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PASSIVE VOICE

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FRISKA JULIANA T (A1C115006)

SRI REZEKI (A1C115004)
IMEL LEDIS (A1C115036)
RENI WULANDARI (A1C115016)
ANNISA PUSPA ZULIDA (A1C115038)
SITI NURJANAH (A1C113020)

Dosen Pengampu:
M. HARIS EFFENDI, S. Pd., M. Si., Ph.D

PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN KIMIA

JURUSAN PENDIDIKAN MATEMATIKA DAN ILMU PENGETAHUAN ALAM
FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
UNIVERSITAS JAMBI
2016

Passive Voice

Definition

Voice is a characteristic of verbs which indicates the relation of the verbs action to its
subject. In other word, voice is the form a verb takes to indicate whether the subject of the
verb performs or receives the action.The voice of verb shows whether the sentence is active
or passive.

Active and Passive

ACTIVE VOICES:
Active voice verbs are used when an action is performed by the subject.The active voice is
used in making a straight forward statement about an action, i.e. the doer of the action is
the subject of the sentence.
PASSIVE VOICES:
Passive voice verbs are used in a sentence if an action was performed on the subject. In
the passive voice, the doer of the action is not important, therefore, in a passive sentence
the subject is often omitted.
The example of the passive voice
o
o
o
o
o
o

Passive: The sulphuric acid was poured into a beaker

Active: I poured the sulphuric acid into a beaker
Passive: The organic of chemistry journal was posted by Friska on blogger yesterday
Active: Friska posted the organic of chemistry journal on blogger yesterday
Passive: The book wont have been covered by Annisa
Active: Annisa will not have been cover the book

When to use the passive voice

1. what happened is more important than who did it:

The sulphuric acid was poured into a beaker. The action is vital, not who did it, so the subject
is missing.
2. the writer wants to create some suspense:
The Reverend Green was killed in the library with a gun by Miss Plum. Readers want to know
the name of the murderer, but using the passive voice makes them wait longer
3. To write something in a scientific genre. Passive Voice is often preferred in lab reports and
scientific
research
papers.
The sodium hydroxide was dissloved in water. This solution was then titrated with hydrochloric
acid.

 The tenses of Passive Voice

a. Present
Tenses
Simple
present
tense
Present
perfect
tense

Present
contino
us
tense
Present
perfect
contino
us
tense

Active
voice
S + V1 +O

Passive voice

S+
has/have
+
been+V3+
O
S + tobe
+Ving +O

S + has/have +
been
+V3+by
+O

S
+
has/have
+been
+Ving + O

S + has/have +
been
+being+V3+by
+O

S + to be + V3
+ by + O

S +tobe +being
+V3+by + O

The example of present:

Present Tense:
HCl solution is made by Imel
In the present continous:
A HCl solution is being made by Imel
In the present perfect tense:
A HCl solution has been made by Imel
in the Present perfect continous tense:
A HCl solution has been being made by Imel
b. Past
Tenses
Simple
past
tense
past
contino
us
tense

Active
voice
S +V2+O

Passive voice

S + tobe
+
Ving
+O

S+tobe(was / were)+being+V3+by + O

S+tobe(was/ were)+V3+by + O

past
perfect
tense

S + had
+ V3 +O

S+had+been+V3+by + O

past
perfect
contino
us
tense

S + had
+
been+Vin
g+O

S+had+been +being+V3+ by + O

In the past tense:

a HCl solution was made by Imel
In the past continous tense:
a HCl solution was being made by Imel
In the past perfect tense :
a HCl solution had been made by Imel
past perfect continous tense:
a HCl solution had been being made by Imel
c. Past Future
Tenses
simple
past
future
tense
past
future
continou
s tense
past
future
perfect
tense
past
future
perfect
continou
s tense

Active
voice
S+shall/wo
uld+ V1+O

Passive voice

S+shall/wo
uld+ be+
Ving+O

S+ would /
should + be +
being+V3+O

S+shall/wo
uld+
have+V3+
O
S+
shall/woul
d + have +
been
+
Ving+O

S+would/shou
ld+
have+been+V
3+O
S+would/
should + have
+
been
+
being + V3+
O

S + would /
should + be
+V3+O

In the simple past future:

HCl solution would be made by Imel
In the future past continous:
HCl solution would be being made by Imel

In the future past perfect:

HCl solution would have been made by Imel
In the future past perfect continous:
HCl solution would have been being made by Imel
Writing in the passive voice
Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice:
Active Voice
Passive Voice
A judge reviews
the case

The case is reviewed

by a judge

Reni had been

broken
the
reaction tube

The reaction tube had

been broken by Reni

Siti Nurjannah is
making
HCl
solution

HCl solution is being

made
by
Siti
Nurjannah

Summary
So to sum it up, the passive voice
places the object at the start of the sentence
often misses out the subject
can be used when what has happened is more important than the subject
used for creating suspense or mystery
is often used when writing up factual reports e.g. science, news, police, legal, etc.

Transitive and intransitive Verb

Sri hit the ball

The bird sang
The first sentence has two words following the verb hit. The second sentence doesnt have words
after the verb sang
So. . .
Transitive Verb are action verbs that have an object to receive that action. In the first
sentence
Sri hit the ball
The direct object ball received the action of the verb hit
Here are some more examples of transitive verbs:
i baked some cookies
i drove the car

i painted a sunflowers
Intransitive verbs are action verbs but they dont have an object receiving the action. More
examples of intransitive verbs:
I laughed
I cried
The sun set
What about
i walked to the park today?
Trans or Intransitive verb? Could you tell us?

I walked to the park today

Prepositional phrase

Adverb

Used to, Be Used to, Get Used to, Be accustomed to

a) Used to
Shows that:
A particular thing always happened or was true in the past. But, it no longer happens or is no
longer true now
Example:
When I was an elementary school, I used to exercise my homework perfectly.
One week before the chemistry practical, Friska used to mix the solution
i used to take the bus to school, but now I drive
That building used to be a school, but its a store now
b) Be Used to
Shows to say that something is normal, but unusual
Example:
She is used to living alone
Dont worry! Friska is used to doing her homework for long hours.
Be Used to + Ving
c) Get Used to
Shows that something is in the process of becoming normal
Example:

he doesnt like that small town, but he will get used to it.
i get used to living in Indonesia, in spite of the dry wether
Annisa doesnt like to calculate everything, but
used to like it.

since she is a chemistry student, she will get

d) Be Accustomed to
Is used to express a habit now
Example:
a university student in Regular Chemistry 2015 is accustomed to coming at 07.30 on Monday. ( is
accustomed to means usually)