Name : Indina Tarziah
Npm : 23212683
Class : 3EB24
THE
PASSIVE
Passive voice is a grammatical
voice common in many languages. In a clause with passive voice, the
grammatical subject expresses the theme or patient of the main verb – that is, the person or thing that
undergoes the action or has its state changed. This contrasts with active
voice, in which the subject has the agent role. For example, in the passive sentence "The tree was
pulled down", the subject (the tree) denotes the patient rather
than the agent of the action. In contrast, the sentences "Someone pulled
down the tree" and "The tree is down" are active sentences.
To change the active voice to the
passive voice, we must use the appropriate tense of ‘tobe’ and the ‘past
participle’ (verb-3) of the verb in the active sentence. First find the
subject, then the predicate (verb) and the object (complement) of the active
sentence.
S + be + V3 + by + O
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Example:
Active:
Alice helped the cat.
Passive:
The cat was helped by Alice.
Change
the active to the passive.
1.
Active : Alex opens the door
Passive : The door is opened by Alex
2.
Active : Lisa always helps Jony
Passive : Jony is always helped by Lisa
3.
Active : Jack Scored the winning goal
Passive : The winning goal was scored by Jack
4.
Active : Oly writes a letter
Passive : A letter is written by Oly
5.
Acitve : Tina is preparing the report
Passive : The report is being prepared by Tina
6.
Active : Waitresses and waiters serve customers
Passive : Customers are served by waitresses and waiters
7.
Active : The English teacher is going to explain the
grammar
Passive : The grammar is going to be explained by the English
teacher
8.
Active : Ella has suggested a new idea
Passive : A new idea has been suggested by Ella
9.
Active : Smith is going to wash the car
Passive : The car is going to be washed by Smith
10.
Active : Katherine had returned the book to the
library
Passive : The book had been returned to the library by
Katherine
Change
the passive to the active.
1. Passive : A pop song is being sung by Lucy
Active : Lucy is singing A pop song
2. Passive : My house is being painted by Mr. Sam
Active : Mr. Sam is painting My house
3. Passive : Andro has been awarded a scholarship by Gunadarma
University
Active : Gunadarma University has awarded Andro a
scholarship
4. Paasive : Maria has been offered a good job by a local
advertising company
Active : A local advertising company has offered
Maria a good job
5. Passive : The news will be announced tomorrow
Active : Tomorrow will announce the news
6. Passive : Nesa will be invited to the party by Oska.
Active : Oaka will invite Nesa to the party
7. Passive : That note wasn’t written by me. It was written by
Grace
Active : I didn’t write that note. Grace wrote it.
8. Passive : She won’t be fooled by this trick
Active : This trick won’t fool her
9. Passive : The novel has been translated by translators into
many languages
Active : Translators have translated the novel into
many languages
10. Passive : The chair had already been sold by the time you
returned to the store
Active : Someone had already sold the chair by the
time you returned to the store
Reference
:
Shobirin, R. Maas.
2009. Cepat&mudah menguasai tenses. Surabaya: LinguaKata
