PASSIVE

VOICE
1. Active Sentence: ‘Memakan”
Ex:
John eats the apple
(John memakan apel)

2. Passive Sentence “Dimakan”

Ex:
The apple is eaten by John
(Apel itu dimakan oleh John)
 CHANGES
1. Active sentence
Subject  Object

2. Passive sentence
Object  Subject

Pattern:
BE + VERB 3
1. Active Sentence: ‘Menulis”
Ex:
(+) Dono wrote a letter yesterday
(-) Dono did not write a letter yesterday
(?) Did Dono write a letter yesterday?

2. Passive Sentence “Ditulis”

Ex:
(+)A letter was written by Dono yesterday
(-) A letter was not written by Dono yesterday
(?) Was a letter written by Dono yesterday?
 Present Past Future Past Future
Simple To be + V3 Was/were + Will be + V3 Would be +
V3 V3
Continuous To be + Was/were + Will be being Would be
being + V3 being + V3 + V3 being + V3
Perfect Has/have + Had been + Will have Would have
been + V3 V3 been + V3 been + V3
Perfect Has/have + Had been Will have Would have
Continuous been being being + V3 been being + been being +
+ V3 V3 V3
Modal Can/must/will/may/should + be + V3
Going to To be + going to + be + V3
Mother buys me a new bag (-)

1. Present: A new bag is not

bought by mother for me

2. He tells the truth (?)

Present: Is the truth told by him?