The Passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Today's objectives

You are able to:

• Apply the passive.
• Use it in your English writing.

What do you know about the passive voice?

Passive

Alle tijden van de passive 

Tense                    Active                                  Passive

Present Simple	I write a letter	A letter is written
Present Continuous	I am writing a letter	A letter is being written
Past Simple	I wrote a letter	A letter was written
Past Continuous	I was writing a letter	A letter was being written
Present Perfect	I have written a letter	A letter has been written
Past Perfect	I had written a letter	A letter had been written
Future Simple	I will write a letter	A letter will be written
Modal	I must write a letter	A letter must be written
Modal Perfect	I should have written a letter	A letter should have been written

Become a content expert.

Determine your writing purpose: persuade, inform or amuse. 

• Persuasive texts: is your point of view clear? Argumentation clear and convincing? Conclusion logical?
• Informative texts: is the main idea clear? Sufficient reliable information? 
• Amusing texts: Catchy headline, amusing way of writing.

Become a passive expert

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Check the passive

Think up a headline concerning your topic. Make sure you include the passive voice in your headline.

 

Work together and tell each other your headlines. Give each other feedback: 

- Were the passives used correctly?  

- What can be improved?

End of class

• Check your articles, did you use the passive correctly?
• Why is the passive voice used according to the video we saw?
• Would you use it in your English writing more often now?
• Write down two example sentences using the passive voice.
  
  

Today's objectives

You are able to:

• apply the passive 
• apply word order

00:30

The heroes of our story ___ (CONCEIVE) in this oil refinery.

00:37

The plastic in their bodies ___ (FORM) by chemically bonding oil and gas.

Grammar auction - word order

00:46

These monomers ___ (BOND) into long polymer chains to make plastic in …

01:19

Bottle one [...] ___ (END UP) in a landfill.

02:05

He ___ (FLOAT) on a trickle that reaches a stream, a stream that flows ...

03:00

The lanternfish ___ (EAT) by squid, ...

03:36

The blocks ___ (SHRED) into tiny pieces, ...

00:55

Those ___ (MELT) at manufacturing plants [...] to create the resilient …

01:36

As plastics sit there ___ (COMPRESS) amongst layers of other junk..

02:44

They, and others, ___ (MISTAKE) the brightly colored plastic bits for food.

03:18

But bottle three ____ (SPARE) the cruel purgatories of his brothers.

Bets are on! You have £1000 to spend. Invest wisely.

1. I usually do not take sugar in my tea.
2. We went during the summer to a holiday resort in Italy.
3. She goes to the computer lab seldom on Tuesday afternoons.
4. My parents always have been very encouraging and supportive.
5. She didn't have ketchup with her burger.
   
6.  Already as a child I knew I was going to be a teacher.
7. We do not often walk to school.
8. No sooner had we left the house than it started to rain.
9. I always am the first person to arrive at work.
10. I studied also at a private language school during the summer.

Bets are on! You have 1000 pounds to spend.

1. I usually do not take sugar in my tea.
2. We went during the summer to a holiday resort in Italy.
3. She goes to the computer lab seldom on Tuesday afternoons.
4. My parents always have been very encouraging and supportive.
5. She didn't have ketchup with her burger.
   
6.  Already as a child I knew I was going to be a teacher.
7. We do not often walk to school.
8. No sooner had we left the house than it started to rain.
   
9. I am always the first person to arrive at work.
10. I studied also at a private language school last year.

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