Passive

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• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Co2b - The Passive for Reports

The Passive

Passive

I explain grammar every lesson.

Grammar is explained (by me).

Someone stole my bag. 

My bag was stolen.

Passive: how?

Use a form of to be + past participle

present

He walks the dog every evening.

The dog is walked every evening

past

Yesterday,  my phone broke.

My phone was broken

Passive 

	Active	Passive
present simple	I do the homework. She eats the apples.	The homework is done (by me). The apples are eaten (by her).
	werkwoord present	am/is/are + voltooid deelwoord
past simple	I did the homework. She ate the apples.	The homework was done (by me). The apples were eaten (by her).
	werkwoord past	was/were + past participle

Choose 2 exercises to do now: 

https://engelsklaslokaal.nl/oefenen-met-grammatica/lijdende-vorm-passive/

The passive
What do you remember?

The Passive: Which auxiliary verb must always be used with the Passive?

How do you form the passive?

Make this sentence passive:
The teacher explained the passive.

Active to passive

The students understand the passive.

Make passive:
Somebody prepared lunch.

Make Passive:
He invites me.

Make Passive:
Everybody loves chocolate.