Active: I write a short story (Saya menulis Cerpen) Passive : A short story is written by me (Cerpen ditulis oleh saya) Selanjutnya, untuk mengetahui rumus Passive Voice dalam 16 Tenses, silahkan ikuti tautan-tautan berikut ini :. Rumus Passive Voice dalam Simple Present Tense; Rumus Passive Voice dalam Simple Past Tense
Oneof my easiest cases involved the famous singers Kareena Kapadia and Bobby Dylan. Both women liked jewellery, especially pearls. Although we had never met, we were all travelling on the same train, along with Professor Grahamarian and Harumi Kaga, the famous chef. I was drinking a cup of tea when I was summoned to solve a little mystery. Bobby was in the lounge carriage
Activeand Passive Voice Examples with Answers and Definitions Active Passive Voice Active Voice and Passive Voice, which are often quite complex for all students in the process of learning English, are known as a grammatical subject that you can easily overcome by regular work and practice, contrary to popular belief.
TypeI: When what is used as the subject of a WH question: Like â Active â What motivates you? In this sentence, 'What' plays the role of the subject. (Like - Subject + Verb + Object = What + Verb + Object) To turn it into a passive voice we have to follow the same steps as we did in case of âwhoâ . Step 1: As usual, use the object of active as the subject of passive.
ActivePassive, Transitive and Intransitive Verb, Tenses, & Modal Auxiliaries. Active voice is used when a subject does an action to an object. Example: Rick stole my playstation. The passive voice is used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the object of a sentence rather than subject.
berikut satuan ukuran memori yang paling kecil adalah. Download this explanation in PDF here. See all my exercises about the passive here. An active sentence like I drank two cups of coffee has the subject first the person or thing that does the verb, followed by the verb, and finally the object the person or thing that the action happens to. So, in this example, the subject is 'I', the verb is 'drank' and the object is 'two cups of coffee'. But, we don't always need to make sentences this way. We might want to put the object first, or perhaps we don't want to say who did something. This can happen for lots of reasons see the explanation further down the page. In this case, we can use a passive, which puts the object first Two cups of coffee were drunk we can add 'by me' if we want, but it isn't necessary. How to make the Passive in English We make the passive by putting the verb 'to be' into whatever tense we need and then adding the past participle. For regular verbs, we make the past participle by adding 'ed' to the infinitive. So play becomes played. Click here to learn about irregular verbs. TenseActivePassive present simple I make a cake. A cake is made by me. present continuous I am making a cake. A cake is being made by me. past simple I made a cake. A cake was made by me. past continuous I was making a cake. A cake was being made by me. present perfect I have made a cake. A cake has been made by me. pres. perf. continuous I have been making a cake. A cake has been being made by me. past perfect I had made a cake. A cake had been made by me. future simple I will make a cake. A cake will be made by me. future perfect I will have made a cake. A cake will have been made by me. Practise with these exercises Verbs with two objects Some verbs that have two objects can make two different active sentences, and so two different passive sentences too GiveActive He gave me the book / He gave the book to me. You can choose either of the two objects to be the subject of the passive sentence. Passive I was given the book by him/ The book was given to me by him. Other verbs like this are ask, offer, teach, tell, lend, promise, sell, throw. Try an exercise about this hereThe passive in subordinate clauses You can make the passive in a subordinate clause that has a subject and a normal conjugated verb. This is really the same as a normal passive. Active I thought that Mary had kissed John. Passive I thought that John had been kissed by Mary. Active He knew that people had built the church in 1915. Passive He knew that the church had been built in 1915. You can also make the passive using a passive gerund or a passive infinitive in the same place as a normal gerund or infinitive. The child loves being cuddled. She would like to be promoted. Try an exercise about this here When should we use the Passive? 1 When we want to change the focus of the sentence The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. We are more interested in the painting than the artist in this sentence 2 When who or what causes the action is unknown or unimportant or obvious or 'people in general' He was arrested obvious agent, the police. My bike has been stolen unknown agent. The road is being repaired unimportant agent. The form can be obtained from the post office people in general. 3 In factual or scientific writing The chemical is placed in a test tube and the data entered into the computer. 4 In formal writing instead of using someone/ people/ they these can be used in speaking or informal writing The brochure will be finished next month. 5 In order to put the new information at the end of the sentence to improve style Three books are used regularly in the class. The books were written by Dr. Bell. 'Dr. Bell wrote the books' sound clumsy 6 When the subject is very long I was surprised by how well the students did in the test. More natural than 'how well the students did in the test surprised me'
