Apa itu passive voice? Passive voice dalam bahasa indonesia dikenal dengan nama kalimat pasif . Kalimat aktif dan kalimat pasif memiliki beberapa perbedaan yang sangat mendasar . Bila pada kalimat aktif subjek kalimat ( orang ) melakukan pekerjaan , sedangkan dalam kalimat pasif subjek bukanlah pelaku pekerjaan melainkan objek . Active : S + Verb/Modal+ O Passive: S + Verb/Modal+ O
Kalimat pasif dalam bahasa indonesia dapat dengan mudah dibentuk yaitu hanya dengan menambahkan awalan di - di depan kata kerja . Contohnya : Aktif : adik menendang bola. Pasif : bola ditendang adik . Tetapi dalam bahasa inggris terdapat cara yang sedikit berbeda untuk merubah kalimat aktif menjadi kalimat pasif . Kita harus merubah beberapa bentuk kata kerjanya dan menambahkan to be di depannya . Contohnya : Aktif : My brother kicks the ball. Passive : The ball is kicked by My brother.
Kapan kita menggunakan passive voice?
Passive voice digunakan jika kita hanya ingin fokus pada kejadian bukan pada siapa yang melakukannya . Active : The man is kicking the ball now. Passive: The ball is being kicked now. / The ball is being kicked by the man now.
Passive voice digunakan untuk menghindari suatu subject yang semu (someone, somebody) Active : Someone hit the mirror last night. Passive: The mirror was hit last night. / The mirror was hit by someone last night.
Note: Dalam bahasa inggris terdapat beberapa kata kerja yang bisa memiliki 2 object, seperti : Teach, pay, give, ask, tell, show, offer. Active : Mr. Aldo teaches me Math. Passive : I am tough Math by Mr. Aldo. / Math is tough by Mr. Aldo to me.
Pola-pola passive voice. Secara umum pola passive voice bisa dibagi menjadi 4 yaitu : Present passive voice, Past passive voice, Future passive voice, dan Modal auxiliary passive voice
Present passive voice. Simple present tense Active : Budi writes a letter. Passive : A letter is written by Budi. (S + V1(s/ es ) +O) (S + am/is/are + V3)
Present continuous Active : Servant is cleaning the floor. Passive: The floor are being cleaned by the servant. (S + To be + Ving + O) (S + is/am/are + being + V3)
Present perfect tense Active : Someone has written the letter. Passive : The letter has been written by someone. (S + has/have + V3 + o) (S + has/have + been + V3)
Present perfect continuous Active : We have been helping the poor people Passive : The poor people have been being helped by us. (S + have/has + been + Ving + O) (S + have/has + been + being + V3)
Past passive voice Simple past Active : I ate fried rice yesterday. Passive : Fried rice was eaten by me yesterday. (S + V2 + O) (S + was/were + V3)
Past continuous Active : The boys were painting the wall. Passive : The wall were being painted by the boys. (S + To be + Ving + O) (S + was/were + being + V3)
Past perfect Active : We had watched Titanic movie. Passive : Titanic movie had been watched by us. (S + had + V3 + O) (S + had + been + V3)
Past perfect continuous Active : The man had been cutting by the grass. Passive : The grass had been being cut by the man. (S + had + been + Ving + O) (S + had + been + being + V3)
Future Passive Voice Simple future Active : Maggie will wash the car. Passive : the car will be washed by Maggie. (S + will + V1 + O) (S + will + be + V3)
Future continuous Active: Andre will be collecting the paper. Passive: The paper will be being collected by Andre. (S + will + be + Ving + O) (S + will + be + being + V3)
Future perfect Active: John will have sold the car. Passive : The car will have been sold by John. (S + will + have + V3 + O) (S + will + have + been + V3)
Future perfect continuous Active : Michael will have been presenting final project. Passive: Final project will have been being presented by Michael. (S + will + have + been + Ving + O) (S + will + have + been + being + V3)
Modal auxiliary Passive Voice Modal auxiliary terdiri dari Can-Could, May-Might, Will-Would, Shall-Should, Must dan Ought to. Active : The woman can answer the question Passive : The question can be answered by the woman. (S + modals + V1+ O) (S + Modal + be + V3)