This document contains information about a letter that was presented by several students, including their names and student IDs. It discusses the basic competencies of applying social functions, text structures, and linguistic elements to spoken and written transactional texts involving giving and asking for information, with a focus on the passive voice. It then defines passive voice, discusses its uses in both everyday conversation and more formal contexts, and provides examples of passive voice forms and how to change sentences from active to passive voice.

1. A Letter is
Written
Presented by :
• Rahma Chairani
• Nurhaliza
• Rindiani
• Nara Nurdewanto (Leader)
• Nisrina Dwi Septiyani (Vice Leader)
• Rifkawati (Secretary)
11 SCIENCE 2
KD 3.5 4.5
PASSIVE VOICE

2. Basic Competence
3. 5 Applying social functions, text structures, and linguistic elements interaction texts
of spoken and written transactional involving the act of giving and asking for
information related to circumstances / actions / activities / events without the need to
mention the perpetrators in scientific texts, according to the context of their
use. (Pay attention to the linguistic elements of passive voice)
4.5 Compose spoken and written transactional interaction texts that involve the
act of giving and asking for information related to
circumstances/actions/activities/events without the need to mention the perpetrators
in scientific texts, taking into account social functions, text structure, and
linguistic elements involved. correct and in context

3. GLOSSARIUM
• Passive Voice : Kalimat Pasif
• Active Voice : Kalimat Aktif

4. In everyday life, you must often talk with
other people, right? Of course, in that
conversation, you or your partner use
sentences that contain such as written,
eaten, given, enacted, and so on as in the
following example:
Kent Fauzan: “Kenzie, look at that! The bread was eaten by Janita”
Kenzie: “No, the bread was not eaten by Janita, but the bread was
eaten by Mitha"
Kent Fauzan: “Wow, where do you know that?”
Kenzie: “Yeah I know it because it was informed by Janita hehe”

5. Well, the conversation that Kenzie and his friends had contained in
passive voice.
In this time, you will be invited to learn about spoken and written
interaction texts that involve the act of giving and asking for
information related to circumstances/actions/activities/events
without the need to mention the perpetrator (Passive Voice)

6. Definition of Passive Voice
01

7. Passive Voice
Active voice
a sentence whose subject is
doing work or doing an action.
a sentence whose subject is
subject to an action or activity.
The car is washed by
Dad once a week.
Dad washes the car
once a week.
S + V1 + O
S + to be+V3 + O

8. Uses
02

9. Uses of Passive Voice
#2. to convey a more
objective tone in news
reports
#1. to describe
processes
#3. more academic and other more
formal settings – letters, reports,
essays and lectures
Several people were
arrested. They will be held
in custody overnight.
After the tobacco leaves have
been picked, they are dried.
It is thought that the cause
of the sudden increase in …
#4. to show interest in the person or
object that experiences an action
rather than the person or object that
performs the action.
The road is being repaired.
#6. The passive voice
is often used in formal
texts
Our planet is wrapped in a
mass of gases.
#5. When we don't know or
do not want to express who
performed the action.
I noticed that a window had
been left open.

10. Forms
03

11. Passive Voice Forms
Subject + Aux is. Verbs + V3.
Aux Verb will change form based on the time of
occurrence which can be explained as follows:

12. Affirmative Negative Interrogative Negative
Interrogative
The house was built
in 1899.
The house wasn't
built in 1899.
Was the house built
in 1899?
Wasn't the house
built in 1899?
These houses were
built in 1899.
These houses
weren't built in
1899.
Were these houses
built in 1899?
Weren't these
houses built in
1899?

14. How to Change Active Voice to Passive Voice
04

15. • The basic formula of passive voice = to be (was,
were, is, am, are) + Verb 3.
Steps to change the active sentence into passive voice (Passive Voice) in the Simple
Present Tense
• 1. The object in the active sentence will become the Subject in the passive
sentence. (The subject becomes the object and vice versa)
• 2. (Verb 1) which we usually use in sentences in the active form changes to, to be
(am/is/are) + Verb 3 ( Verb 1 becomes to be ( is, am, are) + Verb 3)
Steps to change the active sentence into passive voice (Passive Voice) in Simple
Past Tense
• 1. The object in the active sentence will become the subject in the passive
sentence. (The subject becomes the object and vice versa)
• 2. (Verb 2) which we usually use in sentences in the active form changes to,
to be (was/were) + Verb 3 ( Verb 2 becomes to be (was, were) + Verb 3)
Step - steps to change the active sentence into passive voice (Passive Voice) in Simple Future Tense
• 1. The object in the active sentence will become the subject in the passive sentence. (The subject becomes
the object and vice versa)
• 2. The modal verb (will) and the first verb (verb 1) which we usually use in sentences in the active form,
turn into a modal verb (will) followed by to be (am/is/are) + Verb 3 ( Will + Verb 1 becomes Will + be +
Verb 3)

16. 05
Passive Voice In Texts

17. Bogor
Bogor is a city in northern Java Island, Indonesia. It is part of West Java
Province. Together with Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi, the
City is included in the Jabodetabek metropolitan area.
Bogor has been known as the 'Rain City' of Indonesia and 'Buitenzorg City'.
the City stretches across 118.5 km2 areas. Bogor is World famous for
its Bogor Botanical Garden, a Conservation site for several plants and
animals.
The City was born on June 3rd, 1482, when the Padjadjaran Kingdom existed
in West Java. You can see the city's Landmarks such as Tugu Kujang,
Batu Tulis Inscription, Cimahpar Integrated Conservation Offices,
Cikeas Lake, etc. Bogor City is surrounded by several Mounts like
Mount Gede, and Mount Halimun Salak.
Passive voice is widely used in several types of English
text such as explanation text and report text
How Earthquakes Happen
Earthquake is one of the natural disasters that destroy a certain area
the most. It recently happened in Tasikmalaya, West Java
Province.
Earthquakes are caused by sudden breaks of underground rock along a
fault. This sudden release of a huge amount of seismic waves
Energy. The ground will be shaken when it happens. When two
plates or two blocks of rock are rubbing against each other,
they will be stuck together. But, they don't slide smoothly.
The rocks are not moving but still pushing against each other. After
several times, the rocks will be broken due to all the pressure
that's built up. When those rocks break, earthquakes happen.
This is horrible and we have to maintain our Environment, so
there will be no earthquakes.
Passive Voice in Report
text:
Passive Voice in Explanation
text:
The use of passive voice in the text is
intended as a variation of sentence form and
affirmation of the sentence’s meaning, which
focuses more on explaining and describing
an event process.

18. Let’s
Practice!!

19. 1. They translated some old documents last week. What is the passive form of
this sentence?
A) Some old documents are translated by them last week.
B) Some old documents have been translated by them last week.
C) Some old documents were being translated by them last week.
D) Some old documents were translated by them last week.
E) Some old documents been translated by them last week.
2. The important email has been sent by my
secretary. What is the active form of this sentence?
A) My secretary was sending the important email
B) My secretary sends the important email
C) My secretary is sending the important email
D) My secretary has been sending the important
email
E) My secretary has sent the important email
3. We’ll be visiting our grandmother next week. What is
the passive form of this sentence?
A) Our grandmother will be being visited by us next week.
B) Our grandmother will be visited by us next week.
C) Our grandmother would be visited by us next week.
D) Our grandmother would be being visited by us next
week.
E) Our grandmother would have been visited by us next

20. Any
Question?

21. Thanks!