Active and Passive forms We listed active and passive forms in the following table. We used the phrase I drive and put this phrase into the most common tenses. Active Simple Forms Simple Present I drive Simple Past I drove Present Perfect I have driven Past Perfect I had driven will-future I will drive Future Perfect I will have driven Conditional I would drive Conditional Perfect I would have driven Active Progressive/Continuous Forms Present Progressive I am driving Past Progressive I was driving Present Perfect Progressive I have been driving Past Perfect Progressive I had been driving will-future Progressive I will be driving Future Perfect Progressive I will have been driving Conditional Progressive I would be driving Conditional Perfect Progressive I would have been driving Passive Simple Forms Simple Present I am driven Simple Past I was driven Present Perfect I have been driven Past Perfect I had been driven will-future I will be driven Future Perfect I will have been driven Conditional I would be driven Conditional Perfect I would have been driven Passive Progressive/Continuous Forms Present Progressive I am being driven Past Progressive I was being driven Present Perfect Progressive* I have been being driven Past Perfect Progressive* I had been being driven will-future Progressive* I will be being driven Future Perfect Progressive* I will have been being driven Conditional Progressive* I would be being driven Conditional Perfect Progressive* I would have been being driven * Tenses which are rarely used in everyday conversation. Explanation Passive â Summary Active â Passive one word Active â Passive one sentence Active sentence â Passive sentence two objects by-agent Questions in Passive Personal Passive â Impersonal Passive Verbs with prepositions in Passive
In this post, we will learn how to use the Past Perfect passive voice and how to change the active voice into the passive voice of the Past Perfect tense. The Past Perfect tense is usually used to refer to an action in the past that took place prior to a certain time in the past or a past action. When to use the active voice in the Past perfect tense? We write sentences in the active voice of the Past perfect tense when we want to focus on the person/people who had performed an action in the past before another action or time. Structure Subject + had + past participle V3 + object Subject = the doer of the action Object = the receiver of the action Examples She had finished the project before the deadline came. The judge had dismissed the matter when it came to my notice. In these examples, we are focusing on the person/people who had performed the action in the past. When to use the passive voice in the Past perfect tense? Sentences are written in the Past Perfect tense passive voice when we want to focus on the receiver of the action when we want to talk about what or whom the doer of the action had acted upon. And since we shift the focus to the object of the verb from the subject the doer of the action, the object becomes the subject, and the subject doer becomes an irrelevant or less important entity in a sentence, and therefore; it is usually not mentioned in the sentence. Structure Object of the verb + had been + past participle V3 + by + subject doer The object of the verb = the subject of a passive sentence Examples The project had been completed by her before the deadline came. The matter had been dismissed by the judge when it came to my notice. Active voiceSubject doerhadV3object receiverPassive voiceobject receiverhad + beenV3by + subjectdoer Active I had paid the money. focusing on the doer of the action Iâ Passive The money had been paid by me.focusing on the object that the action was acted upon the money Note that we, generally, donât add the doer of the action to the sentence as it is not important to the meaning of the sentence or is already understood. But itâs completely your choice to do so. Active to passive voice in the Past Perfect tense Changing active voice into passive voice in the Past Perfect tense Active We had trained them They had been trained well by us. Active Some people had followed her to the She had been followed to the office by some people. Active The teacher had thrown us out of the We had been thrown out of the class by the teacher. Active They had copied all my All my answers had been copied by them. Active Someone had stolen my car before I reached My car had been stolen by someone before I reached home. Active The police had arrested He had been arrested by the police. Active His parents had warmed him before he did the He had been warned by his parents before he did the crime. Active She had saved my family from those My family had been saved from those people by her. Negative sentences Active and voice voice Active voiceSubject hadnotV3objectPassive voiceObjecthad + beennotV3by + subject optional Active He had not invited me to the I had not been invited to the party by him. Active Sam hadnât helped us at We hadnât been helped at all by Sam. Active We had not recorded the The video had not been recorded by us. Active She hadnât bought anything at the Nothing had been bought at the store by her. NOTE If anything is the object of the verb in the active voice of a negative sentence, it will change to nothing in the passive voice. Interrogative sentences Active and passive voice Active voiceQuestion words if anyhadsubjectV3object?Passive voiceQuestion wordshadobjectbeen + V3by + subject? Examples Active Had you called me?Passive Had I been called by you? Active Had he not helped you with your assignment?Passive Had you not been helped with your assignment by him? Active Had they contacted you for the class?Passive Had you been contacted for the class by them? Active Where had she invested the money?Passive Where had the money been invested by her? Active Why had you sold the car? Passive Why had the car been sold by you? Active What had you taken before lunch?Passive What had been taken before lunch by you? Practice! Nobody had helped me in my tough times. My friends had supported my family. Some people had attacked his wife. Where had he taken the money from? Had they called her? How had you done that? Everyone had mocked me for my pronunciation. They hadnât released the movie before the end. Somebody had deposited a lot of money into my account. I had not caught the train. Answers I had not been helped in my tough times by anyone. My family had been supported by my friends. His wife had been attacked by some people. Where had the money been taken from by him? Had she been called by them? How had that been done by you? I had been mocked for my pronunciation by everyone. The movie hadnât been released before the end. A lot of money had been deposited into my account by someone. The train had not been caught by me. Now, we know everything about compound subjects. Feel free to share your question, doubt, or feedback in the comment section, and also, share the post with the people that need it. For one-on-one classes, contact me at [email protected]. 