PASSIVE VOICE

ASRAL – ATHTHA – RAT DEW – VIQIH

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WHAT IS
PASSIVE VOIC E ?

The passive writing

voice occurs when
something that is ordinarily
“done by” the subject of a
sentence is “done by”
the object of a sentence.
“ The passive voice is used to show interest
in the person or object that experiences an
action rather than the person or object that
performs the action. In other words, the
most important thing or person becomes
the subject of the sentence.”

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• The passive voice is used frequently.
(we are interested in the passive voice,
not in who uses it.)

• The house was built in 1654. EXAMPLES

( we are interested in the house, not
in who built it)
In Generally, active voice
that can be transformed
into passive voice, are
active sentences which
containing transitive
verbs Everbs that require
direct objectsF such as
make, bring, buy, write
and so on. Otherwise,
the active voice who
containing the intransitive
verbs such as cry, swim,
go, arrive, and die can
not be converted into
passive voice
1. WhenEdoer of actionF is unknown
“My money has been stolen.”

2. When the doer of action is clear and does not need

to be mentioned “Wheat is grown in Karawang.”

3. When we, do not want to tellwho the doer of action

“Mistakes were made.”

4. When the doer of action is allpeople Epeople in

generalF “Transjakarta is used as an alternative means
of transportation to avoid clock traffic.”

5 When the actor has been mentioned in the previous

sentence Eif found in a paragraphF “Mr. Han caught Ari
cheating on the test. Ari was given punishment
immediately.”
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 If we want to say who or what performs the action
while using the passive voice, we use the
preposition by

"A Hard Day's Night" was written by the Beatles.

The movie ET was directed by Spielberg.

This house was built by my father.

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Forming the
passive voice

The passive voice in English is composed of two

elements: the appropriate form of the verb 'tobe' G
past participle

in generalthe passive voice form is divided into 4 parts :

- Present passive
- Past Passive
- Future Passive
- Modalauxiliary Passive

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 Noun or Subject H to be H past participle EppF
Tense Form Example

Simple Present am/ is/ are H pp is created

Present C ontinuous am/ is/ are being H pp is being created

Simple Past was/ were H pp was created
Past C ontinuous was/ were being H pp was being created

Present Perfect has/ have been H pp has been created

Past Perfect had been H pp had been created
Simple Future willbe H pp willbe created

Past Future Would be H pp would be learned by them.

Future Perfect willhave been H pp willhave been created

His signature would have been
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asked by us
The infinitive passive voice is used after modal verbs and other most verbs normally
followed by an infinitive.

Examples :
- You have tobe te ste d on your English grammar.
-John might be promote d next ye ar.
- I expe ct tobe surprise d on my birthday.

PASSIVE VOIC E
WITH INFINITIVES
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 Gerunds are used after
prepositions and verbs normally
followed by a gerund.
PASSIVE
Examples
VOICE - I remember being taught to
drive.
WITH - The children are excited about
being taken to the zoo.
GERUNDS - The children are excited to be
taken to the zoo.

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Let’s exercises
Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

1. I can answe r the que stion. J

2. She would carry the box. J
3. You should ope n the window. J
4. We might play cards. J
5. You ought to wash the car. J
6. He must fillin the form. J
7. They ne e d not buy bre ad. J
8. He could not re ad the se nte nce . J
9. Will the te ache r te st our English? J
10. C ould Je nny lock the door? J

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