Passive Voice
merupakan suatu grammatical construction (bentuk
gramatikal) dimana subject kalimat tidak melakukan aksi,
melainkan menerima aksi atau ditindaklanjuti (receiver of action) oleh agent lain
(doer of action) baik disebutkan ataupun tidak.
pada konstruksi active, subjectberhubungan
langsung dengan verb dengan bertindak sebagai pelaku aksi. Kalimat
aktif dapat ditransformasi menjadi pasif, namun hanya transitive
verb(diikuti direct object)
yang dapat diberlakukan seperti itu
Present Tense
Contohnya Active
(S+V1) : Someone writes a letter
Passive
(to be +V3) : A letter is written by Lawrence
Note: jika subjectnya tidak penting maka
tidak usah dituliskan
Past Tense
Contohnya Active
(S+V2): Ani wrote a Letter
Passive(was/were
+V3): a letter was written by ani
Present Continuous
Contohnya Active(S+am/is/are+V.ing):
Danar is writing a letter
Passive(to
be+V3): a letter is being written by danar
Past Continuous
Contohnya Active(S+was/were+V.ing):
cila was writing a letter, when her father came
Passive(to
be +V3):a letter was being written by cila
Present Perfect
Contohnya Active(S+has/have+V3):vilo
has written a letter
Passive(to
be +V3): a letter has been written by vilo
Past Perfect
(S+Had+v3) gio
had written a letter
Future
(S+will/modals) koli
will write
