Explain Passive voice

1. Marsono, S.Pd

2. PASSIVE VOICE
What are you going to learn?
1. When to Use Passive Voice
2. Structure of Passive Verbs
3. Passive Verbs in Tenses

3. WHEN DO WE USE PASSIVE VOICE?
You might use it in following cases:
•The actor is unknown The fossils were formed in those areas
(we don’t know the actor)
•The actor is irrelevant The new apartment is built near the
mall (we are not interested in who is the actor)
•You want to be vague about who is responsible Mistake was
made in the process.

4. WHEN DO WE USE PASSIVE VOICE?
• You are talking about a general truth
The guidelines are made to be obeyed
• You want to emphasize the person or thing acted on The
technology was first developed in the end of 1990.
• You are writing in a scientific genre The sodium hydroxide
was dissolved in the water.

5. STRUCTURE OF PASSIVE VERBS
ACTIVE
e.g. eats
i.e. verb
PASSIVE
is eaten
be + p.p.
Note: “be” is changed according to:
• The tense of the sentence
• The number (singular/plural) of the subject of the sentence.

6. PASSIVE VERBS IN TENSES
Present Tenses
Tenses Simple Simple
Simple eats is eating
Continuous is eaten is being eaten
Perfect has eaten has been eaten

7. PASSIVE VERBS IN TENSES
Past Tenses
Tenses Simple Simple
Past Simple eat was eaten
Simple was eating was eating
Continuous had eaten had been eaten

8. PASSIVE VERBS IN TENSES
Future Tenses
Tenses Simple Simple
Simple will eat will be eaten

9. FILL THIS BLANK WITH TRUE ANSWER!!!
1. Shabrina (buy) ... the house now. (Make a passive voice with buy)
2. The student (give) ... the work home, yesterday. (Make a passive voice with give)
3. The plate (wash) ... by my handmaiden. (Make a passive voice with wash)
4. Active Voice: Tiago is listening Japan music. Passive voice : ...
5. Active Voice : Farikha resembles flower with this actress. Passive voice : ...
6. Active Voice : Wildan painted your house yesterday. Passive voice: ...
7. Active Voice : Disease will attack him. Passive voice :
8. Active Voice : Rudy have repaired your motor cycle. Passive voice : .
9. Active Voice : Aminah wears unique jacket. Passive voice : ...
10. Active Voice : Indana have brought a good bag. Passive voice : ...

10. FILL THIS BLANK WITH TRUE ANSWER!!!
11. Active Voice : You and I will kill Netherland soldiers. Passive voice : ...
12. Active Voice : Rahma Farida gave a flower to me in front of this class. Passive voice : ...
13. Active Voice : Romeo will visit Juliet next week. Passive voice : ...
14. Active Voice : Narendra was listening a good song yesterday morning. Passive voice : ....
15. Active Voice : Lindsay pulled the door until broken last week. Passive voice : ...
16. Active Voice : I hears the radio every night. Passive voice : ...
17. Active Voice : We saw this movie last night at bioscope. Passive voice : ...
18. Active Voice : They will play badminton next week. Passive voice : ...
19. Active Voice : Samsuri is singing a song in radio now. Passive voice : ...
20. Active Voice : Rudi will kick this ball tomorrow. Passive voice : ...

11. FILL THIS BLANK WITH TRUE ANSWER!!!
21. Active Voice : We have tried this game last Sunday. Passive voice : ...
22. Active Voice : Indana was listening music at 7 o’clock last night. Passive voice : ...
23. Active Voice : They had invented something in our land. Passive voice : ...
24. Active Voice : Yusuf will take fruit tomorrow. Passive voice : ...
25. Active Voice : You were pulling this door last night at 8 o’clock. Passive voice : ...
26. Active Voice : Syahriansyah has read my book last time. Passive voice : ...
27. Active Voice : Aminah will cry her activity next hours. Passive voice : ...
28. Active Voice :They are discussing something in front of us. Passive voice: ...
29. Active Voice : Soldiers will not say something behind us. Passive voice : ...
30. Active Voice : Ridwan have drawn house in New York City. Passive voice : ...

12. Thank You