PASSIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT VERB OBJECT MODIFIER

Active STAN employs an external auditor to evaluate its
Sentence financial condition

OBJECT TO BE VERB 3 BY SUBJECT MODIFIER

Passive An external is employed by STAN To evaluate its
Sentence auditor financial
condition

1. _ modifier
The bookstore has already sent the books we ordered a week ago.
The books we ordered a week ago have already been sent by the
bookstore.
2. + modifier
The Prodi ordered the recommended books a week ago.
The recommended books were ordered by the Prodi a week ago.
3. + indirect object
The Rector gives rewards to outstanding students every year.
Rewards are given to outstanding students by the Rector every year.
Outstanding students are given rewards by the Rector every year.
4. Possessive Personal Pronoun
Our college has to expand its premises to accommodate the increasing
number of incoming students.
Our college’s premises have to be expanded to accommodate ………………
 5. Need (verb)
Indonesia still needs a host of skilled workers to enhance its national
development.
A host of skilled workers is still needed by Indonesia to enhance its national
development.

6. Need (auxiliary verb)

The government needs to provide trainings for unemployed people to
make them skilled.
Trainings for unemployed people need to be provided by the government
to make them skilled.

7. Two verbs
The Board suggested to transfer him to Malaysia.
He was suggested to be transferred to Malaysia (by the Board)

8. Linking word
The Telkom cut my telephone line because I had not paid the bill for three
months.
My telephone line was cut because the bill had not been paid for three
months.

STAN should relocate its campus sites …..in order to accommodate the bigger
number of incoming students

STAN’s campus sites should be relocated (by STAN) in order to accommodate the
bigger number of incoming students.

Change the following active sentences into passive sentences.

1. The operation manager has assigned a group of supervisors to take an in
house training program.
2. One of Japan’s large pharmaceutical companies is soon going to market a
new drug against heart disease.
3. In order to boost economic growth, the government will have to open the
industrial sector to foreign investors.
4. In dealing with the banking crisis, the government has requested owners of
troubled banks to repay their obligation to the government within one
year.
5. To face globalization, Indonesia should promote its business sector so that
it can overcome the fierce competition of foreign products.
6. Since Bank Danamon offered various profitable deposits through attractive
promotions to customers, it has greatly increased the number of
depositors.
7. A private school in India gained international recognition because it had
successfully implemented a high education standard.
8. As globalization in business keeps growing, many big companies are
recruiting only top quality managers to run the business.
9. After the team of Managers had revised the annual budget of the company,
the Board of Directors signed the proposed budget.
10.The Managing Director of the company decided to promote the Production
Manager to Production Director because of his excellent performance.