Active Setences and Passive Sentences
Definition of Active Setences and
Passive Sentences :
Active Voice (Sentence On) is the
subject of his sentences do something or do a job. In the characteristics of
Indonesian active sentence is the verb is always beginning with "his"
and several more have the prefix "ber-".
Passive Voice
(Passive Sentences) is the subject of his sentence subject to a job or suffer
a. In other words, the subject of the sentence is being targeted activity
expressed by the verb. In Indonesian characteristics of passive voice is
beginning with the verb "be" and some again have the prefix
"most" (depending on the context of the sentence).
Active voice is more often used in everyday life compared with the passive
voice. However, we often find passive voice in newspapers, articles in
magazines and scholarly writings.
1.
Simple Present Tense
Active : S +
do/does + not + V1
Passive : S
+ to be (am, are, is) + not +
V3 + by + O
Example:
Active : She
doesn't write the book
Passive :
The book isn't written by her
Active : I
don't wash the car
Passive :
The car isn't washed by me
2.
Present Continuous Tense
Active : S +
to be (am, are, is) + not + V1-ing
Passive : S
+ to be (am, are, is) + not +
being + V3 + by + O
Example :
Active : She
isn't reading the book
Passive :
The book isn't being read by her
3.
Present Perfect Tense
Active: S +
have/has + not + V3 + O
Passive : S
+ have/has + not + been +
V3 + by + O
Example :
Active : She
hasn't written the book
Passive :
The book hasn't been written by her
Active : I
haven't written the book
Passive :
The book hasn't been
written by me
4.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Active : S +
have/has + not + been + V1-ing + O
Passive : S
+ have/has + not + been + being +
V3 + by + O
Example :
Active : She
hasn't been reading the book
Passive :
The book hasn't been being read by her
Active : I
haven't been washing the car
Passive :
The car hasn't been
being washed by me
5.
Simple Past Tense
Active : S +
did + not + V1
Passive : S
+ to be (was, were) + not +
V3 + by + O
Example :
Active : She
didn't write a letter
Passive : A
letter wasn't written by her
6.
Past Continuous Tense
Active : S +
to be (was, were) + not + V1-ing + O
Passive : S
+ to be (was, were) + not + being +
V3 + by + O
Example :
Active : She
wasn't washing the car
Passive :
The car wasn't being washed by her
7.
Past Perfect Tense
Active : S +
had + not + V3 + O
Passive : S
+ had + not + been + V3 +
by + O
Example :
Active : She
hadn't washed the car
Passive :
The car hadn't been washed by her
8.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Active : S +
had + not + been + V1-ing + O
Passive : S
+ had + not + been + being +
V3 + by + O
Example:
Active : She
hadn't been washing the car
Passive :
The car hadn't been being washed by her
Helping Verb
Helping verbs are verbs that, as their
name suggests, help the main verb in a sentence by extending the meaning of the
verb. They add detail to how time is conveyed in a sentence. As a result,
helping verbs are used to create the most complicated
verb
tenses in English: the
progressive and the perfect aspects.
These verbs also function to convey
complicated shades of meaning like expectation, permission, probability,
potential, obligation, and direction. In modern linguistics, this class of
verbs is called auxiliary verbs. The meanings of these two terms are
interchangeable.
List
of Helping Verbs
There are 13 verbs that can be used as
helping verbs in English. Some of these verbs have multiple forms, bringing the
total to 26:
1.
be
(including am, is, are, was, were, been)
2.
have,
has had
3.
do,
does, did
4.
can
5.
could
6.
may
7.
might
8.
will
9.
would
10.
shall
11.
should
12.
must
13.
ought
to
Different helping verbs are used for
different purposes in sentences. One of their main functions is to situate the
action of a sentence in a particular aspect of time. The two main aspects that
helping verbs play a role in are the progressive aspect and the perfect aspect
Transitive Verb Definition
A
transitive verb is one that is used with an
object:
a
noun,
phrase, or
pronoun that refers to the person or thing
that is affected by the action of the verb. In the following sentences,
admire, maintain,
face, and
love are transitive verbs:
·
I admire your courage.
·
We need to maintain product quality.
·
I couldn’t face him today.
·
She loves animals
Intransitive Verbs Definition
An intransitive verb
does not have an object. In the following sentences, cry, work, laugh,
and talk are intransitive verbs:
·
The baby was crying.
·
I work for a large
firm in Paris.
·
They laughed uncontrollably.
·
We talked for
hours
Many verbs can be transitive or
intransitive. For example:
·
The choir sang carols. [transitive]
·
Pete always sings in the bath. [intransitive]
1. “Many
moms were washing the clothes in the edge of the river.” The passive voice
of that sentence is…………
a. the clothes was washed Many
moms in the edge of the river
b. Many moms were being washed
in the edge of the river
c. Many moms were washed in the
edge of the river
d. the clothes were wash Many
moms in the edge of the river
e. the clothes were being washed
Many moms in the edge of the river
jawabannya: E
2. “Has
Fairuz told the true story?”. The passive voice of that sentence is…………
a. Fairuz has been told by the true story
b. Fairuz has told been by the true story
c. the true story has been told by Fairuz
d. the true story have been told by Faiuz
e. the true story Fairuz has been told
jawabannya: C
3. They were met by him yesterday.
A. he met them yesterday C. He was them yesterday
B. he are met them yesterday D. He were them met yesterday
Jawaban: A
4. They have been met by him.
A. he has will met them
C. He has met them
B. he was met them D. He were met them
Jawaban: C.
5. This plant had been watered by her for 5 minutes when I got here.
A. she had watered this plant for 5 minutes when i got here
B. she have watered this plant for 5 minutes when i got here
C. she was watered this plant for 5 minutes when i got here
D. she were watered this plant for 5 minutes when i got here
Jawaban: A
