Passive voice (part 1)

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PASSIVE

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Goal
You can change an active voice sentence 
into a passive voice sentence in the past and present tense.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Study the difference
Over a hundred people are employed by our school.
Our school employs over a hundred people.
active
passive

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Which sentence(s) are passive?
A
My brother is a builder.
B
He is building a house for our sister.
C
She was hurt in a car accident.
D
The house is meant for our family.

Slide 4 - Quizvraag

Study the difference
When we use a passive verb, we say what happens to the subject.
When we use an active verb, we say what the subject does.

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Important
If we want to say who does or what causes the action, we use by.
When we use the passive, who or what causes the action is often unknown or not important.
Over a hundred people are employed by our school.

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Which sentence(s) are passive?
A
A lot of money was stolen in the robbery.
B
He stole a lot of money from the bank.
C
My grandfather built this house.
D
Alibaba was founded by Jack Ma.

Slide 7 - Quizvraag

Important
to be
Voor het vervoegen van een passive gebruik je de volgende regel.
past participle
(voltooid deelwoord)

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Which sentence(s) are passive?
A
Somebody cleans the room every day.
B
A lot of people are cleaning rooms.
C
Rooms are cleaned by a lot of people.
D
The room cleans somebody.

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

Study these examples

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Rewrite the sentences
Turn the next sentences into passive voice.

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Our school employs over a hundred people.

Slide 12 - Open vraag

The cancelled all flights because of fog.

Slide 13 - Open vraag

Somebody accused me of stealing money.

Slide 14 - Open vraag

People don't use this road much.

Slide 15 - Open vraag

A kid stole my camera on holiday.

Slide 16 - Open vraag

Goal
You can change an active voice sentence 
into a passive voice sentence in the past and present tense.

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Have you reached the goal?
A
Yes
B
No

Slide 18 - Quizvraag