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Active and Passive Sentence

Passive sentences 1. Passive sentences or commonly known as Voice or Passive Passive Sentence or there is also a call Passive Forms

a transitive verb form of which is the subject of English grammarsentences as 'patient', ie that
receives the action of a job

Active sentence
2. Passive sentences are generally contrasted with the phrase Active or commonly known as the Active Voice This sentence means a form of transitive verb where the subject of the sentence as an 'agent', ie the action of a job.

simple example of changing active sentences into passive sentences Nick helps Merry. (Sentences Active) Merry is helped by Nick. (Passive Sentences) Explanation: In this example can be seen that in the active voice Nick helps Marry , Nick as a subject (Subject), helps as a verb (Verb), andMerry as an Object (Object). While in the passive voice is helped byNick Merry, Merry as a subject (Subject), helped as a verb (Verb), andNick as an Object (Object). Can easily be said that in the passive voice sentence the subject isderived from the active object and passive object in the sentencecomes from an active subject of the sentence, while the verb does not change directly, which still functions as a verb the active voice helps turn helped in the passive sentence, it isprovided that every passive sentence in English the verb should be in the form of the verb forms Past Participleatau to 3 (Verb 3). Forirregular verbs (regular verb) in English, its past participle form ends with-ed

passive sentences beginning with by this is called a by-phrase in a passive sentence. It is important to know who is doing a
particular act or thing. Although in some form ofpassive by-phrase is not used example: That car was made in Britain. (no by-phrase) Rice is grown in many countries. (no by-phrase)
EXPLANATION: In sentences That car was made in Britain, there are no by-phrase or the culprit, but it does not matter, because the sentence can still be understood, if you want to add it could be the culprit, then the sentence is so

That car was made in Britain by someone. Rice is grown in many countries, Rice is grown in many countries by people.

that there is no culprit, so

kalimat pasif sebelum Past Participle diletakkan be


EXPLANATION: as an example slide at the beginning before there is a verb helped.

Be in English include: am is are was were has been have been will be
EXPLANATION: The provisions on the use of passive voice bedependent on the shape of the time (tense) of active sentences anddepends also on the subject of the sentence, whether a single subject(singular) or plural (plural).

so, the general form of passive sentences in English are as follows:


be + past participle

Transitive verb Transitive verbs can be defined as a verb to follow the object to complete its meaning, and to experience the action stated.

Transitive verb = subject + verb + object


EXPLANATION: Transitive verb involves not only the

subject, but also someone orsomething else, namely the object

examples of transitive verbs:


. I take my books to class (take the KK intransitive and the object ismy books) . They played chess last night (play is KK intransitive and the object ischess)

Intransitive verb
Intransitive verb can be defined as a verb is complete by itself, orwhich is equipped with words of another without the need for an object.

Intransitive verb = subject + verb


examples of intransitive verb:
. They slept soundly (verb slept not followed the object)

. I waited and waited, but nobody comes (waited and comes not followed the object) simple examples of changes in active sentences into passive sentences : Simple Present Tense
Nick helps Merry. (Kalimat Aktif) Merry is helped by Nick. (Kalimat Pasif) Present Continuous Tense Nick is helping Merry. (Kalimat Aktif) Merry is being helped by Nick. (Kalimat Pasif) Present Perfect Tense Nick has helped Merry. (Kalimat Aktif) Merry has been helped by Nick. (Kalimat Pasif) Simple Past Tense Nick helped Merry. (Kalimat Aktif) Merry was helped by Nick. (Kalimat Pasif) Past Continuous Tense Nick was helping Merry. (Kalimat Aktif) Merry was being helped by Nick. (Kalimat Pasif) Past Perfect Tense Nick had helped Merry. (Kalimat Aktif) Merry had been helped by Nick. (Kalimat Pasif) Simple Future Tense

Nick will help Merry. (Kalimat Aktif) Merry will be helped by Nick. (Kalimat Pasif) Nick is going to help Merry. (Kalimat Aktif) Merry is going to be helped by Nick. (Kalimat Pasif) Future Perfect Tense Nick will have helped Merry. (Kalimat Aktif) Merry will have been helped by Nick. (Kalimat Pasif)

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