Tuesday, February 19, 2019


Change the active into passive voice!
1. My mother bought many oranges.
Passive voice is______________
2. Dolph will play the guitar at the stage.
Passive voice is______________
3. Sandra uses the glasses every day.
Passive voice is______________
4. The students spoke English at class last night.
Passive voice is______________
5. We have watched the movie.
Passive voice is______________
6. Gina does this assignment.
Passive voice is______________
7. They don’t do this assignment.
Passive voice is______________
8. Does Lucy do this assignment?
Passive voice is______________
9. The lion eats meat.
Passive voice is______________
10. The cow doesn’t eat meat.
Passive voice is______________
11. Does that animal eat meat?
Passive voice is______________
12. We watch a movie.
Passive voice is______________
13. I don’t watch the news.
Passive voice is______________
14. Does John watch the big matches?
Passive voice is______________
15. My mother makes some cakes.
Passive voice is______________


Tuesday, February 12, 2019

 
Change these bellow sentences into Passive Voice

1.    You eat a bar of white chocolate          
2.    I catch the tuna fish in the river
3.    My teacher punish me because I forget to collect my homework
4.    My dog eats cow bones  
5.    I receive some amount of money from my parents in my hometown  
6.    You have to do your homework.  (Active)
7.    People must follow the traffic law.    (Active)
8.    She should clean the kitchen.  (Active)
9.    People can speak English in many countries.  (Active)
10.                       You may close the gate on time.  (Active)
11.                       My little brothers played food ball yesterday.
12.                       Shinta read 5 books last year.
13.                       The writer wrote a beautiful poem this morning
14.                       We are learning English with native speaker now.
15.                       Indonesia is doing many prodresses .
16.                       The merchants are selling some daily needs.
17.                       They have finished their jobs just now
18.                       Indah has already typed many letters
19.                       Some of the workers had built the building.
20.                       He had washed his car.


Contoh Kalimat Passive Voice – Past Perfect Tense

Active VoicePassive Voice
They had used poison gas in World War I.
(Mereka telah menggunakan gas beracun dalam perang dunia pertama.)
Poison gas had been used in World War I.
(Gas beracun telah digunakan dalam perang dunia pertama.)
Sally had read two hundred books before graduating from the college.
(Sally telah membaca dua ratus buku sebelum lulus dari kampus tersebut.)
Two hundred books had been read by Sally before graduating from the college.
(Dua ratus buku telah dibaca oleh Sally sebelum lulus dari kampus tersebut.)
He had helped you so many times.
(Dia telah membantumu berkali-kali.)
You had been helped so many times.
(Kamu telah dibantu berkali-kali.)

Change These Sentences into Passive Voice

  1. I had worn blue shoes. - 
  2. Joe had cleaned the tables. - 
  3. We had lost the key. - 
  4. They had started a fight. - 
  5. I had been reading an article. - 



Contoh Kalimat Passive Voice – Present Perfect Tense

Active VoicePassive Voice
He has prepared great slides for the presentation.
(Dia telah mempersiapkan slide yang baik untuk presentasi tersebut.)
Great slides have been prepared for the presentation.
(Slide yang baik telah dipersiapkan untuk presentasi tersebut.)
We have verified your application.
(Kami telah memverifikasi aplikasimu.)
Your application has been verified.
(Aplikasimu telah diverfikasi.)
Someone has used my credit card to buy airline tickets.
(Seseorang telah menggunakan kartu kredit saya untuk membeli tiket pesawat.)
My credit card has been used to buy airline tickets.
(Kartu kredit saya telah digunakan untuk membeli tiket pesawat.)
have sent the document already.
(Saya telah mengirim dokumen tersebut kepadamu.)
The document has been sent already.
(Dokumen tersebut telah dikirim.)
My father has just given some money to me.
(Ayah saya baru memberi uang kepada saya.)
Some money has just been given to me.
(Uang baru saja diberikan kepada saya.)

Change These bellow sentences into Passive Voice

1. She has deleted the unwanted app.

2. You have confirmed your reservation.

3. The seller has already shipped my orders.

4. He hasn't made a decision on whether he will retire or join another club.




Tuesday, January 29, 2019


    

Change These Below Active Sentences become Passive Voice

1.      Some workers are still renovating my kitchen and bathroom.
2.      She is cleaning the microwave oven.
3.      They are setting up the meeting room.
4.      Are the students planning a school trip abroad?
5.      My friend was baking bread when I came.
(Teman saya sedang memanggang roti ketika saya datang.)
6.      Some workers were maintaining the toll road at this time yesterday.
(Beberapa pekerja sedang melakukan pemeliharaan jalan tol kemarin.)
7.      They were discussing exchange rates at 7 o’clock this morning.
(Mereka sedang mendiskusikan kurs pukul 7 pagi ini.)
8.      The human resource manager said that he was still processing my documents.
                    (Manager SDM mengatakan bawhwa dia masih memeroses dokumen saya.)
9.      Active: We cleaned our house yesterday. (Kami membersihkan rumah kami kemarin.)
10.  Active: She didn’t invite me to the party. (Ia tidak mengundang saya ke pesta tersebut.)
11.  Active: Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998. (Larry Page dan Sergey Brin mendirikan Google pada tahun 1998.)
12.  Active: Susan visited her gradparents in Kalimantan last Sunday. (Susan mengunjungi kakek-neneknya di Kalimantan pada hari Minggu lalu.)
13.  We set the table.  
14.  She pays a lot of money.
15.  He doesn't open the book.           

Forming Passives With Modals


Affirmative FormObject + may, must, can, could, ought to, should + be + verb3
Question FormMust, may, can, should, might + object + be + verb3 (past participle)


Something must / can / should... be done by someone at sometime.

Active : Our English teacher may give an exam today.
Passive: An exam may be given by our English teacher today.

Active : Thomas has written many books.
Passive: Many books have been written by Thomas.

Active : Do you have to pay the bill before leaving the restaurant?
Passive: the bill have to be paid before leaving the restaurant?

Active : Juan can give them some information about the job.
Passive: Some information can be given about the job by Juan.
Passive2: They can be given some information about the JOB by Juan.

Active : You must obey the traffic rules.
Passive: The traffic rules must be obeyed.

Quick Exercise


Put the following sentences into passive voice. (Modals)

1. We may ask him a few questions. 
2. I can manage a motor car. 
3. You must inquire the way. 
4. He might give you a chance. 
5. I could show you his house if you would permit me. 
6. I should enjoy a sea-voyage. 

Forming Simple Future Passive


Affirmative FormObject + will + be + verb3 (past participle)
Question FormWill + object + be + verb3 (past participle)


Something be done by someone in the future.

Active : We will take the horses to the stable.
Passive: The horses will be taken to the stable.

Active : Will the manager sign the contract tomorrow.
Passive: Will the contract be signed by the manager tomorrow.

Active : Will the boss give me a job?
Passive: Will I be given a job by the boss? 


Quick Exercise

Put the following sentences into passive voice. (will future passive)

1. Will he pick up the kids tomorrow?
2. The next earthquake will destroy the city.
3. Jane will buy a new computer.
4. Millions of people will visit the museum.
5. Will the company employ a new worker?
6. They will not show the new film.
7. Our boss will sign the contract.
8. Her boyfriend will install it.
9. Will the plumber repair the shower? 
10. He won't see Sue.

Change the active into passive voice! 1. My mother bought many oranges. Passive voice  is______________ 2. Dolph will play the guitar...