Active And Passive Voice

Definition of passive voice

 The passive voice is a style of writing where what would be the object of a sentence becomes the subject of the sentence.

 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.

 In the passive writing voice, whatever is doing the action of the sentence is not the grammatical subject of the sentence.

Functions of the passive voice

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.

1. PRESENT TENSE

S+is/am/are+V3

• A: Father brought the case.

• P: The case is brought by him.

• A: Mom washed the clothes.

• P: The clothes are washed by mom.

• A: Budi read the newspaper.

• P: The newspaper is read by Budi.

• A: Risma swept the floor.

• P: The floor is swept by her.

• A: Daia played the games.

• P: The games is played by her.

2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

S+is/am/are+being+V3

• A: Luna and Ron are loving read book.

• P: To read book is being loved by Luna and Ron.

• A: Many people are speaking English.

• P: English is being spoken by many people.

• A: I am eating Sandwich.

• P: Sandwich is being eaten by me.

• A: They are repairing those computers when I am coming.

• P: Those computers are being repairedwhen I am coming by them.

• A: Mother is cooking the food her husband.

• P: The food is being cooked by mother for him.

3. PAST TENSE

S+was/were+V3

• A: Dina bought the bag from the shop yesterday.

• P: The bag was bought by her from the shop yesterday.

• A: Bima picked up Mila in her house at 20 o’clock last night.

• P: Mila was picked up by Bima in her house at 20 o’clock last night.

• A: Nina is studied biology yesterday.

• P: The biology is studied by her yesterday.

• A: Danang sent the letter  to my  mother last month.

• P: The letter was sent by him to my mother last month.

• A: Yuli and Reno helped their father yesterday.

• P: Their father was helped by Yuli and Reno yesterday.

• A: We watched the Anabelle movie on the cinema yesterday.

• P: The Anabelle Movie was watched by us yesterday.

4. Past Continuous

S+was/were+being+V3

• A: She was helping her mother this morning.

• P:  Her mother was being helped by her this morning.

• A: Kiting was baking cake yesterday.

• P: The cake was being baked by Kiting yesterday.

• A: They were learning new chapter last week.

• P: The new chapter was being learned by them.

• A: Laras was calling her friend last night.

• P: Her friend was being called by Laras last night.

• A: My father was repairing the TV.

• P: The TV was being repaired by my father.

5. Present Future

• A: I will wash the dishes.

• P: The dishes will be washed by me.

• A: Dino will show you something interesting.

• P: You will be showed something interesting by him.

• A: Assistant Beni will prepare and edit your legal documents.

• P: Your legal documents will be prepared and edited by him.

• A: He will meet a new client tomorrow

• P: A new client will be met by him tomorrow

6. Present Future Continuous

S + Will/ Shall + Be + Being + V3

• A: I shall be writting a short story if you come to my house at 4 o'clock this afternoon.

• P: A short story will be being written by me if you come to my house at 4 o'clock this afternoon.

• A: They will be learning english at 9 o'clock next Monday. 

• P: English will be being learned by them at 9 o'clock next Monday.

• A: He will be waiting for you at 8 o'clock this morning. 

• P: You will be being waited by her at 8 o'clock this morning.

• A: my brother will be living to the english village at 7pm, this evening.

• P: The english village will be being lived by my brother at 7 pm this evening.

• A: We will be buying a pillow in market at 9am this morning.

• P: The pillow will be being bought by me in the market at 9am this morning.

7. Present Perfect

S+have/has+been+v3

• A: We have done our homework.

• P: The homework have been done by us.

• A: I have learnt English.

• P: English has been learnt by me.

• A: He completed the work.

• P: The work has been completed by him.

• A: She has written five poems.

• P: Five poems have been written by her.

• A: I have made some cakes.

• P: Some cakes have been made by me.

8. Present Perfect Continuous

S+have/has+been+being+V3

• A: They have been reading a book.

• P: A book has been being read by them.

• A: He has been eating the noodle.

• P: The noodle has been being eaten by him.

• A: He has been washing the car.

• P: The car has been being washed by him.

• A: I have been drinking orange juice.

• P: Orang juice has been being drunk by me.

• A: They have been climbing the mountain.

• P: The mountain has been being climbed by them.