PASSIVE VOICE

The passive voice is a grammatical construction (a "voice") in which the subject of a sentence or clause denotes the recipient of the action (the patient) rather than the performer (the agent). In the English language, the English passive voice is formed with an auxiliary verb (usually be or get) plus a participle (usually the past participle) of a transitive verb.
Passive voice is a pattern in  whichthe subject receives the action pattern :

• Simple present tense : Subject + is/am/are + verb3 
• Simple past tense : Subject + was/were +verb3
• Present continuous tense : Subject + is/am/are + being + verb3
• Past continuous tense : Subject + was/were + being + verb3
• Present perfect tense : Subject + has/have + been + verb3
• Past perfect tense : Subject + had + been + verb3
• Modal : Subject + modal + be + verb3

CONTOH KALIMAT PASSIVE VOICE DAN ACTIF VOICE

Berdasarkan keenam poin di atas maka passive voice mengikuti pola sebagai berikut:

Subject + be + Verb3 + by + Object + modifier

Pola active dan passive voice pada tiap tensis

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.