What is passive voice in simple present tense?

When the active verb is in the simple present tense, we make passive verb forms with is/am/are + past
participle form of the verb. ... The subject of the active verb becomes the object of the passive verb. However, in
most cases, the object is not mentioned in the passive voice.
For example: That song is sung by my mom. ... In the present simple, the passive is: am / is / are + past participle
(3rd form of the verb).

Is Active Voice Present Tense?

Active Voice and Present Tense : Voice is that property of verbs which indicates whether the subject acts or is acted
upon. There are two voices - active voice and passive voice . A verb is in the active voice when it represents the
subject as the doer of an act.
For example: My mom sings that song. The passive voice is used when we focus on the object of the sentence.
• Active Voice: We cleaned our house yesterday. (Kami membersihkan rumah kami
kemarin.)
Passive Voice: Our house was cleaned yesterday. (Rumah kami dibersihkan kemarin.)
• Active Voice: She didn’t invite me to the party. (Ia tidak mengundang saya ke pesta
tersebut.)
Passive Voice: I wasn’t invited to the party. (Saya tidak diundang ke pesta tersebut.)
• Active Voice: They cancelled all flights because of fog. (Mereka membatalkan semua
penerbangan karena kabut.)
Passive Voice: All flights were cancelled because of fog. (Semua penerbangan dibatalkan
karena kabut.)
• Active Voice: We did not accuse you of stealing money. (Kami tidak menuduhmu mencuri
uang.)
Passive Voice: You weren’t accused of stealing money. (Kamu tidak dituduh mencuri
uang.)
• Active Voice: Did she solve Math problems very quickly? (Apakah ia menyelesaikan soal-
soal Matematika dengan sangat cepat?)
Passive Voice: Were Math problems solved very quickly by her? (Apakah soal-soal
Matematika dipecahkan dengan sangat cepat olehnya?)
• Active Voice: Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998. (Larry Page dan Sergey
Brin mendirikan Google pada tahun 1998.)
Passive Voice: Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998. (Google
didirikan oleh Larry Page and Sergey Brin pada tahun 1998.)
• Active Voice: They didn’t study Math last night. (Mereka tidak belajar Matematika tadi malam.)
Passive Voice: Math wasn’t studied last night. (Matematika tidak dipelajari tadi malam.)
• Active Voice: When did father paint my room? (Kapan ayah mengecar kamarku?)
Passive Voice: When was my room painted by father? (Kapan kamarku dicat oleh ayah?)
• Active Voice: Her company employed three thousand people in 2003. (Perusahaannya
mempekerjakan 3.000 orang pada tahun 2003.)
Passive Voice: Three thousand people were employed by her company in 2003. (Tiga ribu orang
dipekerjakan oleh perusahaannya pada tahun 2003.)
• Active Voice: Susan visited her gradparents in Kalimantan last Sunday. (Susan mengunjungi kakek-
neneknya di Kalimantan pada hari Minggu lalu.)
Passive Voice: Susan’s grandparents were visited last Sunday in Kalimantan. (Kakek-nenek Susan
dikunjungi pada hari Minggu lalu di Kalimantan.)
• Active Voice: Someone copied these documents at the weekend. (Seseorang disalin dokumen-
dokumen ini pada akhir pekan.)
Passive Voice: These documents were copied at the weekend. (Dokumen-dokumen ini disalin pada
akhir pekan.)
• Active Voice: She answered the questions from Mr. President loudly. (Ia menjawab pertanyaan-
pertanyaan dari Bapak Presiden dengan keras.)
Passive Voice: The questions from Mr. President were answered loudly. (Pertanyaan-pertanyaan
dari Bapak Presiden dijawab dengan keras.