PASSIVE VOICE

1 SIPIL 1 PAGI
GROUP 1:

LUTHFIKA ADITYO

GINDO PASARIBU

PUTRA NUGROHO

PRIMATIA PALWANI M.
 PREFACE

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help us in finishing this working paper. And thanks to all member of group one who work really hard
to finish this working paper.
This working paper are contents with theory and example about passive voice. Like Past
Tense, Future Tense, Continuous Tense etc. It is made to improved students knowledge about passive
voice, although it’s only a little.
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PREFACE ….…………………………………………………………………….....

CONTENTS LIST .……………………………………………………………………….....

CONTENTS

USED OF PASSIVE VOICE …………………………………………………………………………....

FORM OF PASSIVE .………………………………………………………………………......

EXAMPLE OF PASSIVE VOICE ................................................................................

BIBLIOGRAPHY ………………………………………………………………………………
Used of Passive
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who
or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who
did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have
made a mistake.).

FORM OF PASSIVE

subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb

(past participle)
Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice,

note the following:

 the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence

 the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)

 the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

EXAMPLE OF PASSIVE
 Present

A. Simple Present
Active : My mother waters the plants every day.
 Passive : The plant are watered by mother every day.

B. Present continuous
Active : They are painting the building.
Passive : The bulding is being painted.

C. Present Perfect
Active : Someone has stolen her wallet.
Passive : Her wallet has been stolen.

D. Present Perfect Continuous

Active: The boy have been washing the car
Passive: The car has been being washed by the boy

 Past
A. Simple past
Active : The goverment built the bridge .
Passive: The bridge was built by the government last year.

B. Past Continuous
Active : They were eating lunch when we came.
Passive: The lunch was being eaten when we came.

C. Past Perfect
Active : They had send box before we checked.
Passive: The box has been sent before we checked it.

D. Past Perfect Continuous

Active: Rita had been eating the apple
Passive: The pie had been being eaten by Rita

 Future
A. Simple Future
Active: PNJ will build a new building
Passve: A new building will be built by PNJ
 B. Future Continuous
Active: John will be training the bear for the royal show
Passive: The bear will be trained by John for the royal show

C. Future Perfect
Active: They will have done this excercise by five
Passive: This exercise will have been done by five

D. Future Perfect Continuous

Active: Jean will have been deleting the file.
Passive:  The file will have been being deleted by Jean.

 Past Future
A. Past Future
Active: They would clean the car if we wanted to
Passive: The car would be cleaned if we wanted to

B. Past Future Continous

Active: He would be cutting the tree if it’s necessary
Passive: The tree would be being cutted if it’s necessary

C. Past Future Perfect

Active: I should have mailed the letters early
Passive: The letters should have been mailed earlier.

D. Past Future Perfect Continuous

Active: The kid would have been coloring the image.
Passive: The image would have been being colored by the kid.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive