Passive

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This lesson contains 27 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Welcome!

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Planning:
  • Explanation
  • Home work

Slide 2 - Slide

Slide 3 - Video

Passives

Slide 4 - Slide

Passive sentences in 5 steps
1. Identify the subject, verb and object (direct/ indirect)
2.  Identify the tense by looking at the verb
3. Use object as new subject (singular/ plural)
4. Add form of 'to be' and change verb into past participle
5. Add rest of the sentence and agent if needed

Slide 5 - Slide

Active -> Passive
Subject - Verb- Object

Active sentence:
- Peter builds a house.

Passive sentence:
- A house is built by Peter. 

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What is the subject in this sentence?
The lion bit the man.
(Onderwerp)
The lion bit the man.

Slide 7 - Open question

What is the object in this sentence?
(Lijdend voorwerp)
The lion bit the man.

Slide 8 - Open question

Active vs. Passive voice
Do'er of action - action - receiver of action

Active voice:
- Alex wrote the essay on Alzheimer's.

Passive voice:
The essay on Alzheimer's was written by Alex.

Slide 9 - Slide

am/ is/ are + past participle
Actives
Someone cleans the office everyday 
My boss doesn't ask me to work late.

Passives
The office is cleaned every day. 
I am not asked by my boss to work late.

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was/ were + past participle
Actives
Someone painted our house last month.
The noise did not wake me up.

Passives
Our house was painted last month.
I was not woken up by the noise.

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What makes a sentence passive?
The combination of 'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a sentence passive
The student is taught (by the teacher).
The man was bitten (by the dog).

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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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Active = He steals a bike.
Active
ONDERWERP = WIE /WAT het doet staat vooraan de zin.

Slide 14 - Slide

Passive: The bike is stolen.
Passive
DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

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

Slide 16 - Quiz

Make a passive:
Lots of books ... (buy) by my father every year.
A
are bought
B
is bought
C
were bought
D
have been bought

Slide 17 - Quiz

zet in de passive:
The police caught the shoplifter

Slide 18 - Open question

Make a passive.
Start with 'a goal'...

Slide 19 - Open question

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

Slide 20 - Open question

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

Slide 21 - Open question

'Boys like to play soccer.'
A
Passive
B
Active

Slide 22 - Quiz

'This room has been painted blue.'
A
Passive
B
Active

Slide 23 - Quiz

'Cricket is played in Australia.'
A
Passive
B
Active

Slide 24 - Quiz

'The search will be stopped because of the storm.'
A
Passive
B
Active

Slide 25 - Quiz

Slide 26 - Link

Passives

Slide 27 - Slide