PASSIVE SENTENCE / PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE SENTENCE / PASSIVE VOICE

TEORY

Passive voice is the sentence that is the subject subjected to the action of the verb , or phrase that describes what happens on the subject of the sentence , while the active sentence is a sentence that states the subject of the sentence do anything . Indonesian in passive sentences translated using the prefix di- or happened

DESCRIPTION

Things to consider in changing the active to the passive are :

Which can be used as a passive sentence is Verbal Sentence ( sentence predicate verb / V )

Verbal sentence that can be converted into Passive Voice ( passive voice ) is a sentence that has the object of patients .

Active changes to passive or vice versa does not change the meaning of a sentence . Iti changes occur only on the structure of the sentence alone .

 Feature sentence passive / passive voice is to be + V3 and said by ( the word is not a necessary condition in the passive voice )

Pattern formula for all active - passive tenses

So much for short sentences characteristic of passive / passive voice apart by + O is

Ø  FORM : BE SUBJECT + + THE PAST PARTICIPLE ( V3 )

Ø   Be in the passive voice Tense determine the type of sentence .

Ø   The present tense ( am , is , are )

Ø   The past tense ( was , were )

Ø   infinitive ( be)

Ø   -ing form ( being)

Ø   the past participle ( been )

PROBLEM EXAMPLE 

1.    A : Look! The girl is crying. What happened to her just now?

B : While playing with her brother, she ____

a. kicks                d. was kicking

b. kicked                e. was kicked

c. will kick

    Jawaban : E (simple past: S + was/were + V3)

2.    A : Do you know the result of the test?

B : Not yet. The announcement ____ twice.

a. was postponed            d. has to be postponed

b. was being postponed        e. has been postponed

c. will be postponed

    Jawaban : A (konteks kalimat adalah simple past)

Ø  Active sentense

1.      Active : Someone drives the car  everyday

       Passive : The car  is driven everyday

      (simple present tense)

2.      Active   :  A thief stole ann’s purse

Passive : Ann’s purse was stolen by a thief

(past tense)

3.      Active  : A dog bit jogger

Passive : jogger was bitten by a dog

             (past tense)

4.      Active  : Alexander Graham Bell invented in the telephone

Passive : The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell

(past tense)

5.      Active  : I’am playing football

Passive : football playing  by me

(present tense)

6.      Active  : people grow rice in indonesia

Passive : Rice is grown by people in indonesia

(present tense)

7.      Active   : the news surprises dimas 

Passive  : dimas  is surprised by the news

(present tense)

8.      Active   :  ade has mailed the letter 

Passive  : the letter has been mailed by ade

(present perfect tense)

9.      Active   : Parlindungan will send the package

Passive : The package will be send by Parlindungan (Future Tense)

10.  Active    : He did not break the window

Passive  : The window was not broken by him  (Past tense )

Ø  Passive sentence

1.      Passive   :  They are met by him everyday 

Active    :  He meets them everyday

(simple present tense)

2.      Passive   :  This plant is watered by her every two days

Active    :  She waters this plants every two days

(simple present tense)

3.      Passive   :  A banana is eaten by Mr .ade

Active    : Mr.ade eats a banana

(present tense)

4.      Passive   : Twice a month , the room is cleaned by Ade  

Active    : Twice a month , Ade cleans the room

(simple present)

5.      Passive   : Right now , the floor  is being cleaned by Ade

Active    : Right now , Ade is cleaning the floor

(present continous)

6.      Passive   :  The radio was repaired by Ade

Active    :  Ade repaired the radio

(simple past)

7.      Passive   : The customer was being helped by the security when the thief came into the bank

Active    : The security was helping the customer when the thief came into the bank

(past continous)

8.      Passive  : That cemetery has been visited by many peoples   

Active   : Many peoples have visited that cemetery

(Present perfect)

9.      Passive   : Recently , the job has been being done by ade    

Active    :  Recently , ade has been doing the job

(present perfect continous)

10.  Passive   : Many computers had been repaired by Ade before he received his lecense

active     : Ade had repaired many computers before he received his license

(Past Perfect)

Referensi :

http://4englishcourses.blogspot.com/2011/07/latihan-bahasa-inggris-materi-passive.html

https://putrirachmawati.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/passive-voice/

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