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A boy is reading a book.

Seorang laki-laki sedang
membaca sebuah buku
A book is being read by a boy
Sebuah buku sedang dibaca
oleh seorang laki-laki

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Passive Voice
To learn the use of passive
voice and how to make it
To learn changing active voice
into passive voice
 Active and Passive voice
Saya memakan roti setiap pagi ACTIVE
I eat bread every morning VOICE

S O
V1
PASSIVE
Roti dimakan oleh saya setiap pagi VOICE
The bread is eaten (by me) every morning
S To be +V3 O
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1 The active voice illustrates a sentence where the
subject performs the action that stated by the verb.

In contrast, passive voice describes a sentence in

which the subject receives an action.
 Present Tense (Verb 1 [Eat] or
Verb 1 +s/es [Eats])
Ibu saya memasak makan malam setiap malam.
My mother cooks the dinner every night.
Subject V1+s Object

Makan malam dimasak oleh ibu saya setiap malam.

The dinner is cooked (by my mother) every night.
Subject to be + V3 Object
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 Passive Voice for Present Tense
(is): he/she/it/singular
Subject + is/am/are + Verb 3 (am): I
to be (are): you/we/they/plural

I study Math every day.

Math is studied (by me) every day.

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Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun
I Me
You You
We Us
They Them
He Him
She Her
It It

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 Change this active into Passive
Voice
Active Voice

We don’t wear school uniform in this school.

Passive Voice

School uniform isn’t worn (by us) in this school.

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 Change this active into Passive
Voice
Active Voice

We cut a tree in front of the house every year.

Passive Voice

A tree is cut (by us) in front of the house every year.

A tree is cut in front of the house every year.

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Change this active into Passive
Voice
Active Voice

Everyone loves you.

Passive Voice

You are loved (by everyone).

You are loved.

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 Past Tense (Verb 2)
Saya membersihkan rumah saya tadi pagi.
I cleaned my house this morning.
Subject Verb 2 Object

Rumah saya dibersihkan oleh saya tadi pagi

My house was cleaned (by me) this morning
Subject to be + V3 Object
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 Passive Voice for Past Tense
Subject + was/were + Verb 3
to be (was): I/he/she/it/singular
(were):
you/we/they/plural
You ate bread yesterday

Bread was eaten (by you) yesterday

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 Change this active into Passive
Voice
Active Voice

I didn’t paint the whole room last week.

Passive Voice

The whole room wasn’t painted (by me) last week.

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 Change this active into Passive
Voice
1. She takes Linda to school every day.
2. I didn’t make my breakfast this morning.
3. Jean wins every competition.
4. They don’t close the shops on Saturdays.
5. Someone stole his wallet last night.
6. Richard broke the windows two days ago.
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