Passive Voice

Diposting oleh Primbon Bella
Rabu, 02 Februari 2011



Passive Voice

1 .
Simple present
Active
Passive

We
OB on RCTI

watched
is watched
OB on RCTI
( by us )
Everyday .
Everyday .
2 .
Simple past
Active
Passive

Rita
A letter

wrote
was written
a letter
by Rita
yesterday y .
yesterday .
3 .
Simple Future
Active
Passive

My family
A villa

will rent
will be rent
a villa
by my family
for holiday .
for holiday .
When rewriting active sentences in passive voice , note the following :
the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
the finite form of the verb is changed ( to be + past participle )
the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence ( / is dropped )








Agent

In a passive clause , we usually use a phrase beginning with by if we want to mention the agent - the person /  thing that does the action , / that causes what happens .

Examples :

My mother makes sandwich every morning .

Subject verb 1 + s / es O C ( adv . of time )

Sandwich is made by my mother every morning .

Subject to be + V3 Agent C ( adv . of time )









Present continuous : [ S + to be + being + V3 ( past participle )

Present perfect : [ S + has / have + been + V3 ( past participle )










Present continuous



Active

Passive


A young boy is catching a butterfly .

A butterfly is being caught by a young boy .




Present perfect



Active

Passive



Yano has returned the book to the library .

The book has been returned to the library by Yano .





If you want to change an active sentence which has 2 objects into its passive forms , there are 2 ways :

Make its indirect object into the subject of the passive  sentence .

Make its direct object into the subject of the passive sentence .









Examples :

Active :




John is giving his girl - friend a bunch of flower .

Indirect object direct object







Passive :

The indirect object as the subject




John ’ s girl - friend is being given a bunch of flower .







Passive :

The direct object as the subject




A bunch of flower is being given to John ’ s girl – friend .








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