PASSIVE VOICE

PREPARED BY
SESILIA PRAMITA
Prerequisite knowledge
Please remember these:
1. Present tense
2. Past tense
3. Perfect tense
4. Future tense
5. Irregular verb
6. To be (is, am, are, was, were, has been,
have been, will be, etc)
7. Pronouns
Look at what I’m doing

What did I just do?

I dropped the pen.

S V O
Ups!

The pen was dropped by me.

O to be V3 S
 FORMULA

active :S + verb (tenses) +O

passive : O + to be (tenses) + v3+ by S

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Pronouns

subject pronoun object pronoun

I me
you you
they them
we us
he him
she her
it it
ENGLISH SENTENCE

Active and Passive Sentences

ACTIVE PASSIVE
simple present v1 is/am/are v3
simple past v2 was/were v3
present perfect has/have v3 has/have been v3
past perfect had v3 had been v3
future (will) will v1 will be v3
future (be going to) is/am/are going to v1 is/am/are going to be v3
future (modals) can/must/may/should v1 can/must/may/should be v3
ENGLISH SENTENCE

Active and Passive Sentences

ACTIVE PASSIVE
SIMPLE PRESENT Farmers grow corn. Corn is grown by farmers.
SIMPLE PAST The news surprised Sara. Sara was surprised by the
news.
PRESENT PERFECT Jack has mailed the letter. The letter has been mailed
by Jack.
FUTURE Mr. Lee will plan the The meeting will be planned
meeting by Mr. Lee
Sue is going to write the The report is going to be
report written by Sue.
 Exercise
Arrange the jumbled words into meaningful passive
sentences.

1. out - by - the referee - was - the player - sent

2. been - the committee - has - the match - by - prepared
3. in - was - the stadium - 1960 - built
4. switched - the flag - by - the linesman - is
5. by - the tickets - ordered - were - the supporters
6. cooked - a - this - is - by - cook - food - professional
7. the match - be - a - station - by - broadcasted - private -
TV - will
8. the - is - league - by - Indonesian - football - PT. Djarum -
sponsored
9. the supporters - is - by - crowded - of - the hall - the two
teams
10. this book - Quadra - by - is - published
PASSIVE VOICE
Change the active sentence
into passive

1. Alex learned the poem.

2. Julia rescued three cats.
3. Maria crashed into the blue car.
4. Steven has forgotten the book.
5. Sue puts the rucksack on the floor.
6. The girls had lost the match.
7. The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder.
8. The students handed in the reports.
9. The teacher is not going to open the window.
10.They play handball.