THE
USE OF PASSIVE VOICE SENTENCE
(Penggunaan Kalimat
Pasif)
ACTIVE VOICE (Kalimat Aktif) is used (digunakan) when we
want to say that (kita ingin mengatakan bahwa) the subject (for example: I,
You, We, They, She, He, and It DOES
AN ACTION (subyek melakukan suatu aktivitas/perbuatan). So, the subject is THE DOER of the action.
(Jadi, subyek adalah pelaku aktivitas/perbuatan).
ACTIVE
and PASSIVE FORMS
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1.
Present Simple
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Am/is/are + Verb 3 (Past Participle)
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ACTIVE :
PASSIVE
:
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Dangerous driving causes
many accidents.
Many accidents are
caused by dangerous driving.
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2.
Present Continuous
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Am/is/are being + Verb 3 (Past
Participle)
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ACTIVE :
PASSIVE
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Somebody is cleaning
the room at the moment.
The room is being
cleaned at the moment. (There is no ‘by phrase’in this sentence due to
the abstract words, such as somebody, someone, etc.)
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3.
Present Perfect
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Has/have been + Verb 3 (Past
Participle)
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ACTIVE :
PASSIVE
:
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The police have
arrested three men.
Three men have been
arrested by the police.
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