PASSIVE

VOICE
 When emphasis is on the action(verb) and the object of a
sentence rather than the subject of a sentence (Ketika
penekanannya pada kata kerja tindakan dan objek kalimat dari
pd subjek kalimat).

It means that

Action is more
important than the Even when the subject is
Subject is unknown
subject known,it is put at the end.
(Subjek tidak
(Tindakan lebih (Bahkan ketika subjek
diketahui)
penting dari pada diketahui , itu diletakkan
subjek) di akhir)
EXAMPLES:
 A letter
is written by me
 America was discovered by Colombus
 Macbeth was written by Shakespeare
 The door was opened by his son
 The new ideas were suggested by Edo
 Rules for Changing Active Voice to
Passive Voice
 Identify the subject, the verb and the object : SVO (tentukan subject, kata
kerja,dan objek)
 Change the Object into Subjek(ubah objek menjadi subjek)
 Put the suitable helping verb or auxiliary verb.In case the helping verb is
given,use the same but note that the helping verb given agrees with the object
(letahkan kata kerja yang sesuai atau kata kerja bantu,gunakan yg sama tetapi
tdk yg membantu kata kerja yg diberikan sesuai dgn objeknya.
 Change the verb into the past participle ( ubahlah Kata kerja bentuk V3)
 Add the preposition “by” (tambahkan kt.depan “by”)
 Change the subject into object (ubahlah subjek menjadi objek)
Change of Pronoun from Active to Passive
Voice
Active Voice Passive Voice
I Me
We Us
You You
He Him
She Her
It It
They Them
RUMUS Dari Passive Voice
Subject + TOBE + Verb 3

TOBE:
Present : is, am, are
Past Tense : Was, Were
Continious : being
Future /will : be
Future/going to : be
Perfect : been
1. Active Voice
The teacher is going to explain the lesson
Subject Verb1 Object
Passive Voice
The lesson is going to be explained by the teacher
S tobe V3
2. Active Voice
She closed the door (past Tense)
S V2 O
Passive Voice
The door was closed by her
S tobe Verb3
3. Active Voice
He closes the door (Present Tense)
S Verb1 O
Passive Voice
The door was opened by him
S tobe V3
4. Active Voice
They have cleaned the classroom. (Perfect Tense)
S Verb3 Object
Passive voice
The classroom has been cleaned by them.
S tobe verb3
5.Active Voice
The cat will catch that fish. (Future Tense)
S verb1 O
Passive Voice
That fish will be caught by the cat.
S tobe verb3
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