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Today we are studying
PASSIVE VOICE
What’s The Passive Voice ?

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PASSIVE VOICE IS A SENTENCE THAT THE OBJECT OF ACTIVE
SENTENCE BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF THE PASSIVE SENTENCE.
FOR INSTANCE;
Kalimat Aktif: SHE WRITES A LETTER (Dia menulis surat)
Kalimat Pasif: A LETTER IS WRITTEN BY HER (Surat itu di tulis oleh dia)
The Difference between Active and Passive Voice

Active (Me-) Passive (di-)


 The subject of sentence performs the  The subject receives the action.
action (Subjek kalimat melakukan (Subjek kalimat menerima Tindakan)
Tindakan)  The ball was kicked by Chester or The
 Chester kicked the ball (Chester ball was kicked (Bola itu di tending
menendang bola) oleh Chester atau Bola itu di tendang)
 He is closing the window (Dia sedang  The window is being closed by him
menutup jendela) (jendela itu sedang di tutup oleh dia)
Why should you use the Passive Voice?
Well!
 There are times when you don't want to say who did the action (fokus
kepada apa yang terjadi pada suatu objek tanpa ingin mengetahui siapa
pelakunya)
 You don’t know who did the action
 The object is the most important/interesting than the subject
How to make the Passive Voice ?
To be+V3 (Past Participle)
Before that, we must know what tenses are used, subject, verb and object
Simple Present Tense Past Tense
Present Continuous
A : S+ V1 + s/es + O A : S + (is/am/are) + Verb ing + O A : S + V2 + O
P : O + is/am/are/ + V3 + by + S P : O + is/am/are + being + V3 + By + S P : O + (was/were)+ V3 + By + S

PLAYS PLAYING PLAYED


For example; A : We are driving the car A : The children ate the cake
A : My sister buys some P : The car is being driven by P : The cake was eaten by
books us somebody
P : Some books are bought A : They took some apples
by my sister P : Some apples were taken
by them
Present Perfect Tense Future Tense
A : S + Have/Has + V3 + O A : S + will + Verb 1 + O
P : O + Have/Has + been + V3 + by + S P : O + Will be + V3 + by + S

 Have Played  Will Played


 A : They have played the ball  A : My mom will bake a cake
 P : The ball has been played by  P : A cake will be baked by my
them mom
 A : The boy has broken the  A : She will buy a new bike
window  P : A new bike will be bought by her
 P : The window has been broken
by the boy
Tenses Active Passive

Simple Present tense Ryan Writes an article An article is written by


Present Continuous Tense Ryan
Ryan is writing an article
Past Tense An article is being written
Ryan wrote an article
by Ryan
Present Perfect Tense Ryan has written an article
An article was written by
Future Tense Ryan will write an article Ryan
An article has been written
by Ryan
An article will be written by
Ryan

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