8.2

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• Leerjaar 3

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• Passive voice

You can use sentences which focus on the action instead who performs the action.

Passive voice

Passive voice

• Nadruk ligt op de actie/ degene die de actie ondergaat i.p.v. wie de actie uitvoert

• Degene die de actie uitvoert is niet bekend/ logisch maar niet interessant

• Om een actieve zin met "somebody" / "nobody" te vermijden.

More and more computers are sold everyday

The thief was arrested 2 hours ago

The bank was robbed

Passive voice

• Lijdend voorwerp komt vooraan

• + be (in de tense van de zin)

• actie w.w.= past participle

Passive voice

Passive voice - examples

He opens the door. = present simple

The door is opened (by him). 

He is opening the door = present continuous

• The door is being opened (by him)

Grab a paper. Make these sentences passive

1. I make a cake.
   
2.  I'm making a cake.
   
3. I made a cake.
   
4. I was making a cake.
   
5. I have made a cake.
   
6. I had made a cake.
   
7. I will make a cake.
   
8. I'm going to make a cake.

Time to practise

• First: work on one (or both) of the worksheets
• Work in your book, page 104, ex. 1 - 6
• Done? Have another look at page 90, ex. 1 - 6
• Done? Study vocab unit 6

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