Passive Voice

Kalimat pasif (Passive Voice)

a. Ayunda reads a novel (Active Voice)

b. Novel is read by Ayunda (Passive Voice)

Kita menggunakan Active Voice (kalimat aktif) untuk menyatakan APA YANG DILAKUKAN SUBJECT (pelaku).

Contoh  :

a. Ayunda  adalah subject yang melakukan tindakan 'reads a novel' (membaca sebuah novel). Sedangkan Passive Voice (kalimat pasif) digunakan untuk menyatakan APA YANG TERJADI PADA SUBJECT (pelaku).

b.  Novel adalah subject yang menerima tindakan 'is read' (dibaca)

Pengertian Active & Passive Voice

Singkatnya Active Voice (kalimat aktif) merujuk pada subject (pelaku) melakukan pekerjaan. Sedangkan Passive Voice (kalimat pasif) subject (pelaku) dikenakan pekerjaan.

     A.    Apa itu Passive Voice

Passive voice merupakan struktur kalimat penulisan dalam bahasa Inggris yang mana subject (pelaku) dari kalimat tersebut dikenakan suatu pekerjaan.

     B.     Pola Passive Voice

Pola:
S + Be + Verb-3 + By Agent

Ket:

S: Subjek

Be: Tobe

Verb-3: Kata kerja bentuk ketiga

By Agent: Pelaku

Contoh:

Ayunda   reads    Novel. (Active Voice)

 [S]           [V1]       [Object]

Novel     is          read    by Ayunda. (Passive Voice)

  [S]    [to be]     [V3]      [by agent]

Penentuan 'to be' pada kalimat passive voice tergantung pada tenses kalimat aktifnya.

Tenses	Active Voice	Passive Voice
Simpe Present	He buys a novel.	A novel is bought by him.
Present Continous	He is buying a novel.	A novel is being bought by him.
Present Perfect	He has bought a novel.	A novel has been bought by him.
Present Perfect Continous	He has been buying a novel.	A novel has been being bought by him.
Simple Past	He bought a novel.	A novel was bought by him.
Past Continous	He was buying a novel.	A novel was being bought by him.
Past Perfect	He had bought a novel.	A novel had been bought by him.
Past Perfect Continous	He had been buying a novel.	A novel had been being bought by him.
Simple Future	He will buy a novel.	A novel will be bought by him.
Future Continous	He will be buying a novel.	A novel will be being bought by him.
Future Perfect	He will have bought a novel.	A novel will have been bought by him.
Future Perfect Continous	He will have been buying a novel.	A novel will have been being bought by him.

More Examples :

1. Many moms were babysitting the baby in the nursery room.

    The baby was being babysitted by many moms in the nursery room.

 2. My mom cut my hair two days ago.

    My hair were cut by my mom two days ago.

3. Harry will bring the motorcycle to the garage.

    The motorcycle will be brought to the garage by Harry.

 4. She has fixed the camera yesterday.

    The camera has been fixed by her yesterday.

 5. Ali has broken all the doors in that house.

    All the doors in that house have been broken by Ali.

Exercises :

1. Dindah  has taken a swim course.
2. My mom uses the kitchen almost everyday.
3. We have read the books.
4. Does lion eat meat?
5. Lutfi  didn’t tell her the whole story.
6. My sister makes some ice creams.
7. My brother will play the drum at the stage with his band.
8. My grandma bought many bubble gums.
9. The IT man is fixing my computer.
10. Many people had been trying that game.

^^English is Fun^^