Passive Voice

Passive voice adalah kalimat yang subyeknya dikenai aksi dari kata kerjanya, atau kalimat yang menyatakan apa yang terjadi pada subyek kalimat, sedangkan kalimat aktif adalah kalimat yang menyatakan subyek kalimat melakukan apa. Dalam bahasa Indonesia  kalimat pasif diterjemahkan dengan menggunakan awalan di- atau ter-

FORM: SUBJECT + BE + THE PAST PARTICIPLE (V3)

Be dalam kalimat pasif menentukan jenis Tense dari kalimat tersebut.

The present tense (am, is , are)

The past tense (was, were)

Infinitive (be)

-ing form (being)

the past participle (been)

Contoh kalimat passive yang menggunakan kata kerja Drive (drive-drove-driven)

1.       The simple present tense

Subject + be (am/is/are) + the past participle

(active)                              Someone drives the car everyday

(passive)                           The car is driven everyday

(Passive Question)              Is the car driven everyday?

(Passive Negative)              The car is not driven everyday.

2.       The Simple Past tense

Subject + be (was/were) + the past participle

(active)                              Someone drove the car

(Passive)                           The car was driven

(Passive Question)              was the car driven?

(Passive Negative)              The car was not driven

3.       The simple future tense

Subject + will + be + the past participle

(active)                              Someone will drive the car

(Passive)                           The car will be driven

(Passive question)              Will the car be driven?

(Passive Negative)              The car will not be driven.

4.       The simple future tense

Subject + be (am/is/are) going to + be + the past participle

(active)                              Someone is going to drive the car

(pasiive)                            The car is going to be driven

(Passive question)              Is the car going to be driven?

(Passive Negative)              The car is not going to be driven

5.       The present continuous tense

Subject + be (am/is/are) + being + the past participle

(active)                               Someone is driving the car

(Passive)                            The car is being driven

(Passive question)              Is the car being driven?

(Passive Negative)             The car is not being driven

6.       The past continuous tense

Subject + be (was/were) + being + the past participle

(active)                               Someone was driving the car

(Passive)                            The car was being driven

(Passive question)              Was the car being driven?

(Passive Negative)              The car was not being driven

7.       The present perfect tense

Subject + has/heve + been + the past participle

(active)                              Someone has driven the car

(Passive)                           The car has been driven

(Passive Question)             Has the car been driven?

(Passive Negative)             The car has not been driven

8.       The past perfect tense

Subject + had + been + the past participle

(active)                             Someone had driven the car.

(passive)                           The car had been driven

(passive question)              Had the car been driven?        

(passive Negative)             The car had not been driven

9.       The future perfect tense

Subject + will have + been + the past participle

(active)                                Someone will have driven the car

(passive)                              The car will have been driven

(Passive question)               Will the car have been driven?

(Passive Negative)              The car will not have been driven

 Perubahan personal pronoun nya adalah sebagai berikut

Sebagai subyek	Sebagai objek
I	ME
YOU	YOU
WE	US
THEY	THEM
HE	HIM
SHE	HE
IT	IT