Passive Voice

1. Definition (Pengertian)
Kalimat Pasif yaitu kalimat yang ‘subjek-nya’ dikenai pekerjaan. Kalimat ini biasanya kata kerjanya
diartikan “di” atau “ter”.
Contoh :
Aktif : Ahmad cleans the room everyday.
(Ahmad membersihkan ruangan itu setiap hari)
Pasif : The room is cleaned by Ahmad everyday
(Ruangan itu dibersihkan Ahmad setiap hari.

2. Basic pattern (Pola dasar)

Subj + to be + V3

Bentuk to be tergantung pada “Tenses” dan “Subjek”.

Bentuk to be: Present : is, am, are

                     Past : was, were

                     Cont. : being

                     Perfect : been

                     future/modal : be

Contoh:

 Aktif (me/ber)                                                                      

1. They clean the room

2. They cleaned the room yesterday 

3. They are cleaning the room

4. They have cleaned the

5. They will clean the room tomorrow                                    

6. They must clean the room    

Pasif (di/ber)

1. The room is cleaned by them everyday

2. The room was cleaned by them yesterday

3. The room is being cleaned by them now

4. The room has been cleaned by them

5. The room will be cleaned by them tomorrow

6. The room must be cleaned by them

                                          

sumber : haarrr.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/passive.pdf