Passive Voice

a.    Jika active voice dalam simple present tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah is, am atau are.

Contoh :

• Active    : He meets them everyday.
• Passive  : They are met by him everyday.
• Active    : She waters this plant every two days.
• Passive  : This plant is watered by her every two days.

b.    Jika active voice dalam simple past tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah was atau were

Contoh :

• Active    : He met them yesterday
• Passive  : They were met by him yesterday
• Active    : She watered this plant this morning
• Passive  : This plant was watered by her this morning

c.    Jika active voice dalam present perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary has atau have, sehingga menjadi ‘has been’ atau ‘have been’

Contoh :

• Active    : He has met them
• Passive  : They have been met by him
• Active    : She has watered this plant for 5 minutes.
• Passive  : This plant has been watered by her for 5 minutes.

d.   Jika active voice dalam past perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary had, sehingga menjadi had been

Contoh :

• Active    : He had met them before I came.
• Passive  : They had been met by him before I came.
• Active    : She had watered this plant for 5 minutes when I got here
• Passive  : This plant had been watered by her for 5 minutes when I got here

e.    Jika active voice dalam simple future tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah be

Contoh :

• Active    : He will meet them tomorrow.
• Passive  : They will be met by him tomorrow.
• Active    : She will water this plant this afternoon.
• Passive  : This plant will be watered by her this afternoon.
• Active    : The farmers are going to harvest the crops next week
• Passive  : The crops are going to be harvested by the farmers next week.

f.     Jika active voice dalam future perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary will have, sehingga menjadi ‘will have been’

Contoh :

• Active    : He will have met them before I get there tomorrow.
• Passive  : They will have been met by him before I get there tomorrow.
• Active   : She will have watered this plant before I get here this afternoon.
• Passive  : This plant will have been watered by her before I get here this afternoon.

g.    Jika active voice dalam past future perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary would have, sehingga menjadi ‘would have been’.

Contoh :

• Active    : He would have met them.
• Passive  : They would have been met by him.
• Active    : She would have watered this plant.
• Passive  : This plant would have been watered by her.

h.    Jika active voice dalam present continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah (is, am atau are) + being.

Contoh :

• Active    : He is meeting them now.
• Passive  : They are being met by him now.
• Active    : She is watering this plant now.
• Passive  : This plant is being watered by her now.

i.     Jika active voice dalam past continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah (was atau were) + being.

Contoh :

• Active    : He was meeting them.
• Passive  : They were being met by him.
• Active    : She was watering this plant.
• Passive  : This plant was being watered by her.

j.     Jika active voice dalam perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah (has/have) been + being.

Contoh :

• Active    : He has been meeting them.
• Passive  : They have been being met by him.
• Active    : She has been watering this plant.
• Passive  : This plant has been being watered by her.

k.    Jika active voice dalam past perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah had been + being.

Contoh :

• Active    : He had been meeting them.
• Passive  : They had been being met by him.
• Active    : She had been watering this plant.
• Passive  : This plant had been being watered by her.

l.     Jika active voice dalam future continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah will be + being.

Contoh :

• Active    : He will be meeting them.
• Passive  : They will be being met by him.
• Active    : She will be watering this plant.
• Passive  : This plant will be being watered by her.

m.   Jika active voice dalam past future continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah would be + being.

Contoh :

• Active    : He would be meeting them.
• Passive  : They would be being met by him.
• Active    : She would be watering this plant.
• Passive   : This plant would be being watered by her.

n.    Jika active voice dalam future perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah will have been + being.

Contoh :

• Active    : He will have been meeting them.
• Passive  : They will have been being met by him.
• Active    : She will have been watering this plant.
• Passive  : This plant will have been being watered by her.

o.    Jika active voice dalam past future perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah would have been + being.

Contoh :

• Active    : He would be meeting them.
• Passive  : They would be being met by him.
• Active    : She would be watering this plant.
• Passive  : This plant would be being watered by her.

Passive Voice exercises