ACTIVE VOICE AND PASSIVE VOICE

 

A.    ACTIVE VOICE (KALIMAT AKTIF)

Active Voice merupakan ragam gramatikal yang bermakna aktif. Maksudnya subject (pelaku) baik manusia atau binatang yang telah melakukan suatu pekerjaan.

            Contoh:

§ Lionel Messi buy some shoes

§  They took my pen

§  She sweep the floor

 

B.     PASSIVE VOICE

      Passive Voice merupakan kalimat yang menjadikan objek dalam kalimat aktif menjadi subject dalam kalimat pasif dengan menambah awalan di atau ter dalam predikat yang berupa kata kerja transitif.

            Contoh:

§  Some shoes is bougth by Lionel Messi

§ My pen is taken by them

§  the floor is swept by her

Ø  In a passive sentence, the object of an active verb becomes the subject of the passive.

Ø  Form of the passive voice : Be + Past Participle

Ø  Only the transitive verbs or verbs that are followed by an object are used in the passive.

Example:

·         An accidents happened yesterday

·         The baby is sleeping soundly

Ø  The “by phrase “ is used only if it is important to know who performs an action.

 

C.     CARA MEMBENTUK PASSIVE VOICE

1.      Present Simple Tense

(+) Subject + to be _I (am, is, are) + V_III + by + Object

(-) Subject + to be _I (am, is, are) not + V_III + by + Object

(?) To be _I (am, is, are) + Subject + V_III + by + Object?

Example:

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 Fari beats me (Active Voice) →  I am beaten by Fari (Passive Voice)

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