T3CE Passives rerun

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Saint Lucia - part of the Commonwealth

Lesson aims & Outcomes

Aims:

I know what I still need to study for the test next week 

Revisiting the passive

Outcomes:

I know what a passive sentence is 

I can form passive sentences from active sentences

I have seen the checklist kennen/kunnen units 5&6 in magister

Read these sentences and find the subject (onderwerp) of each sentence

1. The criminals were arrested. 
2. London is visited by millions of tourists every year
3. You will be given detention for this! 
4. His leg was broken in a car accident 
5. You must be tested to go to the concert
6. The passive is being explained to us 

Blue = subjects . Red = main verbs 

The criminals were arrested. 

London is visited by millions of tourists every year

You will be given detention for this! 

His leg was broken in a car accident 

You must be tested to go to the concert

The passive is being explained to us 

What is a passive? 

A passive sentence is a sentence where the subject does not perform the action of the verb.  In fact, in a passive sentence, the action of the verb is done to the subject.

When do you use a passive? 

• When we want to change the focus of the sentence:
  

      "The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci." 

      (We are more interested in the painting than the artist in this sentence)

• When who or what causes the action is unknown or unimportant or obvious or 'people in general':

     "He was arrested (obvious agent, the police).." 

• To distance yourself from the situation (popular in politics): 

      "Mistakes were made" instead of "I made a mistake" 

How to form passive 

A passive always contains:  

  - a form of the verb "to be"

  -  the past participle of the main verb (voltooid deelwoord / 3e rijtje onr. ww) 

LET OP: als je in een actieve zin een bepaalde werkwoordstijd zou moeten gebruiken, gebruik je in de bijbehorende passive dezelfde tijd! 

I bought milk / Milk was bought 

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).
	verb present	am/is/are + past participle
past simple	I did the homework. She ate the apples.	The homework was done (by me). The apples were eaten (by her).
	verb past	was/were + past participle
After modal verb	I must buy groceries	Groceries must be bought
	Modal + hele werkwoord	Modal + be + past participle

Passive

object

subject

Your turn!

Choose the correct passive.

She writes poems.

1. Poems are written by her.
2. Poems were written by her.
3. Poems are being written by her.
4. Poems have been written by her.

Active: They make cloth.

Passive:

1. Cloth is made.
2. Cloth was made.
3. Cloth has been made .
4. Cloth had been made.

They are going to release him.
Passive =

1. he will be released
2. him is released
3. he is going to be released
4. he has been released

Choose the correct passive

Active: We built a house last year.

1. A house is built by us last year.
2. Last year we built a house
3. A house built by us last year
4. A house was built by us last year.

Choose the correct Passive:

Active: My brother gave me a birthday present

1. I was given a birthday present by my brother
2. A birthday present was given to me by my brother
3. Me was given a birthday present by my brother
4. A birthday present was given by my brother

Choose the correct Passive:

Active: I was really tired after the long week

1. I was made really tired by the long week
2. Really tired was I after the long week
3. Not possible to make this sentence passive
4. Really tired was been by me after the long week

Choose the correct Passive:

Active: I will always love them

1. They are always loved by me
2. Them will always be loved by me
3. They will always be loved by me
4. C is correct, but ugly as ***

Rewriting sentences from active to passive. 

In the next slide you will see Dutch tips for rewriting the sentences.

In previous lessons we have done this in English, for the rerun the Dutch version => to ensure you know the rules!

Stappen bij herschrijven van active naar passive

1. Heeft de actieve zin een meewerkend voorwerp? Dit wordt onderwerp van de passieve zin en komt vooraan in de zin.

2. Heeft de actieve zin wel een lijdend voorwerp, maar geen meewerkend voorwerp? Het lijdend voorwerp wordt onderwerp van de passieve zin en komt vooraan in de zin.

3. Geen lijdend én geen meewerkend voorwerp? Je kunt de zin niet passief maken.

4. Kijk naar de tijd waarin de persoonsvorm staat. Present simple? Schrijf op am / is / are. Past simple: schrijf op was / were. Hulpwerkwoord? Schrijf het hulpwerkwoord over en zet er be achter.

5. Zet het oorspronkelijke hoofdwerkwoord in het voltooid deelwoord.

6. Is je meewerkend voorwerp onderwerp geworden? Dan komt het lijdend voorwerp van de actieve zin als lijdend voorwerp in de passieve zin, direct na het voltooid deelwoord.

7. Zet er eventueel by + het oorspronkelijke onderwerp bij als dit zin heeft. 

8. Zet de bijwoordelijke bepalingen erbij. 

Example 

Shopowners decorate everything for Christmas 

LV everything                      wordt onderwerp 

PV decorate                        wordt vorm van to be + vt. dw
OW: Shopowners                 komt achteraan, na by (of laat je weg)

Adverb: for Christmas          verandert niet 

Everything is decorated for Christmas by shopowners 

Make these sentences passive. You have 10 minutes and can of course work together 

1. They worked on the assignment together 

2. Our teacher taught us the passive

3. Our teacher didn't explain this very well.

4. Millions of tourists visit London every year. 

5. The American people will not vote the orange idiot back into office. 

6. The doctor diagnosed him with being a hypochondriac. 

7. My brother and sister go to this school too.

8. We must hand in this assignment before tomorrow. 

Correct answers 

Correct answers: 

1. Not possible

2. We were taught the passive by our teacher / the passive was taught to us by          our teacher.

3. This wasn't explained very well by our teacher

4. London is visited by millions of tourists every year.

5. The orange idiot will not be voted back into office by the American people

6. He was diagnosed (by the doctor) with being a hypochondriac

7. Not possible

8. This assignment must be handed in (by us) before tomorrow. 

How many correct
answers?

I understand the passive now

0100

Test Units 5 + 6

Friday 4-2

Lijst kennen/

kunnen in magister!

Make sure you have all the answers in your notebooks to study timely.