BAB 19

PASSIVE VOICE

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Someone Like You – Adele

I heard that you're settled down

That you found a girl and you're married now
I heard that your dreams came true
Guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face
And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
"Don't forget me, " I beg
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"
"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"
You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised in a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited

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 But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face
And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
"Don't forget me, " I begged
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"
Nothing compares, no worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you
"Don't forget me, " I beg
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
"Don't forget me, " I begged
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"
"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

Sumber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PvyNTgdRwM
Passive Voice From Adele’s song
o I heard that you're settled down
o We were born and raised in a summer haze
o And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't ove

Formula: Subject – to be – V3(Past Participle + Object/Adverb

GRAMMAR FOCUS

PASSIVE VOICE

 Use of Passive Voice

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. Quoted from Cambridge Dictionary,
passive voice is the relationship between a subject and a verb in which the subject
receives the action of the verb.
Ex.
1) Passive: Napa Valley is known for its excellent wines.

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 Active: [Many people] know Napa Valley for its excellent wines.
2) Passive: Twenty civilians were killed in the bomb explosion.
Active: Someone killed twenty civilians in the bomb explosion.
 The Passive Agent

When we know who the subject is, we put it at the end with by. We call this an agent.

1) Passive: The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. (agent =Leonardo Da Vinci )

Active: Leonaro Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

Most writing instructors and editors recommend against using the passive voice, when possible.
The reason for this is that when you use the active voice, your writing is clearer and less
complicated.

1) Active: While Mr. Taylor was driving down Highway 101, a police officer pulled him over
and gave him a speeding ticket.

Passive: While Mr. Taylor was driving down Highway 101, he was pulled over and given
a ticket by a police officer.

 Form of Passive Voice

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

1) the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
2) the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
3) the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)
4)

EXAMPLE OF SENTENCE

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Passive Sentences with Two Objects

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects
becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject
depends on what you want to put the focus on.

Personal and Impersonal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes
the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form
a personal passive.

Example: They build houses. – Houses are built.

Verbs without an object (intransitive verb) normally cannot form a personal passive sentence (as
there is no object that can become the subject of the passive sentence). If you want to use an
intransitive verb in passive voice, you need an impersonal construction – therefore this passive is
called Impersonal Passive.

Example: he says – it is said

Impersonal Passive is not as common in English as in some other languages (e.g. German,
Latin). In English, Impersonal Passive is only possible with verbs of perception (e. g. say, think,
know).

Example: They say that women live longer than men. – It is said that women live longer
than men.

Although Impersonal Passive is possible here, Personal Passive is more common.

Example: They say that women live longer than men. – Women are said to live longer than
men.

The subject of the subordinate clause (women) goes to the beginning of the sentence; the verb of
perception is put into passive voice. The rest of the sentence is added using an infinitive
construction with 'to' (certain auxiliary verbs and that are dropped).

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