V2a: Start Unit 5: prefixes and suffixes and passive voice - 10-06-2025

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Welcome to English

V2a!

First!

• Take your Stepping Stones book out
• Take your notebook out
• Put your pen on your table

Today's Lesson

- Wordlist speaking test

- Grammar: Prefixes and Suffixes

- Practice: Prefixes and Suffixes Hand-out

- Grammar: Passive voice

- Practice: Passive Voice

Goal: I know what prefixes and suffixes are and how to use them in a sentence.

Wordlist Speaking Test

Study for two minutes

What's a prefix? Give an example

What's a suffix? Give an example

Grammar: Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefixes:

dis- =  means to treat with contempt (minachting)/opposite of – disrespect

ir- = means not – irrelevant
il-  = means not – illegitimate
im- = means not – impossible

Suffixes:

-ment = noun form of a proces – achievement

- ness = state, quality or condition of  - kindness

- ed = past tense - walked

These are not in Stepping Stones but will be on the test!!!

Hand-Out

Grammar: Present Simple passive

Step 1: Switch the subject (onderwerp) and the object (lijdend voorwerp)
Step 2: Use a form of to be + past participle   (ir. verbs: p. 216)
Step 3: use the preposition (voorzetsel) by to say who or what does the action, but only if this is important

My mom (subject)/ feeds/ the cat (object)
1. The cat feeds my mom
2. The cat is fed my mom
3. The cat is fed by my mom

(Verbs end with -ed)

Grammar: Present Continuous Passive

Step 1: Switch the subject (onderwerp) and the object (lijdend voorwerp)
Step 2: Use a form of to be + being + past participle   (ir. verbs: p. 216)
Step 3: use the preposition (voorzetsel) by to say who or what does the action, but only if this is important

My mom (subject)/ is feeding/ the cat (object)
1. The cat is feeding my mom
2. The cat is being fed my mom
3. The cat is being fed by my mom

(Verbs end with -ed)

Grammar: Past Simple Passive

Step 1: Switch the subject (onderwerp) and the object (lijdend voorwerp)
Step 2: Use a form of to be in the past + past participle  (ir. verbs: p. 216)
Step 3: use the preposition (voorzetsel) by to say who or what does the action, but only if this is important

My mom (subject)/ fed/ the cat (object)
1. The cat fed my mom
2. The cat was fed my mom
3. The cat was fed by my mom

(Verbs end with -ed)

Active: The mechanic is repairing the car. (write down the full sentence with subject)

Active: She read the book.

Active: Tonya had crafted the map.

Active: Clara was checking the furniture.

Zet in de passive voice:
They give a book.

The passive voice of this sentence is:
Tom is painting the entire house.

1. The entire house paints Tom.
2. The entire house is being painted by Tom.
3. Tom has been painting the entire house.
4. The entire house was being painted by Tom.

Rephrase using the Passive Voice:
'The police arrested the convict.'

1. The convict was arrested.
2. The convict has been arrested.
3. The convict is arrested
4. The convict is being arrested.

rewrite in passive voice:
John closes the door.

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