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Before knowing the formula below, let us first understand the meaning of Active and Passive sentences, as well as any type of sentence that can be changed either from active to passive or from passive to active. This is important, because not all sentences can be changed or back and forth. To shorten the time, we just see the following explanation ACTIVE VOICE Active Voice is a type of sentence in which the subject acts as the actor of an action Who does what. If in ordinary Indonesian use the formula prefix and suffix âMe / me-kan / ter / ber / memper-kan, etc,â eat, read, play, etc.. Example Jessica S drank P a glass coffee O Rico S is crying P PASSIVE VOICE It is a sentence where the object is subjected to an action by the subject what is done. If in ordinary Indonesian use âDi / di-kan / ter-i, ectâ eaten, read, played, etc.. Example A glass coffee O was drunk P by Jessica S The house O has been built P Information Sentences that can be changed from the active to the passive form and vice versa are only verbal expressions that have subject and direct object elements, called transitive verbs, like example number 1 of each of the above. Please remember yes, direct object is not an indirect object. For sentences with an arrangement like example number 2 without direct object in active sentence and without subject in passive sentence, called intransitive verb, can not be changed / reversed. After understanding the above understanding, we just see the formula of its use in the following 16 tenses SIMPLE PAST TENSE Formula Active S + V2 + O Passive O + was / were + verb 3 + by + S Example Active Johan wrote a letter. Passive A letter was written by Johan. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE Formula Active S + was / were + V1 + ing + O Passive O + was / were + being + verb 3 + by + S Example Active Tania was cooking those martabaks in the kitchen. Passive Those martabaks were being cooked by Tania in the kitchen. PAST PERFECT TENSE Formula Active S + had + verb 3+ O Passive O + had + been + verb 3 + by + S Example Active Ruhut had fixed his problem yesterday. Passive Ruhutâs problem had been fixed by him yesterday. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE Formula Active S + had + been + V1 + ing + O Passive O + had + been + being + verb 3 + by + S Example Active Tika has been playing piano since 1 hour ago. Passive The piano had been being played by Tika since 1 hour ago. PAST FUTURE TENSE Formula Active S + would + verb 1+ O Passive O + would be + verb 3 + by + S Example Active I would buy the new shoes. Passive The new shoes would be bought by me. PAST FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE Formula Active S + would + be + V1 + ing + O Passive O + would + be + being + verb 3 + by + S Example Active Rama would be calling Shinta for long time. Passive Shinta would be being called by Rama for long time. PAST FUTURE PERFECT TENSE Formula Active S + would + have + verb 3+ O Passive O + would + have been + verb 3 + by + S Example Active Alisa would have sent the gift- if she knew your house. Passive The gift would have been sent by Alisa- if she knew your house. PAST FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE Formula Active S + would + have been + V1 + ing + O Passive O + would + have been + be + verb 3 + by + S Example Active They would have been opening the shop- before their boss came. Passive The shop would have been opened by them before their boss came. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Formula Active S + verb 1 / verb 1-s / es + O Passive O + am / is / are + verb 3 + by + S Example Active My mom sells the foods and beverages. Passive The foods and beverages are sold by my mom. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE Formula Active S + Am / is / are + V1 + ing + O Passive O + am / is / are + being + verb 3 + by + S Example Active The computer is processing the document. Passive The document is being processed by the computer. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE Formula Active S + will + verb 1+ O Passive O + will + be + verb 3 + by + S Example Active We will spend our time-for learning English. Passive Our time will be spent by us- for learning English. FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE Formula Active S + will + be + V1 + ing + O Passive O + will + be + being + verb 3 + by + S Example Active The students will be finishing their homework â if they have been at the school. Passive The homework will be at the school. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Formula Active S + have / has + verb 3+ O Passive O + have / has + been + verb 3+ by + S Example Active I have swept my houseâs floors. Passive My houseâs floors have been swept by me. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE Formula Active S + have / has + been + V1 + ing + O Passive O + have / has + been + being + verb 3 + by + S Example Active Jarwo has been watching the TV- since 5 hours ago. Passive The TV has been watched by Jarwo- since 5 hours ago. