Pada dasarnya kalimat dapat berbentuk dalam kalimat aktif yang subyeknya melakukan pekerjaan atau kalimat pasif yang subyeknya dikenai suatu pekerjaan. Untuk lebih memudahkan pemahaman perubahan bentuk kalimat aktif menjadi pasif, berikut kami berikan contoh secara ringkas dan jelas dari berbagai bentuk tenses yang ada.
Tense Active Passive
Present tense The man repairs the motorcycle The motorcycle is repaired
Present Continuous The man is repairing the repairing The motorcycle is being repaired
Present perfect tense The man has repaired the motorcycle The motorcycle has been repaired
Past Tense The man repaired the motorcycle The motorcycle was repaired
Past Continuous tense The man was repairing the motorcycle The motorcycle was being repaired
Past Perfect Tense The man had repaired the motorcycle The motorcycle had been repaired
Future Tense The man will repair the motorcycle The motorcycle will be repaired
Dari contoh diatas, bisa kita simpulkan cara untuk membuat kalimat pasif adalah sebagai berikut;
- Letakkan obyek dari kalimat aktif di awal kalimat pasif ( obyek kalimat aktif menjadi subyek kalimat pasif)
- Jika dalam kalimat aktif tidak ada auxiliary ( to be), maka tambahkan To Be yang sesuai dengan subyek dalam kalimat pasif tersebut. Dalam hal ini, bentuk TO Be nya harus sesuai dengan bentuk Tense- nya. Berikut penggunaan Be dalam kalimat pasif.
Present Tense Am/is/are
Past Tense Was/ Were
Continuous Being
Perfect Been
Modal Be
Gerund To be
Past Tense Was/ Were
Continuous Being
Perfect Been
Modal Be
Gerund To be
- Letakkan kata kerja utama dari kalimat aktif sesudah auxiliary ( to be) dalam bentuk V-3 ( past participle).
- Gunakan preposition By sesudah kata kerja utama dalam kalimat pasif. Adapun penggunaan By dapat dihilangkan apabila maksudnya sudah dimengerti.
- Untuk lebih jelasnya mengenai pembentukan kalimat aktif menjadi kalimat pasif, berikut ini akan kami jelaskan pembentukannya.
(Active) Hendra kicks the ball over the fence
(Passive) The ball is kicked over the fence
(Active) He doesn't drink the juice
(Passive) The juice is not drunk
Kalimat pasif dari pola continuous
(Active) He is polishing the shoes (Passive) The shoes are being polished
(Active) Ahmad was writing a letter
(Passive) A letter was being written
Kalimat Pasif yang menggunakan modal
(Active) He will paint the wall (Passive) The wall will be painted
(Active) The boy can answer the questions
(Passive) The questions can be answered
Kalimat Pasif dalam bentuk Perfect
(Active) They have finished the job already (Passive) The job has been finished already
(Active) They had bought the house before I came here
(Passive) The house had been bought before I came here
Kalimat pasif yang menggunakan modal + perfect
(Active) She should not have scolded him in public
(Passive) He should nt have been scolded in public
Kalimat pasif dengan bentuk pertanyaan
(Active) Does he write an article? (Passive) is an article written?
(Active) why do they buy the car?
(Passive) Why is the car bought?
Pada pola kalimat pertanyaan dengan bentuk negatif berikut contohnya.
( Active) Isn’t he washing the car?
(Passive) Isn’t the car being washed (by him)?
(Passive) Is the car not being washed ( by him)?
(Active) Why don’t they take the box?
(Passive) Why isn’t the box taken ( by them)?
(Passive) Why is the box not be taken?
Kalimat pasif yang menggunakan impersonal it.
Impersonal it digunakan untuk membuat kalimat aktif menjadi kalimat pasif yang menggunakan subyek berupa : people, everybody dan everyone yang diikuti oleh that clause
(Active) People say that number thirteen is unlucky. (Passive) It is said that number thirteen is unlucky.
(Active) Everyone knows that he is a kind man.
(Passive) It is known that he is a kind man.
Beberapa kata kerja yang termasuk dalam bentuk ini adalah consider, know, think believe, say, find, report, acknowledge, dsb.
Bentuk kalimat pasif dari Gerund
Gerund yang diletakkan setelah kata kerja : need, require, want, mengandung arti pasif.
(Active) The flowers need watering. (Passive) The garden needs to be watered
(Active) The pants want mending
(Passive) The pants want to be mended================================================================================================
Dan berikut latihan soal materi Passive Voice yang bisa dikerjakan unuk lebih mendalami pemahaman anda. Ada dua puluh soal yang bisa dikerjakan, hanya tinggal klik pada pilihan jawaban yang benar. Skor dan kunci jawaban akan tersedia pada akhir soal setelah menyelesaikan semuanya.
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