3a1 passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome!

What do you remember of the passive voice?

Think about it for a minute and write down your answer

From active to passive...

Om een actieve zin passief te maken, moet het lijdend voorwerp vooraan in de zin komen te staan, als onderwerp van de passieve zin.

The cat chases the mouse.

'The mouse' wordt onderwerp van de passieve zin --> komt vooraan te staan

'chases' is een present simple --> present simple van "to be" --> is

gevolgd door het voltooid deelwoord van 'chase' --> chased

The mouse is chased by the cat.

onderwerp

lijdend voorwerp

onderwerp

Active - Passive

A thief stole my bike.

My bike was stolen (by a thief).

Next exercise

Are the following sentences passive or active?

Shane was asked to play the main character

1. Passive
2. Active

I read this book a long time ago.

1. Passive
2. Active

Next exercise

Fill in the correct Passive form: 

Present Simple Passive

or
Past Simple Passive

English ___ (speak) by millions of people all over the world.

This picture ___ (take) at John's birthday party last week.

What to do next:

What: Unit 6.4 exercises 4, 5, 6 (p. 149 - 150

How: quietly discuss with your neighbour

Help: find extra explanations on page 273

Done? Make exercise 7 and 8.

Homework

Learn: words of Unit 5 lesson 4

Read page 275 before the next class