital practice material)

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Slide 26 - Link

Slide 27 - Link

Drag and drop the passive sentence(s) into the box.
The man is eating his bread.
The thief was caught by the police.
The government was shut down.

Slide 28 - Drag question

Slide 29 - Link

Do you understand the passive now?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Maybe
D
Sort of

Slide 30 - Quiz