Active/passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Reading

• Silent reading
  
• 10 min

Planning & aims

Planning

1. Mission

2. Explanation 

3. Exercises

4. Book exercise

5. Mission

What do you notice?

The bank was robbed by the thieves.

The thieves robbed the bank.

What do you notice?

Passive:

The bank was robbed by the thieves.

The bank is undergoing the action

Active:

The thieves robbed the bank.

The thieves are preforming the action

What do you have to do?

Read the sentences

Choose if they're active or passive.

- The house was painted by the woman.

1. Active
2. passive

- The mouse was chased by the cat.

1. Active
2. passive

- The cashier counted the money.

1. Active
2. passive

- John is keeping my house tidy.

1. Active
2. passive

- The ball was thrown by me.

1. Active
2. passive

- The dog chased the squirrel.

1. Active
2. passive

Now do exercises 54

10 minutes.

Write about a case you solved (make up a story).

Finished? Read in your book.

What have you learned today?