PASSIVE VOICE

KALIMAT PASIF

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Passive Voice

Passive Voice (kalimat pasif) adalah kalimat yang di

dalam Bahasa
Indonesia menggunakan kata kerja berawalan di
(dipanggil, ditulis, dijual dan sebagainya). Passive
Voice ini tidak akan pernah lepas dari bahan
percakapan sehari-hari meupun di dalam buku-buku
bacaan.
Dalam Bahasa Inggris kalimat pasif menggunakan
pola :
TO BE + VERB-III
Pola ini berlaku untuk semua tenses yang ada. Tentu
saja To Be dalam kalimat harus disesuaikan dengan
tenses dan subjek yang dipergunakan. Namun
demikian bentuk pasif been being dan be being
jarang sekali dipakai.

Rules in Passive Voice

Aturan-aturannya merubah kalimat dari aktif ke
pasif (The rules of Passive Voice) adalah :
1. The sentence must have object (transitive
verb). It must have question word which asks
object.
2. Object in active will be subject in passive.
3. Subject in active will be object in passive.
4. We must use past participle (verb-III).
5. The arrange of sentence depends on tenses.

Simple Present Tense

Pattern :
Is, Are, Am (To Be) + Verb-III
For Example :
1. I write a letter (active)
A letteris written by me (passive).
2. I dont write a letter (active)
A letter is not written by me. (passive)

Present Continous Tense

Pattern :

Is, Am, Are + Being + Verb-III

For Example :
1. I am reading a book
A book is being read by me
2. I am not reading a book
A book isnt being read by me
3. Are you reading a book?
Is a book being read by you?

Present Perfect Tense

Pattern :

Have/Has + been + Verb-III

For Example :
1. They have brought a cupboard
A cupboard has been brought by them
2. They havent brought a cupboard
A cupboard hasnt been brought by them
3. Have they brought a cupboard?
Has a cupboard been brought by them?

Present Perfect Continous

Tense
Pattern :

Have/Has + Been + Being + Verb-III

For Example :
1. We have been cutting grass
Grass has been being cut by me
2. I havent been cutting grass
Grass hasnt been being cut by me
3. Have I been cutting grass?
Has grass been being cut by me?
4. Who has been cutting grass?
By whom has grass been being cut?

Simple Past Tense

Pattern :

Was/were + Verb-III
For Example :
1. I took the pen on table
The Pen on table was taken by me
2. I didnt take money
Money wasnt taken by me
3. Which girl loved him?
By which girl was he loved?
4. Which girl did he love?
Which girl was loved by him?

Past Continous Tense

Pattern :

Was/Were + being + Verb-III

For Example :
1. She was telling story
Story was being told by her
2. She wasnt telling story
Story wasnt being told by her
3. Was she telling story?
Was story being told by her?

Past Perfect Tense

Pattern :

Had + Been + Verb-III

For Example :
1. He had studied English
English had been studied by him
2. He hadnt studied English
English hadnt been studied by him
3. Had he studied English?
Had English been studied by him?

Past Perfect Continous Tense

Pattern:
Had + Been + Being + Verb-III
For Example :
1. They had been studying English
English had been being studied by them
2. They hadnt been studied English
English hadnt been being studied by them
3. Had they been studying English?
Had English been being studied by them?

Simple Future Tense

Pattern :

Will + Be + Verb-III
For Example :
1. I will buy a pen
A pen will be bought by me
2. I wont buy a pen
A pen wont be bought by me
3. Will you buy a pen?
Will a pen be bought by you?
4. Who will buy a pen?
By whom will a pen be bought?

Future Continous Tense

Pattern :
Will + Be + Being + Verb-III
For Example :
1. I will be speaking Sundanese
Sundanese will be being spoken by me
2. I wont be speaking Sundanese
Sundanese wont be being spoken by me
3. Will you be speaking Sundanese?
Will Sundanese be being spoken by you?

Future Perfect Tense

Pattern :
Will + Have + Been + Verb-III
For Example :
1. You will have sung a song
A song will have been sung by you
2. You wont have sung a song
A song wont have been sung by you

Future Perfect Continous Tense

Pattern :
Will + Have + Been + Being + Verb-III
For Example :
1. She will have been reading magazine
Magazine will have been being read by her
2. She wont have been reading magazine
Magazine wont have been being read by her
3. Will she have been reading magazine?
Will magazine have been being read by her?