Formative assesment

Gerund, PPC & Passive

H4 VRH

Program

▪Checking whether we truly
understand everything we did
for grammar so far.

▪Quizizz

Open Ended

What is the Gerund? How do you form it?

Open Ended

Give me an example sentence of the Gerund!

What is the

gerund

▪Simply said, a gerund is a noun
form of a verb ending in –ing. (So
the action of that verb as a noun)

▪It is like the present continuous, but
we do not need a form of to be.

Open Ended

Which tenses are in the Present Perfect Continuous?

Fill in the Blanks

Use these words to make a sentence in the Present Perfect Continuous:

His father / to help out / at school / for / seven years / now

What is the

Present
Perfect

Continuous?

▪Have + been + verb + -ing

▪When something happened in the past and
is still going on, and the emphasis lies on
how long it has been going on.

▪ The speakers thinks it’s going on too long.

▪We have been playing for hours and the game
is not yet over.

▪We’ve been partying since 11 p.m.

What is the

Present
Perfect

Continuous?

▪If you really want to emphasize that
something has been going on for a
while and just finished.

▪She has been crying. Her eyes are still
wet.

▪I’ve been running. I’m exhausted.

Open Ended

What is the passive? Can you name an example of what we use it for?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is a correct passive?

• Johnny got expelled yesterday.

• The book will be posted tommorow.

• There is nothing here for you.

• How did you find him yesterday?

What is the

passive?

▪To be + participle

▪You can make a passive in every tense

▪For example:

▪I am not trusted

▪The parcel has been posted

▪You will be informed

▪He is being laughed at

What is the

passive?

▪When it is not important who performs the

action.

▪The book will be sent tomorrow.

▪Has the name of the winner been announced?

▪When it is important who performs the action,

you use by

▪The first prize was won by my brother

▪The girl had been bitten by a dog

What is the

passive?

▪In Dutch you would use ‘er’ in the passive

▪ Er is the weinig aandacht besteed aan deze

kwestie.

▪In English this is never translated with
‘there’, you use a different word depending
on the context

▪ Too little attention has been paid to this issue.

What is the

passive?

▪Sometimes in English you use it in the
passive.

▪It is said he is very ill

▪It has been decided to build a new stadium

▪It is expected…

▪Etc.