PASSIVE VOICE

ACTIVE/PASSIVE VOICE. In most English sentence 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.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

1.1.       Active    : Indonesia needs many powerful young men.

Passive  : Many powerful young men needed by Indonesia.

22..       Active     : She posts the story every day.

Passive   : The story is posted every day by her.

33..       Active     : He teacher teaches English once a week.

Passive   : English is teach by the teacher once a week.

4.4.       Active     : We do exercises every day.

Passive   : Our exercises is done every day.

55..       Active      : The professors plant the rice at the top of the building.

Passive    : The rice was planted by the professors at the top of the building.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

1. 1.      Active   : The students created the blogs yesterday.

Passive : The blogs was created by the students yesterday.

2.2.       Active   : The principal told the students to be good students.

Passive : Students are told by the principals to be god students.

33..       Active  : Many singers sang the song

Passive : The song was sang by many singers.

44..       Active  : She typed the letter last night.

Passive : The letter was typed last night by her.

5.5.       Active  : We left the gate open.

Passive : The gate was left open by us.