Passive Sentence

(Kalimat Pasif)

In principle to form a passive sentence from an active sentence is carried out change of position on the subject and the object. Objects in the active sentence would be subject to the passive voice, whereas subjects in the active voice is usually no longer used in the passive voice except to clarify.

Pada prinsipnya untuk membentuk suatu kalimat pasif dari suatu kalimat aktif maka dilakukan perubahan posisi pada subjek dan objeknya. Objek pada kalimat aktif akan menjadi subjek pada kalimat pasif,sedangkan subyek pada kalimat aktif biasanya tidak digunakan lagi dalam kalimat pasif kecuali untuk memperjelas.

Term form of Passive Verbs

Tenses	Active	Passive
Simple : -Present -Past	V-1 V-2	is/im/are + V-3 was/were + V-3
Continous : -Present -Past	is/im/are + V-ing was/were + V-ing	is/im/are + being + V-3 was/were + being + V-3
Perfect : -Present -Past	has/have + V-3 had+ V-3	has/have + been + V-3 had + been + V-3
Modal	modal + V-1	modal + be + V-3
To Invinitive	to + V-1	to + be + V-3

Examples :

·        The teacher helps Andrew

Andrew is helped by the teacher

·        The teacher helped Andrew

Andrew was helped by the teacher

·        The teacher is helping Andrew

Andrew is being helped by the teacher   

·        The teacher was helping Andrew

Andrew was being helped by the teacher

·        The teacher has helped Andrew

Andrew has been helped by the teacher

·        The teacher will help Andrew

Andrew will be helped by the teacher

·        The teacher want to help Andrew

Andrew wants to be helped by the teacher