The Passive PDF - English G Access 3

Unit 3 Language Action Sheet 3.3 The passive pp. 52–55...

Unit 3 Language Action Sheet 3.3 The passive pp. 52–55 Das Passiv 1 a) Complete these sentences from 1 (p. 52). Vervollständige diese Sätze aus 1 (S. 52). “This museum was to tell the story of slavery.” “This mask is a goat’s face. It in West Africa a long time ago.” “Similar masks in Nigeria today.” “Udus of clay, not wood … first they to carry water.” “It has a great sound, probably because it’ with bare hands, not with sticks.” “It’ at special events, like family celebrations.” b) Draw a red box round the verb forms and Zeichne ein rotes Kästchen um die Verbformen und complete the rule. vervollständige die Regel. You make the passive with a form of (to) + participle. © 2015 Cornelsen Schulverlage GmbH, Berlin. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. 2 Which sentence tells us who wears the masks – Welcher Satz sagt uns, wer die Masken trägt – Satz (1) sentence (1) or sentence (2)? Tick the right box. oder Satz (2)? Kreuze das richtige Kästchen an. (1) (active) Boys and young men wear masks with animal faces at festivals and parties. (2) (passive) Similar masks are worn in Nigeria today. 3 Look at this passive sentence. Draw a blue box Sieh dir diesen Passivsatz an. Zeichne ein blaues round the words that tell you who does the Kästchen um die Wörter, die dir sagen, wer die action. Then complete the rule. Handlung ausführt. Vervollständige dann die Regel. Usually, Udus are played by women. Normalerweise werden Udus von Frauen gespielt. If you want to say who does (or did) something, you can add... to a passive sentence. 4 Now look at Grammar file 5 Schau dir jetzt Grammar file 5 auf S. 164–165 an. on pp. 164–165. English G Access | 3 Vocabulary & Language Action Sheets Illustration: Tobias Dahmen, Utrecht, Niederlande, www.tobidahmen.de