Passive Voice

PASSIVE VOICE

Passive voice is a grammatical construction (grammatical form) where the subject of the sentence does not take action, but instead receives action (as a receiver of action). The action is followed up by another agent (as a doer of action) who can be mentioned or not. In contrast to the active voice, the subject is directly related to the verb (verb) by acting as the actor of the action. The active voice may be turned into a passive voice, especially active sentences that use a transitive verb (need to be followed by a direct object).

This is an example of a video material about passive voice :

Passive Voice Formula's

The passive voice is formed from the auxiliary verb and past participle (verb-3).

auxiliary verb + past participle

Auxiliary verbs used in passive voice can be:

• primary auxiliary verb "be" (is, are, am, was, were),
• a combination of two primary auxiliary verbs (is / are being, was / were being, has / have been), or
• combination of primary auxiliary verb and modal auxiliary verb (will be, will have been)

 The past participle used is a transitive verb. Past participles are obtained by adding -ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, or -ne to the base form, which are regular verbs. In the base form, it is an irregular verb, the past participle is inconsistent.

Passive Voice Formula's for various tenses

tense	active voice	passive voice
simple present tense	verb-1	am/is/are + verb-3
present continuous tense	am/is/are + -ing	am/is/are + being + -ing
present perfect tense	have/has + verb-3	have/has + been + verb-3
simple past tense	verb-2	was/were + verb-3
past continuous tense	was/were + -ing	was/were + being + verb-3
past perfect tense	had + verb-3	had + been + verb-3
simple future tense	will + bare infinitive	will + be + verb-3
	am/is/are going to + bare infinitive	am/is/are going to + be + verb-3
future perfect tense	will + have + verb-3	will + have + been + verb-3

Examples of Passive Voice Sentences in Several Tenses

1. I am paid in dollars.

(Saya dibayar dalam dollar.) simple present tense

2. The book was edited by Beatrice Sparks.

(Buku tsb disunting oleh Beatrice Sparks.) simple past tense

3. The store will be closed.

(Toko itu akan ditutup.) simple future tense

4. The room is being cleaned now.

(Ruangan itu sedang dibersihkan sekarang.) present continuous tense

5. My shoes are washed every month.

(Semua sepatu saya dicuci setiap bulan.) simple present tense

 This is the video material that I made :

Link : https://youtu.be/S5TuVCJKang

Dialog : 

Syabani :Wow, your house is really great, Rayan! It’s like a new house with this new door and bright paint color. 

Rayan :The renovation was done entirely by my father, from changing the door to paint the wall. 

Syabani :Your father has a great skill, then! The renovation was really well done, like the work of professionals.

Rayan :Thank you for your compliment, Bani. My father will be happy to hear it, I’m sure.