Passive

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Today

Recap last lesson

Revise grammar: Passive

Independent work

Passive vs. active

In active:

Person/thing does the action

In passive:

Person/thing does not do anything

Passive

The thief was caught right after the robbery.

The student was hit by a green car.

I am walking in the forest right now.

My manager was fired the other day.

My bike was stolen last week.

She broke up with me on Valentine's day.

Active

Passive

Passive

Passive

Active

Active

Passive present continuous + past continuous

	Active	Passive
present continuous	I am doing the homework. She is eating apples.	The homework is being done (by me). The apples are being eaten (by her).
	werkwoord present	am/is/are + being + voltooid deelwoord
Past continuous	I was doing my homework. She was eating apples.	The homework was being done (by me). The apples were being eaten (by her).
	werkwoord past	was / were + being + voltooid deelwoord

He is cleaning the window.

They were building a house.

Last week, many pictures were being taken of a new species of fish at the zoo by visitors.

Make the sentence passive:
The teacher is explaining the passive.

Independent work

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