PASSIVE VOICE

Setelah pembelajaran selesai, peserta didik diharapkan dapat

1. Mengidentifikasi kalimat dalam bentuk Passive Voice
2. Mengubah kalimat dalam bentuk Active Voice ke dalam bentuk Passive Voice
3. Membuat kalimat Passive Voice sesuai konteks penggunaannya.

Task 1. Study the following sentences.

1. The job application letter is written by Yudi Feriandy
2. Many peoples are being infected by Corona Virus.
3. The schools in the green and yellow zone will be opened by the government on
October 2020
4. The job seekers have been interviewed by the personal manager.
5. Fried chicken was served by my mother for our dinner last night.

Grammar : Passive Voice

The sentences in Task 1 are in PASSIVE forms / PASSIVE VOICE. A sentence is Passive when the
subject is the receiver of the action.

The Pattern of Passive Voice : Subject + BE + Past Participle / V-3 + by Agent

When changing Active sentences into Passive Voice, note the following:
1. The subject of an active sentence become object of a passive sentence, usually
preceded by a preposition ‘by’.
2. The object of an active sentence becomes the subject of a passive sentence.
3. The verb is changed into be + past participle (verb-3). The form of ‘be’ depends on the
tense and subject of the sentence (singular or plural).
4. You don’t need to mention ‘by agent’ when it is not important, such as by him, by them
or by us.

See the changes below

Active Voice : The company advertises the job vacancy on local newspaper
Subject verb object adverb

Passive Voice : The job vacancy is advertised by the company on local newspaper
Subject verb object (by agent) adverb
The passive sentence can be used in various tenses. Study the following
example
TENSES ACTIVE VOICE
1 Present Tense S + V1 + O
Rina writes an application
letter
Present
2 Past Tense S + V2 + O
Rina wrote an application
letter
3 Future Tense S + will + V1 + O
Rina will write an
application letter
4 Present S + to be 1 (is, am, are) +
Continuous V-ing + O
Tense Rina is writing an
application letter
5 Past Continuous S + to be 2 (was, were) +
Tense V-ing + O
Rina was writing an
Continu application letter when the
ous blackout occurred last
night
6 Future S + will be + V-ing + O
Continuous Rina will be writing an
Tense application letter when the
meeting start tomorrow
7 Present Perfect S +has/have + V3 + O
Tense Rina has written an
application letter
Perfect
Tense 8 Past Perfect S + had + V3 + O
Tense Rina had written an
application letter
Can, may, must, S + Modals + V1 + O
might, shall, should, a. Rina can write an
could, would. application letter
b. Rina must write an
Modals application letter.
c. Rina should write an
application letter
PASSIVE VOICE
S + to be 1 (is, am, are) + V3 +
by agent
An application letter is written
by Rina
S + to be 2 (was, were)+ V3 +
by agent
An application letter was
written by Rina.
S + will be + V3 + by agent
The application letter will be
written by Rina
S + To Be 1 (is, am, are) +
being + V3 + by agent
An application letter is being
written by Rina
S + to be 2 (was, were) +
being + V3 + by agent
An application letter was being
written by Rina when the
blackout occurred last night
S + will + be being + V3 + by
agent
An application letter will be
being written by Rina when
the meeting start tomorrow
S + has/have been + V3 + by
agent
An application letter has been
written by Rina.
S + had been + V3 + by agent
An application letter had been
written by Rina.
S + Modals + be + V3 + by
agent
a. The application letter can
be written by Rina
b. The application letter must
be written by Rina
c. The application letter
should be written by Rina
Task 2. Change the following sentences into Passive Voice.
1. Our principle will sign the contract agreement.
2. The school holds a blog competition annually.
3. Job seekers are attending a job fair at the Town Expo Center.
4. The police have arrested the thief who steal money in the bank.
5. The earthquake destroyed many houses last year.