Materi Self Introduction SMA Kelas 10

 

PASSIVE VOICES

(To Be + V3)

Use of Passive

Passive Voice is used when the focus is on the action. The person or thing that did the action is not important or not known. We use ‘by’ with the passive if we want to identify who or what did the action.

 

Passive voice adalah suatu bentuk kalimat dimana subjek kalimat menerima aksi, bukan melakukan aksi. Tidak seperti active voice yang ocus terhadap pihak yang melakukan aksi (doer of action), bentuk ini lebih berfokus kepada pihak atau objek yang menerima hasil dari suatu aksi tersebut (receiver of action).

TENSES	ACTIVE VOICE	PASSIVE VOICE
SIMPLE PRESENT	He writes a letter	A letter is written by me
PRESENT CONT.	He is writing a letter	A letter is being written by him
SIMPLE PAST	He wrote a letter	A letter was written by him
SIMPLE FUTURE	He is going to write a letter	A letter is going to be written by him
	He will write a letter	A letter will be written by him
PR. PERFECT	He has written a letter	A letter has been written by him
PAST CONT.	He was writing a letter	A letter was being written by him
PAST PERFECT	He had written a letter	A letter had been written by him
FUTURE PERFECT	He will have written a letter	A letter will have been written by him
MODALS (can, may, must)	He can write a letter	A letter can be written by him

             

           EXERCISES :

          A.  Make Passive

           1. My mother helps Christina and Iwan.

               ...............................................................

            2. Harry is opening the window.

                ...............................................................

            3. She plays piano well.

               ................................................................

            4. The robber broke the window.

                 ..............................................................

             5. The postman has given us a letter.

                 .............................................................. 

EXPLANATION PASSIVE VOICE

(Present tense, Present Continuous, Past Tense)

PRESENT TENSE

1.  Somebody cleans the room every day.

         S            P            O        Adv. Time

            (Present Tense)

Passive voice is:
(A) The room was clean by somebody every day.
(B) The room is cleaned by somebody every day.
(C) The room is clean by somebody every day.
(D) Somebody has cleaned the room every day.

Ulasan:
Pada soal ini jawaban yang paling tepat adalah B. Mengapa? Karena kalimat pada soal diatas mengacu kepada Simple Present Tense (Cleans/ Every day) adalah kata kuncinya, jadi apabila sebuah kalimat aktif menggunakan Simple Present Tense maka anda harus menjawab dengan mengunakan struktur berikut ini To be (is/am/are + V3) anda harus menyesuaikan To be dengan Subjek kalimat Pasif yaitu The room (singular) oleh sebab itu To be yang digunakan adalah is.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

2.  1.  Students are using computers now.

      S      to be + Ving     O        Adv.Time

 Passive voice is:
(A) Computers are being used by students now.
(B) Computers are used by them now.
(C) Computers were used by them now.
(D) Computers is being used by them now.

Ulasan:
Pada soal ini jawaban yang paling tepat adalah A. Mengapa? Karena kalimat pada soal diatas mengacu kepada Present Continuous Tense (are using/ now) adalah kata kuncinya, jadi apabila sebuah kalimat aktif menggunakan Present Continuous Tense maka anda harus menjawab dengan mengunakan struktur berikut ini To be (is/am/are being + V3) anda harus menyesuaikan To be dengan Subjek kalimat Pasif yaitu The computers (plural) oleh sebab itu To be yang digunakan adalah are being.

PAST TENSE

3.1.    My father fixed the car yesterday.

           S           P        O          Adv.Time

 Passive voice is:
(A) My father was fixed the car yesterday.
(B) My father was being fixed the car yesterday.
(C) The car was fix by my father yesterday.
(D) The car was fixed by my father yesterday.

Ulasan:
Pada soal ini jawaban yang paling tepat adalah D. Mengapa? Karena kalimat pada soal diatas mengacu kepada Simple Past Tense (fixed/ yesterday) adalah kata kuncinya, jadi apabila sebuah kalimat aktif menggunakan Simple Past Tense maka anda harus menjawab dengan mengunakan struktur berikut ini To be (was/ were + V3) anda harus menyesuaikan To be dengan Subjek kalimat Pasif yaitu The Car (singular) oleh sebab itu To be yang digunakan adalah was.

 B. Change the sentences into Passive Voices and mention the tenses (Present Tense, Present Continuous, or Past Tense)

Example : 

Active   : My Father drinks a cup of coffee.

Passive : A cup of coffee is drunk by my father. (Present Tense)

1. Ms. Hopkins invited me to have dinner.

2. The company employs many people.

3. Mr. James is washing the new car.

4. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.

5. A doctor is examining the sick child.

6. The magician held the show last week.

7. Water surrounds an island.

8. Bob mailed the package.

9. A large number of people are speaking Spanish.

10. Helicopters fascinate children

C. CHANGE INTO PASSIVE VOICE, AND MENTION THE TENSES !

1.    Intan is reading a  daily newspaper now.

2.    The boys play football every day.

3.    Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

4.    The teacher completes the exercise today.

5.    They are painting the walls.

6.    Aisyah cleans the floor.

7.    I bought food at the restaurant yesterday.

8.    The police caught the thieves.

9.    The lecturer corrects our composition at home.

           10.  We started a conversation class last Monday.

 

 PASSIVE VOICE

D. Turn these sentences into the passive

     Simple Present                                          

1. They grow coffee in Brazil.

2. He examines patients on the second floor.

3.  She feeds the animal twice a day.

4. They deliver the newspaper in the morning.

5.  We lend books only to students.

6.  They serve lunch at 12.00

7. England makes the best computers                  

 Past Tense

1.  He found the child in the park.

2.  They broke the glasses with a stone.

3.  She saw the mouse in the kitchen.

4. I furnished the furniture in the afternoon.

5.  He made the dress.

6.  Somebody pushed Mary into the water.

7. People from all over the world visited the museum

 Present Continuous Tense

1.  I am driving the car.

2.   He is driving a letter now.

3.   She is making  tea at present.

4.   You aren’t washing clothes.

5.   She is teaching English lessons at Grace English Course in Taman Kedoya Baru, block A/14/1, west Jakarta.