PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

passive voice is an active sentence the subject is the object of the sentence, with the following conditions:

1. objects in the active voice is converted to a subject in the passive voice.

2. predicate in the passive voice sentences consist of:

TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE

3. passive voice in the form of continuous tense, the predicate in the form.

BEING TO BE + PAST ­­PARTICIPLE

4. the use of "To be", consider the following:

A. Present tense

1. Simple present

            Tobe : Is, am, are

      Pattern :

                        Object + (am, is, are) + Verb 3 + Subject.

        Example :

C  Active : You drink colaq

Passive  : Colaq is drunk by you

C  active : Vani writes the love letter

passive : The love letter is written by vani

C  active : She makes a cake

passive : Cake is made by her

2. Present continuous

            Tobe : Is, am, are

Pattern :

                  Object + (is, am, are) + Being + Verb 3 + subject.

        Example :

C  active : My cousin is playing bekel ball

passive : Bekel ball is being played by him

C  active : They are eating seafood

passive : Seafood is being eaten by them

C  active : Ayumu is digging the sand

passive : The sand is being dug by ayumu

3. Present perfect

        Pattern :

                        Object + (has, have) + been + Verb 3 + subject.

Example :

C  active:  I have wash my clothes

           passive: clothes has been washed by me

C  active:  the hunter has kill bear

passive: bear has been killed by hunter

C  active:  i have drive motorcycle

          passive: motorcycle has been driven by me

B. Past tense

1. Simple Past

            Tobe : Was, were

        Pattern :

                        Object + (was,were) + Verb 3 + subject.

        Example :

C  active : The football coach sold a defend player

passive : A defend player was sold by him

C  active : Mr. Ogawa rebuilt his apartement

passive : His apartement was rebuilt by Mr. Ogawa

C  active : The citizen burned DPR’s office

passive : DPR’s office was burned by them

2. Past continuous

            Tobe : Was, were

        Pattern :

                        Object + ( was, were) + being + Verb 3 + subject.

        Example :

C  active : Mr. Damar was teaching dance

passive : Dance was being tought by Mr. Damar

C  active : I was kicking my friend

passive : My friend was being kicked by me

C  active : Takashi was lending some money

passive : Some money was being lent by Takashi

3. Past perfect

        Pattern :

                        Object + (had) + been + Verb 3 + subject

        Example :

C  active:  i had washed my clothes

passive: my clothes had been washed by me

C  active:  the mechanic had fixed a car

passive: car had been fixed by mechanic

C  active: teacher had tought student

passive: student had been tought by teacher

C. Future

        Pattern :

                        Object + (will be) + Verb 3 + subject            

        Example :

C  active: they will eat friedrice

            passive: friedrice will be eaten by them

C  active: i will make a cake

passive: cake will be made by me

C  active: kotomi will read a encyclopedia

passive: encyclopedia will be read by kotomi