Selasa, 01 November 2016
In English, there are two kinds of
sentence; active and passive. What makes them different is, in active voice
something that do an action is a subject, and something that receive an
action is object. Meanwhile, in passive voice, something that receive an
action is subject, and something that do an action (it can be written or
not) is written near the end of sentence. In every tensis, they also have
different pattern, and to make it easy, I write it on table:
|
TENSE
|
ACTIVE
|
PASSIVE
|
|
Simple Present
|
S
+ V1 + O
|
S
+ is/am/are + V3 + by phrase
|
|
Example:
Jane sweeps the floor. |
Example:
The floor is swept by Jane. |
|
|
Present Continous
|
S
+ is/am/are + V-ing + O
|
S
+ is/am/are + being + V3 + by phrase
|
|
Example:
Jane is sweeping the floor. |
Example:
The floor is being swept by Jane. |
|
|
Present Perfect
|
S
+ have/has + V3 + O
|
S
+ have/has + been + V3 + by phrase
|
|
Example:
Jane has swept the floor. |
Example:
The floor has been swept by Jane. |
|
|
Simple Past
|
S
+ V2 + O
|
S
+ was/were + V3 + by phrase
|
|
Example:
Jane swept the floor. |
Example:
The floor was swept by Jane.
|
|
|
Past Continous
|
S
+ was/were + V-ing + O
|
S
+ was/were + being + V3 + by phrase
|
|
Example:
Jane was sweeping the floor. |
Example:
The floor was being swept by Jane. |
|
|
Past Perfect
|
S
+ had + V3 + O
|
S
+ had + been + V3 + by phrase
|
|
Example:
Jane had swept the floor. |
Example:
The floor had been swept by Jane. |
|
|
Future
|
S
+ will/(is/am/are+going to) + V1 + O
|
S
+ will + be + V3 + by phrase
|
|
Example:
Jane will sweep the floor. Jane is going to sweep the floor. |
Example:
The floor will be swept by Jane. The floor is going to be swept by Jane. |
|
|
Modals
(Can, may, might, should, must, ought to) |
S + modals +
V1 + O
|
S + modals + be + V3 + by phrase
|
|
Example:
Jane can sweep the floor Jane may sweep the floor Jane might sweep the floor Jane should sweep the floor Jane must sweep the floor Jane ought to sweep the floor |
Example:
The floor can be swept by Jane The floor may be swept by Jane The floor might be swept by Jane The floor should be swept by Jane The floor must be swept by Jane The floor ought to be swept by Jane |
Nah, if you already understand about
this matery, let’s test your skill by doing this exercise:
Change this
sentence into passive voice!
1. Mr. Hopkins invited me to dinner.
2. Water surrounds an island.
3. A maid will clean our hotel room.
4. A doctor has examined the sick
child.
5. The news had surprised John.
6. She is drinking water.
7. Sue can buy that car.
8. The children were writing the
letters.
Change this
sentence into active voice!
1. My watch is going to be fixed by
the jeweler.
2. Many people are employed by that
company.
3. Sue has been hired by that
company.
4. My old car was bought by her.
5. The windows had been washed by
Mr. Fox.
6. That car can be bought by him.
From this matery, we can conclude
that in English—as I said before—there are two kinds of sentence; active and
voice. In active, the subject is something that do the action, and in passive,
the subject is something that receive the action. We can easily differentiate
them by looking at the end of sentence. If there is a “by phrase” so it must be
a passive voice.
Subscribe to:
Posting Komentar (Atom)
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar