Passive

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

Welcome to today's English lesson!

Table of Contents

Revision (5 minutes)

Explanation: Passive and active (max. 10 minutes)

Work by yourselves  (15 minutes)

Exit ticket (5 minutes)

Feedback? (5 minutes)

By the end of this lesson, you...

...know what an active and a passive sentence is. 

...know how to make a passive sentence from an active sentence in the present simple. 

...know how to make a passive sentence from an active sentence in the past simple. 

After this lesson:

-> you understand what the passive voice is;

-> you can use the passive voice in sentences.

Which one is the passive?

1. I eat
2. I am eaten

Pay attention and Take notes!

There will be questions at the end

Questions about the Passive will also be on next month's test.

Explanation: Passive and active voice

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: 

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: 

When do we use the passive voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: 

When do we use the passive voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: The news was published. 

When do we use the passive voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: The news was published. 

When do we use the passive voice?

1. When it's not important who does / did something. 

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

Active: The reporter published the news.

Passive: The news was published. 

When do we use the passive voice?

1. When it's not important who does / did something. 

2. When the action is more important than who does it. 

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. 

Passive: A cake is baked.

How do we form the passive voice from the active voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. (Subject - verb - object)

Passive: A cake is baked. 

How do we form the passive voice from the active voice?

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. (Subject - verb - object)

Passive: A cake is baked. (Object - verb)

How do we form the passive voice from the active voice?

Object + form "to be" + past participle (volt. dw) 

Pay attention! Reg. verbs: verb + ed

                              Irr. verbs: own form (3rd row on p. 285)

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I bake a cake. (Subject - verb - object)

Passive: A cake is baked by me. (Object - verb)

How do we form the passive voice from the active voice?

Object + form "to be" + past participle (volt. dw) (+ by + onderwerp)

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I tell a story. 

Passive: 

PAY ATTENTION TO THE TENSE!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I tell a story.  (present simple)

Passive: A story is told. (present simple)

PAY ATTENTION TO THE TENSE!

Passive voice

The pronouns also change

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I tell a story.  (present simple)

Passive: A story is told (by me). (present simple)

PAY ATTENTION TO THE TENSE!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I told a story.

Passive: 

PAY ATTENTION TO THE TENSE!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I told a story. (past simple)

Passive: A story was told. (past simple)

PAY ATTENTION TO THE TENSE!

Active vs Passive voice

Active: I told a story.  (present simple)

Passive: A story was told (by me). (present simple)

PAY ATTENTION TO THE TENSE!

She reads a book every evening.
A book ... every evening by her.

1. is read
2. was read
3. is being read

They watched a movie at home.
A movie ... at home by them.

1. is watched
2. was watched
3. is being watched

He eats dinner at 7 PM.
Dinner ... at 7 PM by him.

1. is ate
2. is eaten
3. is eats
4. is eat

She visited her grandmother.
Her grandmother ... by her.

1. is visited
2. was visited
3. is being visited

Write your own 3 sentences in the passive voice. Also write down what they look like in the active voice.

Over to you...

Stepping stones

Exit ticket

Answer the following questions:

When do we use the Passive voice? (2)

How do we form the Passive voice?

Is the following sentence Active or Passive? Which Tense?

Rewrite the following sentence:

Explain why is the Passive is used in this sentence?