Passive Tense

Passive voice is a grammatical construction (grammatical forms) where the subject of the sentence does not take action, but receives the action or follow-up (the receiver of the action) by another agent (DOER of action) either stated or not. In contrast, the active construction, subject directly related to the verb to act as agents of action. Active sentences can be transformed into passive, but only transitive verb (followed by direct object) that can be treated as such.

Rumus Passive Voice:

S + Auxiliary Verb + Past Participle

Note:

Auxiliary verb can be a primary auxiliary verb be (is, are, am, was, were, be, been, being), a combination of the two primaries (is / are being, was / were being, has / have been) or between primary and capital auxiliary verb (will be, will have been).

Past participle used in the form transitive verb.

Example: She can not drive a car. (active voice, transitive), He always come on time. (active voice, intransitive)

Change the shape of the base to form the past tense and past participle regular or irregular.

Example: play (base form) -> played (past participle), sing (base form) -> sung (past participle)

Example Sentences Passive Voice on Auxiliary Verb Be:

Exceptions to the Transitive Verbs

Not all transitive verb, the verb has a direct object, can be pacified. Some verbs are, among others: have, Become, lack, look like, mean, etc. will sound unnatural meaning when pacified. Some examples of the verb phrase is as follows.

example:

I have a great new idea. -> Can not be pacified by: A great new idea is had by me.

The snack contains aspartame. -> Can not be pacified by: Aspartame is contained by the snack.

10 kalimat aktif -> Pasif :

A: We watched the Jurasic Park Movie on the cinema yesterday.

P: The Jurasic Park Movie was watched by us yesterday

A: Andri picked up Santi in her house at 19 o’clock last night.

P: Santi was picked up by Andri in her house at 19 o’clock last night.

A: The governor built that monument year ago.

P: That monument was built by governor year ago.

A: He studied Mathematic yesterday.

P: The mathematic is studied by him yesterday.

A: I had informed him the news before he went.

P: He had been informed the news by me before he went.

A: They had won the race after had hard work.

P: The race had been won by us after had hard work

A: I had worried about my brother after he had gone.

P: My brother had been worried by me after he had gone.

A: I had written the letter to my village before I had come.

P: The letter had been written by me to my village before I had come.

A: Dodo was asking me the question yesterday.

P: I was being asked the question by Dodo.

A: My father was driving me to my school yesterday in the morning.

P: I was being driven by my father to my school yesterday in the morning.

10 kalimat pasif -> aktif:

P: The table was being pulled by me yesterday at nine

A: I was pulling the table yesterday at nine.

P: The ball was being played by them together at noon yesterday.

A: They were playing the ball together at noon yesterday.

P: Her computer was being fixed by me when she came.

A: I was fixing her computer when she came.

P: John was being punched by Denny right in his face when the teacher came.

A: Denny was punching John right in his face when the teacher came.

P: The show had been being watched by me for 2 hours.

A: I had been being watching the show for 2 hours.

P: He had been being waited for by us for 4 hours when he came.

A: We had been waiting for him for 4 hours when he came.

P: English language had been being studied by us for 2 hours when the bell rang.

A: We had been studying English for 2 hours when the bell rang.

P: The suitcase had been being lifted by Jane for 20 minutes before I took.

A: Jane had been lifting the suitcase for 20 minutes before I took.

P: By the time the teacher came, the book had been being read by them.

A: By the time the teacher came, they had been reading the book.

P: The statue had been being built completely for 3 years before it ruined.

A: They had been building the statue completely for 3 years before it ruined.