ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON PASSIVE SENTENCES (PRESENT)

UNIT 3 PAGE 28-29

Study the sentences below!

1. Active Milo designs a banner using Corel Draw. To change Active sentence
S V O into Passive sentence, just
Passive The banner is designed by Milo using Corel Draw. like in Bahasa Indonesia
S V O structure, the Subject of
2. Active The couriers deliver the gifts on time. the Active sentence
S V O becomes the Object of the
Passive The gifts are delivered by the couriers on time. Passive sentence (after
S V O “by”) and the Object of the
Active sentence becomes
the Subject of the Passive
Sentence.
And the verb in the Active
sentence is changed into
“be + verb 3”
Active:
S + Verb 1 +O
Passive:
S + be (is/am/are) +Verb 3

3. Active Bella’s father loves her unconditionally. “Her” as the object of the
S V O Active sentence becomes
Passive Bella is loved by her father unconditionally. “She” as the Subject of the
S V O Active Sentence.

Exercise:
Direction: Change these sentences into Passive ones.
Ubah kalimat ini menjadi kalimat Pasif.
1. Robert walks his dogs every night. Robert's dogs are walked by him every night
2. They clean the windows once a week. The Windows are cleaned by them once a week
3. People eat 40 million hamburgers every day. 40 million hamburgers are eaten by people every day
4. We use recycled paper for our books. our books are used recycle paper by us
5. They make very good cars in Japan. The cars are made very good in Japan
6. The teacher always answers the students’ questions. The student's questions are always answer by
teacher
menaikkan 7. Some people raise sugar cane in Hawaii.
Sugar cane is raised in Hawaii by some people.
 Teh computer laboratory network is repaired by the technician
8. The technician repairs the computer laboratory network.
emails are sent and replied by teh secretary
9. The secretary sends and replies emails every day.
10. Larry generously donates money to the homeless shelter.
11. The students report the progress of their projects every week.
12. The manager sometimes gives away some concert tickets to some lucky students.
13. Bill delivers some milk to some of his neighbors before school in the morning.
14. The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the office every night.
Every night, the office is vacuumed and dusted by the cleaning crew.
15. The wedding planner makes all the reservations and arrangements of a wedding.
All the reservations and arragements of a wedding were being made by the wedding planner