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE Formula Active S + will + have + verb 3+ O Passive O + will + have + been + verb 3 + by + S Example Active I will have submitted my assignment- on Monday next week. Passive My assignment will have been submitted by on Monday next week. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE Formula Active S + will + have + been + V1 + ing + O Passive O + will + have + been + being + verb 3 + by + S Example Active Google will have been releasing Android newest version-next year. Passive The newest Android version will have been released by Google- next year. So explanation of active and passive voice. I can convey, hopefully can be easily understood and hopefully useful. 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Take a sentence like âI want ice cream now.â Itâs clear and straightforwardâyou know immediately that the subject, I, wants an object, ice cream. Now, recast this sentence, flipping it so that the object is in the position of the subject âIce cream is wanted by me now.â It isnât just longer, but itâs also more detached, roundabout, and a little awkward, too. Those two sentences are examples of the active voice and the passive voice. Certain kinds of writing are best suited for the active voice, while the passive voice is most appropriate for other kinds of writing. Understanding how, when, and why to use each is key to being an effective writer and speaker. Hereâs a tip Want to make sure your writing shines? Grammarly can check your spelling and save you from grammar and punctuation mistakes. It even proofreads your text, so your work is extra polished wherever you write. What is active voice, what is passive voice, and what are their different functions? In the active voice, the subject is performing an action The dog chases the ball. Notice how the subject, dog, is performing the action, chase, on the target of the action, ball. This is a simple, direct example of the active voice. In the passive voice, the actionâs target, ball, is positioned first as the focus of the sentence. The sentence gets flipped, and the subject is now being acted upon by the verb. In other words, the subject is passive The ball is being chased by the dog. Active and passive are the two grammatical voices in English. Neither is inherently better than the other, but each is suited to certain types of writing. Thereâs a reason why news anchors sound detached from the stories theyâre reporting They often speak using the passive voice. Thereâs also a reason why the authors of opinion pieces sound so sure of their positions They usually write in the active voice. Although the idea of teachers telling their students to avoid the passive voice is repeated so frequently that it feels like a trope, the truth is that the passive voice does have its applications. Weâll get into those later. For now, letâs look at how to recognize the active voice and the passive voice in your writing and in othersâ work. Active voice As weâve learned, in the active voice, the sentenceâs subject performs the action. Here are two examples of sentences in the active voice Shira likes birdwatching. She loves twilight. No matter what verb you use, structuring your sentence so the subject performs the verb is writing in the active voice. The active voice has a direct, clear tone. Use it when you want the reader to focus on the subject of your sentence and the action it is doing rather than on the actionâs target. Passive voice In the passive voice, the actionâs target is the focus, and the verb acts upon the subject. Or, to put it in the passive voice, the subject is acted upon by the verb. Every sentence in the passive voice contains two verbs A conjugated form of âto beâ The main verbâs past participle Take a look at the previous examples, now written in passive voice Birdwatching is liked by Shira. Twilight is loved by her. Notice how the targets of the actionâalso the direct objects of the sentencesâare now the focus. The sentences now contain a conjugated form of âto beâ is and the main verbâs past participle liked and loved. Often, sentences in the passive voice are longer than sentences in the active voice simply because they have to include additional words like prepositions. Take a look at this sentence in the passive voice Summer break is [conjugated form of âto beâ] loved [past participle of the main verb] by [preposition] my friends. However, sentences written in the passive voice donât necessarily need a preposition. Take a look at the example sentences below The check was paid. He will be remembered. The Philippines is known for its marine biodiversity. The passive voice has a subtler tone than the active voice has. Sometimes your writing needs this tone, like when you want your reader to focus on the action being described or the actionâs target rather than on who or what is performing the action. This is why the passive voice is used in lab reportsâit conveys scientific objectivity by minimizing the focus on the doer of the action. Active and passive voice usage Although you may have been told that writing in the passive voice is âbad writing,â itâs actually more nuanced than that. For most of the writing you do, like emails, blog posts, and many kinds of essays, the active voice is a more effective way to communicate the ideas, themes, and facts youâre expressing. In certain kinds of writing, though, the passive voice is necessary. Think about how news reports about crime and incidents are usually written and delivered A car was broken into on Elm Street last night. Cash was stolen from the register. In these kinds of reports, the passive voice is used to emphasize the action that occurred rather than the individual or group who committed the action, often because the perpetrator isnât known or hasnât yet been found guilty of the offense. There are other kinds of writing where the action itself, rather than the doer of the action, is the primary focus. These include scientific and, in some cases, historical reports. These use the passive voice to keep the