Membuat kalimat passive voice dilakukan dengan menukar posisi subjek dan objek dan menambahkan kata “by”. Passive voice biasanya digunakan jika ingin menekankan tindakan dari pada pelakunya.
Membentuk passive voice berdasarkan tenses
Rumus: Subject + am/is/are + verb 3
Active: Charles washes car every day.
Passive: Car is washed by Charles every day.
Rumus: Subject + am/is/are + being + verb 3
Active: Charles is washing car now.
Passive: Car is being washed by Charles now.
Rumus: Subject + was/were + verb 3
Active: Charles washed car yesterday.
Passive: Car was washed by Charles yesterday.
Rumus: Subject + was/were + being + verb 3
Active: Charles was washing car at 7 p.m. last night.
Passive: Car was being washed by Charles at 7 p.m. last night.
Rumus: Subject + has/have + been + verb 3
Active: Charles has washed his car.
Passive: Car has been washed by Charles.
Rumus: Subject + has/have + been + being + verb 3
Active: Charles has been washing his car for one hour.
Passive: Car has been being washed by Charles for one hour.
Rumus: Subject + had + been + verb 3
Active: Charles had washed car before his father came.
Passive: Car had been washed by Charles before his father came.
Rumus: Subject + will + be + verb 3
Active: Charles will wash his car in the afternoon.
Passive: Car will be washed by Charles this afternoon.
Rumus: Subject + will + be + being + verb 3
Active: Charles will be washing his car at this hour tomorrow.
Passive: Car will be washed by Charles at this hour tomorrow.
Rumus: Subject + will + have + been + verb 3
Active: Charles will have washed car by this evening
Passive: Car will have been washed by Charles by evening.
Passive voice menggunakan modal can, could, would, must, may, might sama dengan pola rumus will di simple future.
Rumus: Subject + modal + be + verb 3
Active: We must inform the supervisor now.
Passive: The supervisor must be informed now.
Soal latihan
1. My car …… repaired tomorrow.
a. Was
b. Would be
c. Will be
d. Been
2. The t-shirt ….. ironed at the moment
a. Are being
b. Is being
c. Will be
d. Were
3. A letter ….. sent by Anthony this morning
a. Was
b. Were
c. had
d. Been
4. The report ……. submitted tomorrow morning.
a. Will be
b. Was
c. Has been
d. Are
5. The house ….. repainted before the celebration.
a. Has been
b. Have been
c. Had been
d. Is being
Ubah kalimat di bawah menjadi passive voice!
6. My sister has cleaned the kitchen.
7. The boy buys toys from the shop near the station.
8. Students will visit the museum next week.
9. Mom is cooking for dinner.
10. Dandi bought chicken from the farm.
Pembahasan selanjutnya: Cara membuat kalimat tanya bahasa inggris.