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PASSIVE VOICE
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Nama : - Seli Marsanti
Kelas : 9 (1)
SMP N 3 TEMPILANG
Tahun Pelajaran 2020/2021
INTRODUCTION
understanding well about verb, adjective, adverb, noun, pronoun, prepossition etc.
In these report i will explain about passive voice. Definition, forms and all about
passive voice. Discuss and sharing to increase our knowledge especially in structure
and grammar. Make us can identiffy if our structure in english is wrong, and we can
improve be better.
Table Of Content
Tittle Page.....................................................................................................
Introduction...................................................................................................
Table of cotent..............................................................................................
Content.........................................................................................................
o Definition…………………………………………………………………
o Form..................................................................................................
o Agent.................................................................................................
o By and with........................................................................................
Conclution.....................................................................................................
Preferences...................................................................................................
DEFINITION
Passive voice is a form of verb to performance that the subject is a suffering sentence
because work or action1. Passive voice is that form of verb how that something is done to the
person or thin denoted by the subject. In passive voice the person not rather interesting to
performs.2 There are two kinds of verbs, transitive and intransitive. the verbs that need
objects are called transitive3, while others are intransitive. It is only transitive verbs are used
passive4. In changing a sentence from the active to the passive, the accusative becomes
nominative, and the nominative is put into the accusative after by.
The object in active voice (the plants) become subject in passive voice.6
The subject in active voice (we) become object in passive voice. And there is change
from subject pronoun ‘we’ become object pronoun ‘us’.
Verb1 (fertilize) in active voice become verb3 (fertilized) in passive voice.7
1
Silvester Goridus Sukur, Complete English Grammar For The Toefl Test (Yogyakarta : Indonesia Cerdas
2007) H. 230
2
Panca Prastowo, Tebas Grammar Toefl Setuntas Tuntasnya (Jogjakarta : DIVA Press 2011), h. 49
3
Imam Baehaqi,A Handbook Of English Grammar (Yogyakarta :Media Ilmu 2009), h. 52.
4
Marta yuliani, yuniarti dwi arini ,Inti Sari Bahasa Inggris SD-SMP-SMA (klaten : PT IntanPariwara 2011) , h.183
5
Baehaqi, h. 52.
7
Walidi,Tenses(Klaten: Pt Intan Sejati 2007) Hal43
Added tobe ‘is’ in front of verb3. Tobe that used depend on the subject in passive
voice and tenses that used.
Added ‘by’ after verb3. but, if the object in passive voice assumed unimportant or not
known, so the object is usually not used and so is ‘by’.8
Special for progressive sentences (all continuous tenses) necessary add ‘being’ in
front of verb3, if not added “being”, the tenses will change, not
progressive/continuous anymore.
Function
The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action
rather than the person or object that performs the action. In other words, the most important
8
Silvester Goridus Sukur, Complete English Grammar For The Toefl Test (Yogyakarta : Indonesia
Cerdas 2007) Hal230
FORM
A. The pasive of an active tense is formed by putting the verb to be into the
same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the active
verb. The subject of the active verb becomes ‘agent’ of the passive verb. The
Active
Passive
To say who did the action that we are talking about, ie. to refer to the
agent, we use the preposition by and the name, noun, or pronoun at the end of the
sentence.
We usually only refer to the agent when it gives us some important information which
Our car was stolen last night. (We don’t know who stole it)
2. if we are not interested in who has done what we are talking about or it is not
interested in is the fact that he has been taken to hospital and not who has
taken him.)
murderer was arrested last night. (It is not necessary to mention that he has
people, they, you, etc. Someone broke the window.(The window was broken.)
ACTIVE TO PASSIVE
To change a sentence from the active voice to the passive voice the Object of
the active voice sentence becomes the subject of the passive voice sentence.
we change the main verb of the active voice sentence into the passive voice.
The subject of the active voice sentence becomes the agent of the passive
preposition by.
BY OR WITH?
by with the agent to refer to by whom the action is being done. The door was
with to refer to the instrument, object or material that was used for something
to be done.
-The door was opened with a key. (a key = the object that was used)
-The omelette was made with eggs, cheese and peppers. (eggs,
When we have verbs that take two objects like, for example, give somebody
something, we can convert the active sentence into a passive one in two ways:
a. by making the indirect (animate) object the subject of the passive voice
b. By making the direct (in animate) object the subject of the passive voice.
give,tell,send,show,bring,write,offer,pay,etc.
When the indirect object is alone after the verb in the passive voice sentence, it
If the indirect object of the active voice sentence is a personal pronoun it has to be
changed into a subject pronoun to be the subject of the passive voice sentence.
USES OF THE PASSIVE
statements.
instead of:
Instead of:
Studied practice in structure make students more understand in forms, positions, and
other parts of word in english. It can help us when we will make a written teks, improve our
skills and build our knolledge about english. Structure is important so that we must learn it
and not do a mistakes. Learn everything for details from the core to make perfection in our
english.
REFERENCES:
University Press.