Minggu, 25 November 2012

passive voice


Passive Voice and active voice
                Now we had to discuss about passive voice and active voice.
Active voice atau kalimat pasif digunakan  ketikaa subyek menunjuk pada orang/benda yang melakukan kegiatan.
Passive voice atau kalimat aktif digunakan ketika subyek menunjuk pada orang/ benda yang menerima tindakan (baik pelakunya diketahui atau tidak).
Be + Verb 3
Rumus singkat passive voice

1. Present tense
AV : Mother makes a cake
PV : A cake is made by mother

2. Present continous tense

AV :  The maid is sweeping the floor
PV :  The floor is being swept b the maid

3.  Past Tense

AV :  Father brought some books
PS  :  Some books were brought by father

4. Past continous tense

AV :  My brother was reading a novel
PV :  A novel was being read by my brother

5. Present perfect tense

AV : The children have collected some stamps
PV : some stamps have been collected by the children

6. Future tense

AV : I will finish the task
PV : the task will be finished by me

7. Future perfect tense

AV : he will have written the novel
PV : the novel will have been written by him

8. modal

AV : you should obey the rules
PV : the rules should be obeyed by you

9. past perfect

AV : she had listened the story
PV : the story had been listened by her