The Passive

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The Passive

• De lijdende vorm in het Engels, lastiger, en
  helaas meer gebruikt dan in het Nederlands

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Hoe maak je the Passive?

• Je zet het lijdend voorwerp voorop.
• Je voegt een vorm van to be toe.
• Het hoofdwerkwoord wordt volt. dw.
• Soms krijg je een bepaling die begint met by.

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Een voorbeeld

• John washes the car every week.
• washes ott dus gebruiken we de ott van be.
• the car lijdend voorwerp, dat zetten we voorop.
• The car is washed (by John) every week.

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The present ( ott)

• Jimmy buys a new car every year.
• A new car is bought by Jimmy every year.
• He is washing the car at the moment.
• The car is being washed at the moment.

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De mogelijkheden van the present

• am
• is voltooid deelwoord
• are
• am
• is being volt. dw.
• are

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The past (ovt)

• He sold the house a few weeks ago.
• The house was sold a few weeks ago.
• They were showing a new movie.
• A new movie was being shown.

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De mogelijkheden van the past

• was
• were voltooid deelwoord
• was
• were being volt. dw.

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The perfect (vtt vvt)

• He has read the new Harry Potter.
• The new Harry Potter has been read.
• They had told us the story before.
• The story had been told to us before.

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De mogelijkheden van the perfect

• has
• have been volt. dw.
• had been volt. dw.

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The future (ottt) en andere hulpww

• He will tell us the story tomorrow.
• The story will be told to us tomorrow.
• She can teach English in Sleeuwijk.
• English can be taught in Sleeuwijk.

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De mogelijkheden met hulpww

• shall/should
• will/would
• can/could be volt. dw.
• must

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Some practice

• Johnny is using a new computer game.
• A new computer game is being used.
• Karen reads Animal Farm.
• Animal Farm is read by Karen.

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• They have sold 20 lottery tickets.
• 20 lottery tickets have been sold.
• We will always tell the truth.
• The truth will always be told.
• They published 500 books last year.
• 500 books were published last year.

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Different practice

• The news ____ (tell) at school yesterday.
• Trainers __ mostly ____ (buy) by teenagers.
• Drugs _______ (take) by more and more young
  people in the future.
• The new magazine __ just _____ (sell) out
• Lies ___ often ___ (tell) out of fear.

was told
are bought
will be taken
has been sold
are told