Passive Voice

1. This room is cleaned (by her) three times a week.
2. Two hundred people are employed by this big company.
3. This awesome furniture is made by the carpenters.
4. Basic English is being learned (by us) this month.
5. Balinese souvenirs are being shopped by the tourists.
6. Computer games are always being played by the boys.
7. Our performance needs are being prepared by my mother.
8. Their paper has already been submitted.
9. This story has already been told to me (by you) three times.
10. The TOEFL Test has been done (by them) for two hours.

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Explication

Passive voiceadalah salah satugrammatical voice yang ada dalam tata bahasa Inggris. Jika dalam active voicesubyek kalimat adalahagentataupelaku aksi, maka dalam passive voicesubyek kalimat adalahpatientataupenerima aksi.

Konstruksi dasar active voice:

E.g. Billy kicks the ball.

• Billy = agent ➠ yang melakukan aksi
• kicks = action ➠ aksi yang dilakukan agent
• the ball = patient ➠ yang dikenai aksi yang dilakukan oleh agent

Konstruksi dasar passive voice:

E.g. The ball is kicked by Billy.

• The ball = patient
• is kicked = action (be + past participle)
• Billy = agent

Konjugasiatau perubahan kata kerja yang menunjukkantenseterjadi pada kata kerja bantube.

Konjugasi be:

• Present simple ➠ am/is/are
• Present continuous ➠ am/is/are being
• Past simple ➠ was/were
• Past continuous ➠ was/were being
• Present perfect ➠ have/has been
• Past perfect ➠ had been
• modal (will, can, may, etc.) ➠ modal + be (will be, can be, may be, etc.)

*By agenttidak perlu digunakan jikaagentberupapronoun (me, someone, something, etc.) karena kalimat pasif menekankan pada hasil, bukan pelaku.

*no 10, perfect continuous (been being) tidak ada bentuk pasifnya. Jadi, kalimat pasifnya dalam present perfect.

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Details

Year: 8

Subject: English

Category: Structure and Written Expression

Sub-category: Passive Voice

Code: 8.5.3

Keywords: rewrite the active voice