Active and Passive voice
Active and Passive voice
Grammar: Active and Passive voice The formula of active voice is a common structure of a sentence; it should consist of subject, verb and object. If we want to change the structure into passive voice, we should change some of the elements in the sentence. The formula both of the voices are shown below:
Active voice
S + V + O + adjective/adverb
Examples of the sentences
1. Agus gives Rany a present in her birthday.
2. They punched the thief yesterday.
3. You wrote application letter for our company.
4. Andy kicks the ball.
Passive voice
S + to be + VIII + by + O + Adjective/adverb
Examples of the sentences
1. The ball is kicked by Andy.
2. Rany is given a present in her birthday by Agus.
3. The thief was punched by them yesterday.
4. Application letter was written by me for your company.
In passive voice, there is also positive, negative and interrogative form of the sentence. The form is like the common formula. The example as follow:
Positive
Interrogative
1. The boy is accompanied by his family.
1. Is the boy accompanied by his family?
2. The tiger is killed by the hunter.
2. Is the tiger killed by the hunter?
3. They are leaved by the teacher.
3. Are they leaved by the teacher?
4. We are cheated by the officer.
4. Are the cheated by the officer?
5. The garden is cleaned by Lisa.
5. Is the garden cleaned by Lisa?
Negative
Who – question
1. The boy is not accompanied by his family.
1.Who is accompanied the boy?
2. The tiger is not killed by the hunter.
2. Who is killed the tiger?
3. They are not leaved by the teacher.
3. Who are leaved by the teacher?
4. We are not cheated by the officer.
4. Who are the cheated to us?
5. The garden is not cleaned by Lisa.
5. Who is cleaned the garden?
NOTE :
Tenses
Patterns
Simple present
Am / are / is + Past participle (VIII)
Present continuous
Am / are / is being +
Grammar: Active and Passive voice The formula of active voice is a common structure of a sentence; it should consist of subject, verb and object. If we want to change the structure into passive voice, we should change some of the elements in the sentence. The formula both of the voices are shown below:
Active voice
S + V + O + adjective/adverb
Examples of the sentences
1. Agus gives Rany a present in her birthday.
2. They punched the thief yesterday.
3. You wrote application letter for our company.
4. Andy kicks the ball.
Passive voice
S + to be + VIII + by + O + Adjective/adverb
Examples of the sentences
1. The ball is kicked by Andy.
2. Rany is given a present in her birthday by Agus.
3. The thief was punched by them yesterday.
4. Application letter was written by me for your company.
In passive voice, there is also positive, negative and interrogative form of the sentence. The form is like the common formula. The example as follow:
Positive
Interrogative
1. The boy is accompanied by his family.
1. Is the boy accompanied by his family?
2. The tiger is killed by the hunter.
2. Is the tiger killed by the hunter?
3. They are leaved by the teacher.
3. Are they leaved by the teacher?
4. We are cheated by the officer.
4. Are the cheated by the officer?
5. The garden is cleaned by Lisa.
5. Is the garden cleaned by Lisa?
Negative
Who – question
1. The boy is not accompanied by his family.
1.Who is accompanied the boy?
2. The tiger is not killed by the hunter.
2. Who is killed the tiger?
3. They are not leaved by the teacher.
3. Who are leaved by the teacher?
4. We are not cheated by the officer.
4. Who are the cheated to us?
5. The garden is not cleaned by Lisa.
5. Who is cleaned the garden?
NOTE :
Tenses
Patterns
Simple present
Am / are / is + Past participle (VIII)
Present continuous
Am / are / is being +
References: 1. Simple Present Tense. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/simple_past.htm. Accessed on February 21, 2013. 2. The Passive Voice. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm. Accessed on January 26, 2014. 3. Active/Passive Voice. http://www.towson.edu/ows/activepass.htm. Accessed on February 12, 2014. 4. Levin, Beth. (1993). English Verb Classes and Alternations: A Preliminary Investigation. London:The University of Chicago Press, Ltd. 5. Intransitive Verb. http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Intransitive_verb.html. Accessed on February 12, 2014. bu wilma mint tlong ap judl buku(pdf) tentang compound adjective,kbetulan saya lg garap skripsi tntg itu,atw ada info terkait tlong sms ke (0856********) atw ke alamat email saya.trimkasih bu Reply