A presentation by Hari Akbar, Cut Aufal Surayya, and

Esya Melani

Active & Passive Voice

 Contents of the presentation

How to convert
Explaining Active & When to use which
sentences between
Passive voice and why
active and passive
 Pengertian Active Voice

Active voice adalah kalimat dimana

subjek bertindak berdasarkan kata kerja.
Dalam Bahasa Indonesia, active voice di
kenal sebagai kalimat aktif. Fokus dari active
voice adalah subjek yang melakukan suatu
pekerjan atau tindakan pada objek.
 Sentence Structure
(SVO)

The police arrested the robbers.

(subject) (verb) (object)

* Kata kerja adalah tindakan. Pelaku tindakan itu

disebut subjek, dan orang yang melakukan tindakan
itu disebut objek.
 Pengertian Passive Voice

Passive voice merupakan

kebalikan dari active voice, yang
merupakan kalimat dengan
subjeknya melakukan kegiatan
atau aktifitas.
 Sentence Structure
(SVO)

The cookies are made by grandma

(subject
(object) (verb)
)
 Active Voice
Millions of viewers watched the World Cup.

(Subject) (verb) (object)

Passive Voice
The World Cup was watched by millions of viewers.

(object) (verb) (subject )

 Changing Active to Passive
Voice

Positions of the
subject and the Auxiliary verbs and
object are prepositions are
switched. added where The verb is
necessary. converted to its 3rd
form.
Posisi subjek dan
objek dialihkan Kata kerja bantu dan
preposisi ditambahkan
jika perlu. Kata kerja diubah
menjadi bentuk
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 Active Voice
The storm caused the delay of the flight

(subject) (verb) (object)

Passive Voice

The delay of the flight was caused by the storm

(object) (h.verb) (m.verb) (preposition) (subject)

 When to use what & why ?

The active voice is used when:

• The sentences need to be kept short and simple.
(Kalimat harus dibuat pendek dan sederhana)
• The focus is on the subject.
(Fokusnya adalah pada subjek.)
 Fokusnya adalah pada kata kerja atau objek daripada subjek.

The passive voice is used when :

• The subject is unknown or irrelevant.

(Subjek tidak diketahui atau tidak relevan.)
• The subject is obvious.
(Subjeknya jelas)
• The focus is on the verb or object rather than the subject.

(Fokusnya adalah pada kata kerja atau objek daripada subjek) )

 The passive voice should be generally avoided :

• When writing news articles and stories.

(Saat menulis artikel berita dan cerita)
• When the subject of the sentence is more important than the object .
(Ketika subjek kalimat lebih penting daripada objeknya)
• When there needs to be a direct relationship between the subject and the
verb.
(Ketika perlu ada hubungan langsung antara subjek dan kata kerja )
Thank You