“PASSIVE VOICE”
Group 4 :
Rahmi Yulia as moderator
Aisyah Amini as speaker 1
Utari .M. Umairah as speaker 2
Dewi .A. Maharani as speaker 3

Passive Voice
Definition:
The passive voice is a
grammatical construction
(specifically, a "voice") in which
the subject of a sentence or
clause denotes the recipient of
the action (the patient)
rather than the performer (the
agent). In the English language,
the English passive voice is formed
with an auxiliary verb (usually
be or get) plus a participle
(usually the past participle) of a

EXAMPLE EXPLANATION
Active : We • The object from
fertilize the soil active voice (the
every soil) become
6 months. subject from
passive voice.
• Subject from
Passive : The soil is active voice (we)
fertilized by us become object
every 6 from passive voice.
months. • Verb 1 (fertilize)
in active voice
become verb 3

The change list of subject pronoun
into object pronoun
SUBJECT PRONOUN OBJECT PRONOUN
I me
You you
They them
We us
She her
He him

Simple Future in Passive Voice
SINGULAR PLURAL
I’ll be paid We’ll be paid
YoU’ll be paid YoU’ll be paid
He’ll be paid
SHe’ll be paid THeY’ll be paid
IT’ll be paid

Example :
• Active :
- Teacher will call me.
- A lITTle dog WIlln’T bITe
Mimy.
- Will the owner sell the
house?
• Passive :
- I will be called by the
teacher.

S i mp l e P a s t i n
Pa s s i v e Voi c e
Active voice Passive voice
• Positive form : • Positive form :
- Adi drove the car - The car was driven by
yesterday. Adi yesterday.
- The books were
- My friends borrowed by my
borrowed the books. friends.
• Negative form :
• Negative form : - The car wasn't driven
- Adi did not drive the by Adi
car yesterday. yesterday.
- The books weren't
- My friends did not borrowed by my
borrow the books. friends.
• Introgative form :
• Introgrative : - Was the car driven by

PRESENT PERFECT IN PASSIVE VOICE
SINGULAR
SUBJECT TO BE
SHE HAS BEEN
HE HAS BEEN
IT HAS BEEN
PLURAL
SUBJECT TO BE
I HAVE BEEN
YOU HAVE BEEN
THEY HAVE BEEN
WE HAVE BEEN

ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
• Positive form : • Positive form :
- The students have - The home works have
finished the been finished by the
homeworks. students.
- The room has been paid
- My husband has paid
by my husband.
the room.
• Negative form :
• Negative form :
- The home works haven't
- THe STUdenTS HAVen’T been finished by
finished the the students.
homeworks. - The room hasn't been
- MY HUSbAnd HASn’T paid by my
paid the room. husband.
• Introgative : • Interrogative :
- Have the students - Have the home works

Active Sentence Begins Passive Sentence
with a Question Word Begins with a Question
Word too
When When
Where Where
Which Which
Why
Example : Why
- Active : Where was Akbar hit
the dog yesterday?
- Passive : Where was the dog
hit by Akbar

Active Sentence Begins Passive Sentence Begins
with with
Who by whom
Whose by whose
Whom Who
Example :
1. Active : Who has done ?
Passive : By whom has this
been done ?
2. Active : Have you written
the letter ?
Passive : Has the letter

Use adverb of manner in passive voice
Adjectives Formed by adding –ly or -ily
Complete Completely
Severe Severely
happy Happily
Careful Carefully
Cheerful Cheerfully
Quick
Example : Quickly
• The beautiful
room was beatifully
beautifully
decorated.
• The lesson was completely

There are adverbs that have the
same form of adjectives, such as :
Early Early
Far Far
Fast Fast
Hard Hard
Late Late
Long Long
Much Much
Near Near
Soon Soon
Daily Daily
Little Little
High High

Example :
1. Simple present
Active : Budi eats banana fast.
Passive : Banana is eaten fast
by Budi.
2. Simple past
Active : Budi ate banana fast
yesterday.
Passive : Banana was eaten fast
by Budi yesterday.
3. Present perfect
Active : Budi has eaten banana fast

Use Conjungtions in Passive Voice
We commonly join words, phrase
and/or sentences together in a
narrative. The words to join
are called conjungtions.
Type of Conjungtion Examples
Time After, before, since, while, when, as
Result So, so that
Contrast Although, though, even though, while
Reason As, because, in case, for
Purpose So that, in order that
Manner As, as if, as though

Example :
1. Simple present
Active : Mother buys vegetables before
she cooks a bowl
of rice.
Passive : Vegetables are bought by my
mother before a bowl of rice
is cooked by her.
2. Simple past
Active : Riri hit the monkey because the
monkey bit her this morning.
Passive : The monkey was hit by Riri because
she was bitten by the
monkey this morning.
3. Present perfect

Modal verb in passive voice
Modal Verbs can be used in
either the present or
past forms.
Modals are must, shall,
will, and can.
Example :
Active : We cAn’T SolVe
this problem.

THANKS A LOT FOR
THE ATTENTION

QUESTION
Rewrite the sentences in passive voice !
1. She sang a song
2. They didn't let him go
3. Did he send the letter?
Fill in the blank with the correct answer !
4. Books.......(buy) by Riri every month.
5. The robbers .......... by the police this morning.
a.was arrested
b.were arrest
c. were arrested
6. A cup of milk.......(drink) by Aisyah every morning.
Change this sentence to english !
7. Surat ditulis oleh Dina kemaren.
8. Buah-buahan tidak dibeli oleh ibu dua minggu yang lalu.
9. Buku saya dipinjam olehnya(pr) setiap minggu.
10. Majalah saya dicuri oleh mereka satu jam yang lalu.

KEY ANSWER
1. A song was sung by her.
2. He was not let go by them.
3. Was the letter sent by him?
4. Are bought
5. c. were arrested
6. Is drunk
7. The letter was wrote by Dina
yesterday
8. The fruits weren’t bought by mother two
weeks ago.
9. My book is borrowed by her every week.
10. My magazine was stolen by them one hour
ago.