Passive recap

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

The passive

The passive

The Passive

The passive

Present continuous: Object + am/are/is + being + w.w.

The postman is delivering the mail. The mail is being delivered (by the postman).

Passive

I explain grammar every lesson.

Grammar is explained (by me).

Someone stole my bag. 

My bag was stolen.

Jack is building a house

A house is being build (by Jack).

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ACTIVE= He is stealing a bike.

ACTIVE

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

PASSIVE: The bike is stolen.

PASSIVE

DE ACTIE  staat vooraan. NIET wie het doet

Passive 

	Active	Passive
present simple	I do the homework. She eats the apples.	The homework is done (by me). The apples are eaten (by her).
	werkwoord present	am/is/are + voltooid deelwoord
past simple	I did the homework. She ate the apples.	The homework was done (by me). The apples were eaten (by her).
	werkwoord past	was/were + voltooid deelwoord

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Oefeningen (klik de links)

1) Verschil tussen active en passive

2) Maak zinnen met present passive

3) Maak zinnen met present of past simple passive

Passive: how?

Use a form of: to be + past participle

present tense

He walks the dog every evening.

The dog is walked every evening

past tense

Yesterday,  my phone broke.

My phone was broken

Passive 

	Active	Passive
present simple	I do the homework. She eats the apples.	The homework is done (by me). The apples are eaten (by her).
	werkwoord present	am/is/are + voltooid deelwoord
past simple	I did the homework. She ate the apples.	The homework was done (by me). The apples were eaten (by her).
	werkwoord past	was/were + voltooid deelwoord

Oefeningen 

1) Verschil tussen active en passive

2) Maak zinnen met present passive

3) Maak zinnen met present of past simple passive

The Passive; Welk hulpwerkwood moet je altijd gebruiken in de Passive?

hoe maak je een passive?

Make this sentence passive + the by clause:
The teacher explained the passive.

Active to passive

The students understand the passive.

Make passive
Somebody prepared lunch.

Zet in de passive:
He invites me.

Make Passive:
Everybody loves chocolate.

Online oefeningen

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Lots of practise!