EXERCISE 35 : Passive Voice
1. Somebody
calls the president every day
The
president is called by somebody every day
2. John is
calling the other members
The
other members is being called by John
3. Somebody
will call Mr.Watson tonight
Mr.Watson
will be called by somebody tonight
9. The
fire has caused considerable damage
Considerable
damage has been caused by the fire
10. The
teacher should buy the supplies for this class
The
supplies for this class should be bought by the teacher
EXERCISE 36 : Causative Verbs
1. Leave
2. Repair
3. To type
4. Call
5. Painted
6. Write
7. Lie
8. Send
9. Cut
10. Sign
11. Leave
12. Washed
13. Fix
14. Published
15. Find
Passive voice adalah suatu grammatical construction(bentuk gramatikal) dimana subject kalimat tidak melakukan aksi, melainkan menerima aksi atau ditindaklanjuti (receiver of action) oleh agent lain (doer of action) baik disebutkan ataupun tidak.
alimat aktif dapat ditransformasi menjadi pasif, namun hanya transitive verb (diikuti direct object) yang dapat diberlakukan demikian.
Rumus Passive Voice
Rumus passive voice adalah sebagai berikut di bawah ini.
CONTOH KALIMAT ACTIVE DAN PASSIVE VOICE
- He believes you. ( active)
- You are believed by him. (passive)
- They did the test. (active)
- The test was done by them. (passive)