the passive

1. Read the fol­lo­wing sen­ten­ces from Bend It Like Be­ck­ham. Sort the sen­ten­ces: ac­ti­ve (A) or pas­si­ve (P).

Watch out for si­mi­lar sen­tence struc­tures to know whe­ther it’s ac­ti­ve or pas­si­ve.



1. Jess plays foot­ball in the park. _____

2. Jess is wat­ched by her neigh­bours. _____

3. A new rule is made by her pa­rents. _____

4. Jules in­vi­tes Jess to the trai­ning. _____

5. Jess is en­cou­ra­ged by the coach. _____

6. Jess’s room is che­cked by her mo­ther. _____



2. Un­der­line the form of (to) be in green and the past parti­ciple (3. Form des Verbs) in red.



3. Write in your own words: How to we build the pas­si­ve?



4. Mark the sub­ject and the ob­ject in the fol­lo­wing sen­ten­ces:



Jess wat­ches the boys.



The boys are wat­ched by Jess.



5. Write in your own words: What hap­pens with the sub­ject and the ob­ject when we form the pas­si­ve?



6. Form the pas­si­ve of the fol­lo­wing sen­ten­ces.



1. Jess plays foot­ball.

2. Her pa­rents make new rules.

3. The coach sees her ta­lent.

4. People watch her in the park.

5. The neigh­bours judge Jess.

6. Jess’s mo­ther buys tra­di­ti­o­nal clo­thes.

7. The coach in­vi­tes Jess to the team.

8. Her sis­ter tells her to be­ha­ve.



7. Find the mista­kes and cor­rect them.



1. Jess is teach by her coach.

2. A wed­ding is pre­pa­re by the fa­mi­ly.

3. Jess was en­cou­ra­ge by Jules.

4. The rules are makes by her pa­rents.