The passive (present and past) o2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

The Present Simple Passive

take a seat, grab a pen and your iPad but don't open it yet!

Plan 

• Try it out!
• Explanation if needed
• Practise 
• Option

What is a passive (sentence)?

Rubbish ... (THROW) in the bin.

Write a passive sentence with the following words:
Shoes/buy

Write a passive sentence with the following words:
BMW / Germany / make

Ice cream (to freeze)

Write a passive sentence with the following words:
The book / read / not

Write a passive sentence with the following words:
We / teach / our teacher

Write a passive sentence with the following words:
The car / wash

A lot of useful information .... (FIND) on the internet.

What did you notice?

vorm van to be

in de present

de werkwoordsvorm die volgt is participle(voltooid deelwoord)

object in front of subject

Explanation: Why?

• to make the (direct) object more important:
• The orfeo classes are usually taught by Mr. Tip.
• -
• When it is either irrelevant or unknown who does something:
• Not enough thieves are arrested. (By whom?)

Millions of e-mails ... (SEND) every day in the world.

Write a passive sentence with the following words:
the documents/print

Write a passive sentence with the following words:
The food / eat / not

This wine ... (NOT MAKE) in Spain

Write a passive sentence with the following words:
Dinner / Make / my parents

Option

• Option 1:
• Difficult? Stay in the lessonup --> Worksheet 1
• Option 2:
• Doable/pretty easy? Worksheet 1 --> Worksheet 2
• Option 3: 
• Super easy? Worksheet 2!

Make the sentence passive:
She pays a lot of money.

Make the sentence passive:
They don't help you.

Make the sentence passive:
You do not write the letter

Make the sentence passive:
They wear blue shoes

active or passive?
The cat chased the ball across the room.

1. Active
2. Passive

active or passive?
Chemical reactions were explored by 7th grade.

1. Active
2. Passive

active or passive?
Maria has baked a delicious chocolate cake.

1. Active
2. Passive

active or passive?
The contract was not originally signed by both parties.

1. Active
2. Passive

active or passive?
Valuable information is shared with the team.

1. Active
2. Passive

Past simple passive:
The meal (to cook)

Past simple passive:
The apps (to download)

Make it Past simple passive:
A thief stole my car

Make it past simple passive:
They didn't make their beds

Go do worksheet 1!

Take worksheet 1 & 2

For next week Tuesday:

• Finish worksheet 2! (Worksheet 1 = not mandatory)
• Check worksheet 
• Work on passive (past simple)