Passive Voice

A. Pengertian.
Passive voice adalah lawan dari kalimat active voice yang merupakan kalimat yang subjek
kalimatnya menjadi objek penderita dari kata kerjanya. Pengertian yang paling mudahnya,
kalimat pasif adalah kalimat yang jika kita terjemahkan dalam bahasa Indonesia
mengandung makna “di” atau “ter”. Contoh sederhananya adalah: my car was stolen
(mobilku dicuri). Mobil menjadi objek penderita dari kata kerja curi. Jika dilihat sepintas,
maka kata my car berkedudukan sebagai subjek, akan tetapi dilihat dari segi maknanya dia
berkedudukan sebagai objek. Seperti dipukul/terpukul. Passive voice biasanya dipelajari
setelah kita memahami ke 16 bentuk tenses. Caranya tidak jauh beda dengan tenses karena
pada dasarnya basisnya adalah tenses.

B. Rumus Passive Voice

Rumus utama dari Passive Voice adalah:

To Be + V3 (is, am,are, was, were)

Adapun rumus selengkapnya adalah sebagai berikut:

No Tenses Active Voice Passive Voice

1 Simple Present Tense S + V1 S + is/am/are + V3
2 Present Continuous Tense S + is/am/are + V-ing S + is/am/are + being + V3
3 Present Perfect Tense S + has/have + V3 S + has/have + been + V3
4 Simple Past Tense S + V2 S + was/were + V3
5 Past Contiuous Tense S + was/were + V-ing S + was/were + being + V3
6 Past Perfect tense S + had + V3 S + had + been + V3
7 Simple Future Tense S + will/shall + V1 S + will/shall + be + V3
8 S + can/may/must/will/shall S + can/may/must/will/shall +
+ V1 be + V3
9 S + is/am/are going to + S + is/am/are going to + be
V1 + V3
10 Future Perfect tense S + will/shall + have + V3 S + will/shall + have + been
+ V3
Contoh :

1. Active voice : Somebody cleans the room every day.

Passive voice : The room is cleaned by somebody every day.

2. Active voice : The students are using computers now.

Passive voice : The computers are being used by the students now.

3. Active voice : Sam has taken an English course.

Passive voice :  An English course has been taken by Sam.
.
4. Active voice : My father fixed the car yesterday.
Passive voice : The car was fixed by my father yesterday.

5. Active voice : The students were using computers.

Passive voice : The computers were being used by the students.
 6. Active voice : They had cleaned the floor.
Passive voice : The floor had been cleaned by them.

7. Active voice : Rudolph will fix the computers.

Passive voice : The computers will be fixed by Rudolph.

8. Active voice : They will have visited to the hospital.

Passive voice : The hospital will have been visited by them

9. Active voice : Lucy and Tina are going to buy novels.

Passive voice : The novels are going to be bought by them.

Soal Passive Voice – Simple Present Tense Pilihan Ganda

Pilihlah bentuk pasif yang tepat dari kalimat simple present tense di bawah ini.
1. I eat brown rice and green beans.
a. Brown rice and green beans is ate by me.
b. Brown rice and green beans is eaten by me.
c. Brown rice and green beans are ate by me.
d. Brown rice and green beans are eaten by me.
2. He rides a fixed-gear bike.
a. A fixed-gear bike is ridden by him.
b. A fixed-gear bike is rode by him.
c. A fixed-gear bike are ridden by him.
d. A fixed-gear bike are rode by him.
3. They access the intranet.
a. The intranet are access by them.
b. The intranet is accessed by them.
c. The intranet are accessed by them.
d. The intranet is access by them.
4. She brings little money.
a. Little money is bring by her.
b. Little money are brought by her.
c. Little money is brought by her.
d. Little money are bring by her.
5. We need extra pillows.
a. Extra pillows are need by us.
b. Extra pillows is needed by us.
c. Extra pillows are needed by us.
d. Extra pillows is need by us.
6. He play the game.
a. The game is play by him.
b. The game is played by him.
c. The game are play by him.
d. The game are played by him.
7. My father reads a daily newspaper.
a. A daily newspaper is readed by my father.
b. A daily newspaper are read by my father.
c. A daily newspaper are readed by my father.
d. A daily newspaper is read by my father.
8. The customer service officers answer my questions.
a. My questions are answered by the customer service officers.
b. My questions is answered by the customer service officers.
c. My questions are answer by the customer service officers.
d. My questions is answered by the customer service officers.
9. Do the workers operate those tower cranes?
a. Is those tower cranes operated by the people?
b. Are those tower cranes operate by the people?
c. Is those tower cranes operate by the people?
d. Are those tower cranes operated by the people?
10. The tower crane operators wear a hard hat.
a. A hard hat are wore by the tower crane operators.
b. A hard hat is worn by the tower crane operators.
c. A hard hat are worn by the tower crane operators.
d. A hard hat is wore by the tower crane operators

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Soal Passive Voice – Present Perfect Tense Pilihan Ganda

