Passive Sentences

Passive voice sentence subject is subjected to a job. in other words the subject of the sentence is being targeted activity expressed by the word kerja.dalam Indonesian, the main feature of the passive sentence is a sentence that begins with the verb affixes di- or most, such as; taken, exchanged, given, awakened, interested, surprised, and so forth.
In English, the passive voice is characterized by the use of the third word in the sentence, such as; made, given, eaten, drunk, bought, and so forth.

Means the formation of a passive sentence
To make active sentences into passive sentences, here are some steps that need to be considered :
1. Put the object of the active sentence at the beginning of the passive voice. in other

    words, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of a passive sentence
2. If the active sentence is no auxiliary verb (to be / modals), then add to be in accordance

   with the subject of the passive sentence and also in accordance with the form of tenses

3. Lay your main verb of the sentence after the auxiliary active (to be) in the form of the

   past participle (verb third)
4. Prepositionby place it after the main verb in the passive voice before the subject (the

   subject of the active sentence). but in some circumstances, by the can is removed

   because they had understood his point without mentioning again.
5. Jika in active sentences there are two objects, then both can be used as a subject in the

   passive sentence

Example :

He gave me an English grammar book

-          An English grammar book was given to me by him

I was given an English grammar book by him

She has brought us a parcel

-          We have been brought a parcel by her

A parcel has been brought for us by her

BE usage guidelines in passive sentences:

1.      Simple Present tense                           =  am, is, are

2.      Present Continuous tenses                  =  am, is, are + being

3.      Present Perfect Tense                          =  have, has + been

4.      Simple Past Tense                               =  was, were

5.      Past Continuous Tense                        =  was, were + being

6.      Past Perfect Tense                               =  had + been

7.      Simple Future Tense                           =  will, shall + be

8.      Future Perfect Tense                           =  will, shall + have been

9.      Modal                                                  =  Modal + be

10.  Modal Perfect                                     =  Modal + have been

Some formulas in the passive voice :

1.      Simple Present Tense

S + To be (is, am, are) + V-3

2.      Simple Past Tense

S + to be (was were) + V-3

3.      Present/ past Continuous Tense

S + (is, am, are) + being + V-3 (was, were) 

4.      Present Past Perfect Tense

S + (have, has) + been + V-3 (had)

5.      Modal Auxiliary

Modal + be + V-3

Example Aktiv – Pasif  :

1.      (A)   Doni buys a book

(P)   A book is bought by Doni

2.   (A)   Mr. Teguh drinks coca-cola

      (P)   Coca-cola is drank by Mr. Teguh

3.   (A)   Mrs. Anisa open the door

      (P)   The door is opened by Mrs. Anisa

4.   (A)   We visit our grandmother every 2 month

      (P)   Our grandmother is visited by us every 2 month

5.   (A)   Bella cleans the badroom every morning

      (P)   The bedroom is cleaned by bella every morning

6.   (A)   I always listen the music everyday

      (P)   The music is listened by me everyday

7.   (A)   I always sees Jaya smile every morning

      (P)   Jaya smile is seen by me every morning

8.   (A)   Gama watched the Annabelle movie on the Cinema Yesterday

      (P)   The Annabelle movie was watched by Gama on the cinema Yesterday

9.   (A)   My brother hit a cat

      (P)   A cat was hit by my brother

10.  (A)   My mother plant a flowers yesterday

      (P)   The flowers was planted by my mother yesterday.

Nb : (A) = Aktiv

      (B) = Passive

Sumber :

Mr. Setiawan Agung Pamungkas “ Kursus Kilat Langsung Mahir Kuasai Tenses

Ir. Fahmi Sofyan, MHum “The Best English Grammar For Toefl”, Penerbit Pustaka Tarbiyah Baru

Fundamental English, Rusdiana Junaidi dkk, Intimedia Malang 2014

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