readerâs focus on what has happened or is happening. Here are a few examples The rats were placed into the maze. The governor was inaugurated at the statehouse. Notice how in both of these sentences, the doer of the action isnât mentioned. Thatâs because itâs either implied or irrelevant. In the first example, the scientist performing the experiment is the one who placed the rats in the maze. In the second, those conducting the inauguration ceremony arenât relevant to whatâs being expressed in the sentence. How to change passive voice to active voice After you finish your first draft, read it. You might even want to read it aloud and listen to how it sounds. By reading and listening to your own work, you can catch awkward sentences and unclear phrasing and mark them as points to revise in your next draft. Youâll also hear where you used the active and passive voices and how they shift your workâs tone as a whole. Letâs say youâve detected a few instances of the passive voice in your argumentative essay More flexible scheduling options are deserved by students. Significant amounts of tuition are paid to the university every year, and many feel the level of service being paid for by students is not being received. See how these sentences feel like theyâre dancing around the topic at hand rather than addressing it head-on? The writer isnât making a particularly persuasive argument, but they can make their writing far more impactful by changing it to the active voice. Sentence-by-sentence, identify who or what is performing the action, and make that the subject when you rewrite it. In the first sentence, make students the subject, since thatâs who is performing the action. The main verb in this sentence is deserve, and the target is more flexible scheduling options, which will become the direct object in your new sentence. With these identified, restructure the sentence so the subject is now directly performing the verb. In the active voice, this sentence would read like this Students deserve more flexible scheduling options. See how this version gets right to the point? It makes the writer sound more confident too, which is a priority in argumentative writing. Letâs try changing the second sentence to the active voice, which also allows us to condense Students pay a significant amount of tuition to the university every year, and many feel they arenât receiving the level of service theyâre paying for. As you can see from the compound sentence above, you can write any kind of sentence in the active or passive voice as long as the sentence has a transitive verb. Whether itâs a simple or complex sentence or even a compound-complex sentence, you can dramatically alter your tone by simply reworking its structure. If you arenât sure whether a sentence is active or passive based on how it sounds, use the rules we outlined above to identify the two voices in your work. The biggest clue you have a passive voice sentence on your hands will be a form of âto beâ followed by a past participle was requested or will be missed. Not every passive voice sentence says who is performing the action, but if it does, youâll see a preposition next to it by zombies or by my brother. You can use either voice when youâre paraphrasing a longer work. Sometimes, such as in cases where youâre paraphrasing a scientific article, youâll need to use the passive voice in your paraphrased version. In others, you might actually make the original clearer by paraphrasing in the active voice. Active and passive voice examples Take a look at these examples of both the active and passive voices in action Active Is Ajani visiting us today? Passive Will we be visited by Ajani today? As you see, questions can be written in either voice. Other kinds of sentences, like exclamatory and imperative sentences, are often best written in the active voice Active Please remove your shoes before entering my house. Passive Shoes should be removed before entering my house. Active Lock the door! Passive Let the door be locked! See how with the first pair, the passive voice makes the request feel more like a suggestion? In the second pair, the passive voice makes the message sound stilted and formal rather than an urgent exclamation. Now take a look at these two examples Active I poured the solution into the beaker and heated it to 100â. Passive The solution was poured into the beaker and heated to 100â. Active and passive voice FAQs What is active voice, what is passive voice, and whatâs the difference? In the active voice, the sentenceâs subject performs the action on the actionâs target. In the passive voice, the target of the action is the main focus, and the verb acts upon the subject. There are numerous differences between the two grammatical voices, but the most important is that the active voice is clearer and more direct, while the passive voice is subtler and can feel more detached. When should you use active vs. passive voice? Use the active voice in any sentence that focuses on the doer of the action. Unless the majority of your writing is scientific or reporting incidents involving unknown perpetrators, most of the sentences you write should be in the active voice. The passive voice is meant for sentences where you need to emphasize the target of an action or the action itself rather than who or what is performing the verb. How do you change passive voice to active? To change the passive voice to the active voice, determine who is actually performing the action in the sentence, then restructure the sentence so that the performer is the focus, clearly performing the verb upon the sentenceâs direct object. Passive Salsa dancing has always been loved by our community. Active Our community has always loved salsa dancing. Hereâs a tip You donât have to guess whether youâre using certain words correctly or breaking grammar rules in your writing. 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16 tenses active and passive voice