Pilihlah bentuk pasif yang tepat untuk setiap kalimat present perfect tense di bawah

ini.
1. We have diluted the samples.
a. The samples has been diluted by us.
b. The samples have been diluted by us.
2. She has deleted the unwanted app.
a. The unwanted app has been deleted by her.
b. The unwanted app have been deleted by her.
3. You have confirmed your reservation.
a. Your reservation has been confirmed by you.
b. Your reservation have been confirmed by you.
4. They have roasted and degassed the coffee beans.
a. The coffee beans has been roasted and degassed by them.
 b. The coffee beans have been roasted and degassed by them.
5. The seller has already shipped my orders.
a. My orders has already been shipped by the seller.
b. My orders have already been shipped by the seller.
6. He hasn’t made a decision on whether he will retire
or join another club.
a. A decision on whether he will retire or join another club hasn’t been made by
him.
b. A decision on whether he will retire or join another club haven’t been made
by him.
7. I still haven’t watched the video.
a. The video still hasn’t been watched by me.
b. The video still haven’t been watched by me.
8. Has he informed our empoyees?
a. Has our employees been informed by him?
b. Have our employees been informed by him?
9. Have they received the documents?
a. Has the documents been received by them?
b. Have the documents been received by them?
10. Why has the president announced the plan to close
the detention facility?
a. Why has the plan to close the detention facility been announced by the
president?
b. Why have the plan to close the detention facility been announced by the
president?

Baabb, aabba

Soal Passive Voice – Simple Past Tense.

Pilihlah bentuk pasif yang tepat dari kalimat simple past tense di bawah ini.
1. He wrote many books.
a. Many books was written by him.
b. Many books were written by him.
2. She returned all the products.
a. All the products was returned by her.
b. All the products were returned by her.
3. Somebody left the gate open.
a. The gate was left open.
b. The gate were left open.
4. The police caught the thieves.
a. The thieves was caught by the police.
b. The thieves were caught by the police.
5. The woman hit his parked car.
a. His parked car was hit by the woman.
b. His parked car were hit by the woman.
6. Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium and
polonium.
a. Radium and polonium was discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie.
b. Radium and polonium were discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie.
7. The convenience store sold fresh meat.
a. Fresh meat was sold by the convenience store.
b. Fresh meat were sold by the convenience store.
8. They interrupted the presentation.
a. The presentation was interrupted by them.
b. The presentation were interrupted by them.
9. Did you touch his things?
a. Was his things touched by you?
b. Were his things touched by you?
10. She revealed the secret of her success.
a. The secret of her success was revealed by her.
b. The secret of her success were revealed by her.

Bbaba, baaba

Soal Passive Voice – Simple Future Tense

Isilah bagian yang kosong dengan passive voice – simple future tense (will) dengan
mengikuti petunjuk di dalam kurung.

1. The coal mine … (close) by the end of this year.

2. Your apartment … (rent)
3. Late submission … (not accept) by the instructor.
4. The kidnappers … (arrest)
5. The public works projects … (complete) next month.
6. Some hard questions … (ask)
7. A coffee shop … (open) at the first floor of the this building
some time next month.
8. Your personal information … (not sell)

1. The coal mine will be closed by the end of this year.

2. Your apartment will be rented.
3. Late submission will not be accepted by the instructor.
4. The kidnappers will be arrested.
5. The public works projects will be completed next month.
6. Some hard questions will be asked.
7. A coffee shop will be opened at the first floor of the this building some time
next month.
8. Your personal information will not be sold.

Soal Latihan
1. Potatoes, black beans and chesnuts … raw.
a. were rarely consumed
b. are rarely consumed
Your answer:
2. Fio … by one of the waitress now.
a. is being served
b. is served
Your answer:
3. The new member enjoys … into our support group.
a. being received
b. be received
Your answer:
4. You … if you meet the minimum requirements for this
job.
a. would be contacted
b. will be contacted
Your answer:
5. Nothing … except his credit card.
a. has been stolen
b. has stolen
Your answer:

6. The buildings … of marble and granite.

a. were made
b. was made
Your answer:
 7. A negative anonymous letter … on my car this
morning.
a. was left
b. is left
Your answer:
8. … with all my stories?
a. did you bored
b. were you bored
Your answer:
9. The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia …
by the Committee for Examination of Indonesian
Independence and the Preparatory Committee for
Indonesian Independence.
a. were written
b. was written
Your answer:
10. I want to know why a woman prefers … by a man.
a. to managed
b. to be managed
Your answer:

1. Potatoes, black beans and chesnuts … raw.

a. were rarely consumed

b. are rarely consumed

Your answer:

2. Fio … by one of the waitress now.

a. is being served

b. is served

Your answer:

3. The new member enjoys … into our support group.

a. being received

b. be received
Your answer:

4. You … if you meet the minimum requirements for this job.

a. would be contacted

b. will be contacted

Your answer:

5. Nothing … except his credit card.

a. has been stolen

b. has stolen

Your answer:

6. The buildings … of marble and granite.

a. were made

b. was made

Your answer:

7. A negative anonymous letter … on my car this morning.

a. was left

b. is left

Your answer:

8. … with all my stories?

a. did you bored

b. were you bored

Your answer:

9. The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia … by the Committee for

Examination of Indonesian Independence and the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian
Independence.

a. were written

b. was written

Your answer:

10. I want to know why a woman prefers … by a man.

a. to managed

b. to be managed

Your answer:

Change these sentence into passive voice form!

1. Syahru buys fried chicken in the market.
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2. Arya studied English last night
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3. Heru will sweep the floor.
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4. Tasya sings a song beautifully.
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5. A dog bites Yuniar.
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