Passive Voice

Active : Earthquake causes perpendicular layers motion of the earth.

Passive : Perpendicular layers motion of the earth is caused by earthquake.

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Preface

Passive voiceadalah salah satugrammatical voice dalam tata bahasa Inggris.

Dalam passive voice atau kalimat pasif, subjek kalimat adalah patientatau penerima aksi yang dilakukan olehagent atau pelaku aksi.

Mari kita lihat kalimat aktif berikut:

John reads a book.

• John = agent → yang melakukan aksi
• read = verb → aksi
• a book = patient → penerima aksi

Kalimat pasif mempunyai konstruksi:

patient + conjugated be + past participle of verb ( + by agent)

Jadi, kalimat pasif dari John reads a book adalah:

A book is read by John.

• A book = patient
• is = conjugated be
• read = past participle of the verb read
• John = agent

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Explication

Earthquake causes perpendicular layers motion of the earth.

• Earthquake = agent
• causes = verb
• perpendicular layers motion of the earth = patient

Jadi, pasif dari kalimat tersebut adalah

Perpendicular layers motion of the earth is caused by earthquake.

Konjugasi be yang digunakan adalah is karena :

• causes = verb + -s → present simple; be = am / is / are
• motion = tunggal; be = is

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Pelajari lebih lanjut:

• yomemimo.com/tugas/22143449
• yomemimo.com/tugas/23245726
• yomemimo.com/tugas/22444026

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Details

Year : 9

Subject : English

Category : Structure and Written Expression

Sub-category : Passive Voice

Code : 9.5.8

Keywords : Passive, change into passive