Passive voice (kalimat pasif)
Beberapa cara untuk mengubah kalimat aktif menjadi kalimat pasif...
· Meletakan objek kalimat aktif menjadi subjek kalimat pasif.
· Meletakan subjek kalimat aktif menjadi objek kalimat pasif setelah kata “by”.
· Menggunakan kata kerja (verb) bentuk ketiga (past participle) setelah to be (is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being).
· Aturan kalimat menurut tensesnya.
Berikut rumus passive voice (subjek dan objek disini adalah kebalikan dari rumus kalimat aktif)
| Present | Past | Future | Past Future |
Simple | S + tobe (is, am, are) + V3 + by + Object | S + tobe (was/were) + V3 + by + Object | S + will / shall + be + V3 + by + Object | S + would / should + be + V3 + by + Object |
Continuous | S + tobe (is,am,are) + being + V3 + by + Object | S + tobe (was,were) + being + V3 + by + Object | S + will / shall + be + being + V3 + by + Object | S + would / should + be + being + V3 + by + Object |
Perfect | S + Have / Has + been+ V3 + by + Object | S + Had + been + V3 + by +Object | S + will / shall + Have + been + V3 + by + Object | S + would/ should + Have + been + V3 + by + Object |
Perfect Continuous | S + Have / Has + been + being + V3 + by + Object | S + Had + been + being + V3 + by + Object | S + will / shall + Have + been + being + V3 + by + Object | S + would/ should + Have + been + being + V3 + by + Object |
Contoh :
A : Vita writes a letter.
P : A letter is written by Vita
A : We have been playing football for about 3 hours
P : football has been being played by us for about 3 hours
Mereka yang jarang ditulis dalam pasif nya :
Someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, no one, nobody, everyone, everybody, people.
Contoh :
A : Someone calls me
P : I am called
A : Somebody is teaching me English
P : English is being taught me
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