3. What the Passive Voice ?
In a passive voice sentence, the subject and
object flip-flop. The subject becomes the
passive recipient of the action.
(Dalam kalimat pasif, subjek dan
objek bertukar. Subjek menjadi penerima
pasif dari tindakan)
Example .
The tray of food was dropped by the waiter.
(Baki makanan dijatuhkan oleh pelayan)
In the case, the dropping is the
subject and it is being acted upon by Waiter
(Dalam kasus ini, menjatuhkan adalah
subjek dan itu adalah sedang dilakukan
oleh pelayan)
4. Passive
S + Be + V3 (By + Pronoun)
Example :
Active : She buy a book
(Dia membeli sebuah buku)
Passive : A book is bought by her
(Sebuah buku dibeli olehnya)
Active : I am studying English
(Saya belajar bahasa Inggris)
Passive : English is being studied by me
(Bahasa Inggris sedang
dipelajari oleh saya)
5. PASSIVE SENTENCES
1. Simple Present Tense
Active • S + V1 + O
Passive • S + is/am/are + V3 + ...
Example .
Active : Somebody holds a ceremony.
(Seseorang menyelenggarakan sebuah
upacara)
Passive : A ceremony is held by somebody.
(Sebuah upacara diselenggarakan oleh
seseorang)
6. 2. Simple Past Tense
Active • S + V2 + O
• S + was/were + V3 +
Passive ….
Example :
Active : The King of Majapahit built the
castle. (Raja Majapahit membangun
istana)
Passive : The castle was built by the King
of Majapahit. (Istana itu dibangun oleh
raja Majapahit)
7. 3. Present Continuous Tense
• S + is/am/are + V-ing
Active +O
• S + is/am/are + being
Passive + V3 + …
Example :
Active : He is reading a novel every night
(Dia membaca novel setiap malam)
Passive : A novel is being read by him
every night (Novel di baca oleh dia
setiap malam)
8. 4. Present Perfect Tense
Active • S + has/have + V3 + O
• S + has/have + been + V3
Passive +…
Example :
Active : She has bought a motorcycle (Dia
membeli sebuah motor)
Passive : A motorcyle has been bought by
her
(Sebuah motor telah di beli oleh dia)
9. 5. Simple Future Tense
Active • S + will/shall +V1 + O
• S + will/shall + be +
Passive V3 + …
Example :
Active: My mother will cook the fried
chicken for me (Ibu ku akan memasak ayam
goreng untuk ku)
Passive: The fried chicken will be cooked
for me by my mother (Ayam goreng akan di
masak untuk ku oleh ibu ku)
10. Tenses Subject Verb to be Verb III
planted every
Simple
present
Flowers are year
Present
Flowers are being planted now.
continuous:
planted last
Simple past: Flowers were
year
Past planted last
Flowers were being
continuous: summer.
Present planted here
Flowers have been
perfect: for 10 years.
planted until
Past perfect: Flowers had been
last year.
planted next
Future: Flowers will be
year.
Future
Flowers will be being planted during
continuous: the summer.
