ENGLISH CONVERSATION CLUB

PASSIVE VOICE

“SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE”

5TH GROUP

MEMBERS:

1. FANES TIYA DAFNI

2. SABRINA ABEALLYA A.

3. AMELIA TAZKIA S.

4. CRISMIYANTI CAHYA N.

5. HAIFA AZIZAH A.

6. MAYFIRA

SHS 4 PURWOKERTO
 PASSIVE VOICE

Passive voice is used to show interest in a

person/object to action, not someone/object

that takes an action.

A thing/object/person can be a subject.

Passive sentences are often used in formal

texts/dialogues.

If you want to say who or what did an action in a

passive sentences, use the preposition by.

Example:

(+) I’m cooking the dinner. (Active)

(+) The Dinner is being cooked by me. (Passive)

(-) I’m not washing my bicycle. (Active)

(-) My bicycle is not being washed by me.

(Passive)

So:

 S (direct object) + to be (is/am/are) +/- not

+ past participle (-ed,-en,-d) +/- by…

(agent/S in an active voice)

 S (direct object) + modal (can, should, may) +

be + past participle (-ed,-en,-d) +/- by...

(agent/S in an active voice)

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

IN PASSIVE VOICE

(+) S (direct object) + to be (am/is/are) + V3 + O

(S in an active voice)

(-) S (direct object) + to be (am/is./are) + not +

V3 + O (S in an active voice)

(?) to be (am/is/are) + S (direct object) + V3 + O

(S in an active voice) + ?

Example:

(+) He drives a car everyday. (Active)

S + V1 (-s) + O

(+) A car is driven by him everyday. (Passive)

S (O) + to be + V3 + O (S)

(-) A car is not driven by him everyday. (Passive)

S (O) + to be + not + V3 + O (S)

(?) Is a car driven by him everyday? (Passive)

To be + S (O) + V3 + O (S) + ?