Passive Voice

ACTIVE / PASSIVE VOICE. In most Englishsentences with an action verb, the subject performs the action denoted by the verb. These examplesshow that the subject is doing the verb's action. Because the subject does or "acts upon" the verb in such sentences, the sentences are said to be in the active voice.

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Simple Present Tense

Active    : Marry helps her son.

Passive : The son is helped by Marry

Active    : Peolpe see peace in family as essential for spiritual growth

Passive  : Peace in family is seen as essential for spiritual growth.

Active     : Muslims perform prayers at least five times a day.

Passive  : Prayers are performed by Muslims at least five times a day.

NOW ... Rewrite these below sentences into Passive Sentence !

1. Indonesia needs many powerful young men.

2. She posts the story every day.

3. The teacher teaches English once a week.

4. We do exercises every day.

5. The professors plant the rice at the top of the building.

Simple Past Tense

He wrote many books.

Many books were written by him.

She returned all the products.

All the products were returned by her.

NOW ... Rewrite these below sentences into Passive Sentence !

1. The students created the blogs yesterday.

2. The principal told the students to be good students.

3. Many singers sang the song .

4. She typed the letter last night

5. We left the gate open.