Passive Voice

Passive Voice

• What is Passive Voice?

• When do we use Passive Voice?

• How to create Passive Voice?

What is Passive Voice?

​Bentuk kalimat dimana subjek tidak melakukan tindakan, melainkan menerima aksi dari tindakan

​Kalimat aktif:
Labubu memainkan piano di ruang musik

Kalimat pasif:
Piano di ruang musik dimainkan oleh Labubu

Why / when do we use Passive Voice?

• Jika objeknya lebih penting untuk diceritakan

  Example: My car is repaired

• Jika subjeknya tidak diketahui

  Example: My wallet is stolen

• Kalimat formal yang lebih sopan / halus

  Example: A mistake was made in the report

How to create Passive Voice?

• ​Auxiliary Verb (kata kerja bantu) = is / am / are / was / were

• Verb 3 = Perubahan kata kerja bentuk ke-3

• By + Object = menerangkan siapa yang melakukan aksi pada kalimat (opsional)

​Auxiliary Verb + Verb 3 + (by + Object)

How to create Passive Voice?

• ​Auxiliary Verb (kata kerja bantu) = is / am / are / was / were

• Verb 3 = Perubahan kata kerja bentuk ke-3

• By + Object = menerangkan siapa yang melakukan aksi pada kalimat (opsional)

​​Simple Present Tense:
Boboiboy repairs my car

Simple Past Tense:
Boboiboy repaired my car last night

​Auxiliary Verb + Verb 3 + (by + Object)

How to create Passive Voice?

• ​Auxiliary Verb (kata kerja bantu) = is / am / are / was / were

• Verb 3 = Perubahan kata kerja bentuk ke-3

• By + Object = menerangkan siapa yang melakukan aksi pada kalimat (opsional)

​​Simple Present Tense:
Boboiboy repairs my car

Simple Past Tense:
Boboiboy repaired my car last night

​​Simple Present Tense:
My car is repaired by Boboiboy
Simple Past Tense:
My car was repaired by Boboiboy last night

​Auxiliary Verb + Verb 3 + (by + Object)

Exercise

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