Passive - deel 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

What is the passive? 

Why do we use it?

How do we make it?

From active to passive...

Angry penguins | attack | my sister.

Onderwerp (S)                       lijdend voorwerp (O)

1. Direct object (Lijdend voorwerp) moves to the front of the sentence, i.o.w. becomes the subject of the new sentence. 

2. Check in what tense the sentence is written, in order to determine the helping verb. 
Present tense: add  am / is / are | Past tense: add was / were

3. replace tghe main verb with its past participle

My sister is attacked (by angry penguins // by zombies).

1. Pupils throw paper balls at me.

--> Pupils are active: they throw the ball, the balls are passive, they are the direct object.

--> throw = present tense!

past participle: thrown

Passive: Paper balls are thrown at me (by pupils)

2. Pupils threw paper balls at me, but I kicked them out.

--> threw = past tense!

Passive: Paper balls were thrown at me.

Rewrite the sentence using a passive voice.

Somebody steals my chocolate.

Rewrite the sentence using a passive voice.

Somebody kicks my cat.

Rewrite the sentence using the passive voice.

The team wins the championship every year.

Rewrite the sentence using the passive voice.

The author writes a best-selling novel.

Rewrite the sentence using the passive voice.

Penguins are attacking my sister.

Challenging! Rewrite the sentence using the passive voice.
Da Vinci was painting the Mona Lisa.

The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder.

I will not write the essay.

The gardener plants new flowers every spring.

The driver navigated through the city efficiently.

The musician had composed a beautiful symphony.

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