Passive klas 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Passives

Today:

- Explanation of the passive + practice

• You know how to create a passive sentence
  - Explanation suffixes & prefixes
• You know what they are and mean
  - Work on your video/presentation

What makes a sentence passive?

'to be' + past participle (volt. dlw) makes a passive sentence

It is not important who is doing something

Active: The teacher teaches the student.

Passive: The student is taught (by the teacher).

ACTIVE= He steals a bike.

Steals = present simple

ACTIVE

ONDERWERP = WIE /WAT het doet staat vooraan de zin.

PASSIVE: The bike is stolen.

Is (form of 'to be') = present simple

stolen = voltooid deelwoord

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

Julia rescued three cats.

1. passive
2. active

This room was painted blue.

1. passive
2. active

Cricket is played in Australia.

1. passive
2. active

The friends have looked forward to meeting her.

1. passive
2. active

The search was stopped because of the storm.

1. passive
2. active

The Government plans a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

Making a passive sentence

Angry penguins | attack | my sister.

Subject (S)                              Object (O)

1. Object moves to the front of the sentence

2. Check the tense of the sentence
present tense? use am / is / are | past tense? use: was / were

3. Change the verb into the past participle (volt. deelwoord).

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

The cat bites the man.

The man is bitten (by the cat)

Let's give it a try

Stephen kicks my cat

The mechanic repaired the DVD recorder

Penguins attacked my sister

Mr Alan teaches Geography at school.
-> Geography _________ at school by Mr Alan.

1. is taught
2. teached
3. were taught
4. was teached

They speak German in Austria.
-> German __________ in Austria by them.

1. speaks
2. is spoken
3. is speaked
4. speaked

The earthquake destroyed a lot of houses in 1906.

->A lot of houses ___________ by the earthquake in 1906.

1. were destroying
2. destroy
3. have destroyed
4. were destroyed

Henry Ford invented the assembly line.
-> The assembly line _____ by Henry Ford.

1. invented
2. was invented
3. is invented
4. were invented

The man hurt the bus driver yesterday.
->The bus driver ________ by the man yesterday.

1. hurts
2. were hurt
3. was hurt
4. is hurting

Make a passive. Start with 'the oranges'...

Make a passive. Start with 'a goal'...

Suffix

A word part added to
the end of a root word.

By adding the suffix, 

you make a whole new word!

Choose the correct prefix/suffix

respect...

1. -less
2. -ible
3. -full
4. -able

Choose the correct prefix/suffix

...typical

1. a-
2. im-
3. un-
4. in-

Choose the correct prefix/suffix

regular...

1. -ed
2. -ing
3. -al
4. -ly

Choose the correct prefix/suffix

...sufficient

1. im-
2. un-
3. in-
4. a-

Do you understand the passive & prefixes/suffixes now?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Maybe
4. Sort of

I don't understand: