The document discusses the passive voice, including its formation using be + past participle, placing the complement at the beginning and subject after the verb preceded by by. It provides examples of active and passive sentences in different tenses. An exercise converts active sentences to passive and a test assesses passive voice knowledge.

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PASSIVE VOICE
Passive Voice
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2. Rini Pratiwi
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PASSIVE VOICE
MATERIAL
• Form of the passive be + past participle
In the passive, the object of an active verb becomes the subject of the
passive verb.
• Place the complement of the active sentence at the beginning of the
passive sentence.
• If there are any auxiliaries in the active sentence, place them
immediately after the new subject agreeing in number with the subject.
• Insert the verb be after the auxiliary or auxiliaries in the same form
as the main verb in the active sentence.
• Place the main verb from the active sentence after the auxiliaries
and be in the past participle.
• Place the subject of the active sentence after the verb in the passive
sentence preceded by the preposition by.
• Remember that in a passive sentence sometimes the actor is
unknown or unimportant. As a result, by can be eliminated completely.
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Tenses Active Passive
Simple present Mary helps John John is helped by Mary
Present
Progressive
Mary is helping John John is being helped by Mary
Present perfect Mary has helped John John has been helped by Mary
Simple past Mary was helped John John was helped by Mary
Past progressive Mary was helping John John was being helped by Mary
Past perfect Mary had helped John John had been helped by Mary
Simple future Mary will help John John will be helped by Mary
Be going to Mary is going to help John John is gong to be helped by
Mary
Future perfect Mary will have helped John John will have been helped by
Mary
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EXERCISE
Change the following sentences from active to passive voice.
1. Somebody calls the president every day.
The president is calls every day.
2. John is calling the other members
The other members are called by John
3. Martha was delivering the documents to the department.
The document were being delivered to the department by Martha
4. Clara will have received the papers by tomorrow
The papers will have been received by Clara tomorrow
5. The teacher should buy the supplies for this class
The supplies should be bought for this class by the teacher
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completely revised
was revised completely
is to be revised completely
is completely to revise
1. The TOEFL examination __________ by the year 2014
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influenced by his mother
influencing for his mother
influences by his mother
his mother influenced him
2. The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, was greatly _______,
who wanted him to study architecture.
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are producing
they are produced
are produced
they are producing
3. In the stringed instruments, the tones ________ by playing a bow
across a set of strings that may be made of wire or gut.
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