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Subject + Be + V + by + O: Passive Voice

The document discusses passive voice and provides examples of how to change sentences from active to passive voice. It explains that in the passive voice, the subject receives the action and the object of the active sentence becomes the subject. Various tenses like simple present, past, future and continuous tenses are given for both active and passive forms. Common uses of the passive voice are also outlined.

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Subject + Be + V + by + O: Passive Voice

The document discusses passive voice and provides examples of how to change sentences from active to passive voice. It explains that in the passive voice, the subject receives the action and the object of the active sentence becomes the subject. Various tenses like simple present, past, future and continuous tenses are given for both active and passive forms. Common uses of the passive voice are also outlined.

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Topic

: Passive Voice

Class

: IX

KD

: 3.12
PASSIVE VOICE

What We Will Learn Today


The passive voice is formed by putting the auxilliarry verb be into the same tense as the
active verb and adding the past participle of a transitive verb.

Subject + be + V3 + by + O
The Basic Great Tenses It will be very useful for you to understand passive voice
SIMPLE

CONTINUOUS

PERFECT

PERFECT

CONTINUOUS

PRESENT

S+V1+O

S+is/am/are+Ving+O

S+have/has+V3+O

S+have/has been+Ving+O

PAST

S+V2+O

S+Was/were+Ving+O

S+had+V3+O

S+had been+Ving+O

FUTURE

S+will+V1+O

S+will be+Ving+O

S+will have+V3+O

S+will have been+Ving+O

PAST

S+would+V1+

FUTURE

S+would be+Ving+O

S+would
have+V3+O

S+would have been+Ving

FUTURE

PAST

PRESENT

Simple Formula Read This Table and Memorize!


SIMPLE

CONTINUOUS

PERFECT

S + am/is/are + V3

S + am/is/are + being + V3

S + have/has + been + V3

S + am/is/are + not + V3

S + am/is/are + not +being + V3

S + have/has + not + been + V3

Am/Is/Are + S + V3?

Am/Is/Are + S + being + V3?

Have/Has + S + been + V3 ?

S + was/were + V3

S + was/were + being + V3

S + had + been + V3

S + was/were + not + V3

S + was/were + not + being + V3

S + had + not + been + V3

Was/Were + S + V3?

Was/Were + S + being + V3?

Had + S + been + V3

S + will + be + V3

S + will + not + be + V3

Will + S + be + V3?

The passive form of Modals


S+Modals+be+V3+by+O

The use of passive voice:


1. when the agent (=the person who does the action) is unknown, unimportant or obvious
from the context.
Jane was shot. (We dont know who shot her.)
This church was built in 1815. (Unimportant agent)
He has been arrested. (Obviously by the police)
2. to make more polite or formal statements.
The car hasnt been cleaned. (more polite) You havent cleaned the car. (less polite)
3. when the action is more important than the agent, as in processes, instructions, events,
reports, headlines, new items, and advertisements.
30 people were killed in the earthquake.
4. to put emphasis on the agent.
The new library will be opened by the Queen.
Double Object Verbs
When we have verbs that take two objects like, for example, give somebody something, we
can convert the active sentence into a passive one in two ways:
a. by making the indirect (animate) object the subject of the passive voice sentence,
which is also the way that we usually prefer.
b. By making the direct (inanimate) object the subject of the passive voice.
Rick gave me (indirect object) this book (direct object).
I was given this book by Rick.
This book was given to me by Rick.
Some of the verbs that take two objects are: give, tell, send, show, bring, write, offer, pay,
etc.When the indirect object is alone after the verb in the passive voice sentence, it needs the
preposition to. If the indirect object of the active voice sentence is a personal pronoun it has
to be changed into a subject pronoun to be the subject of the passive voice sentence.
SUBJECT
I
You
They
We
He
She
It

OBJECT
Me
You
Them
Us
Him
Her
It

Active to Passive
1. Objek dari active voice berubah menjadi subject dari passive voice
2. Subject dari active voice berubah menjadi object dari passive voice
3. Terjadi perubahan dari object pronoun pada passive voice

4. V1 pada active voice menjadi V3 pada passive voice


5. Pada passive voice ditambahkan be di depan V3. Be yang digunakan mengikuti subjek
passive voice dan tenses yang digunakan.
6. Pada passive voice ditambahkan kata by di belakang V3. Namun, jika object dari
passive voice dianggap tidak penting atau tidak diketahui, maka object biasanya tidak
dicantumkan dan begitu juga dengan by.
She writes the letter The letter is written by her

Now, Lets Try!


Simple Present
Simple Past
Simple Future
Present Continuous
Past Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Modals

Active
She writes the letter
She wrote the letter
She will write the letter
She is writing the letter
She was writing the letter
She has written the letter
She has written the letter
She can write the letter

Passive
The letter is written by her
The letter was written by her
The letter will be written by her
The letter is being written by her
The letter was being written by her
The letter has been written by her
The letter had been written by her
The letter can be written by her

It is easy, isnt it?

EXERCISES
1. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use
the Present Simple.
a. English ____________________ (speak) in many countries.
b. The post ______________________ (deliver) at about 7 oclock every morning.
c. ______________________________ (the building/use) any more?
d. How often ______________________________ (the Olympic Games(hold)?
e. How _______________________ (your name/spell)?
f. My salary _____________________ (pay) every month.
g. These cars _________________________ (not make) in Japan.
h. The name of the people who committed the crime ___________________ (not know).
i. His travel expenses ________________________ (not pay) by his company.
2. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use
the Past Simple.
a. My car ______________________ (repair) last week.
b. This song ________________________ (not write) by John Lennon.
c. ________________________________ (the phone/answer) by a young girl?
d. The film ________________________ (make) ten years ago.
e. When ______________________________ (tennis/invent)?
f. The car ________________________ (not damaged) in the accident.
g. The original building _________________________ (pull) down in 1965.
h. Where ______________________________ (this pot/make)?
i. When _______________________________ (this bridge/build)?
3. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
FIAT
0
Fiat was started (started/was started) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899. In
1903, Fiat, 1_________________ (produced/was produced) 132 cars. Some of these cars
2

_____________________ (exported/were exported) by the company to the United States

and Britain. In 1920, Fiat 3_________________ (started/was started) making cars at a


new factory at Lingotto, near Turin. There was a track on the roof where the cars
4

____________________ (tested/were tested) by technicians. In 1936, Fiat launched the

Fiat 500. This car 5____________________ (called/was called) the Topolino the Italian
name for Mickey Mouse. The company grew, and in 1963 Fiat6_____________________
(exported/was exported) more than 300,000 vehicles. Today, Fiat is based in Turin, and its
cars 7_________________ (sold/are sold) all over the world.
4. Change the following sentences into passive sentences using the words in brackets.
a. We sell tickets for all shows at the Box Office. (Tickets for all shows/sell/at the Box
Office)
_____________________________________________________________________

b. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb. (The electric light bulb/invent/by
Thomas Edison)
_____________________________________________________________________
c. Someone painted the office last week. (The office/paint/last week)
_____________________________________________________________________
d. Several people saw the accident. (The accident/see/by several people)
_____________________________________________________________________
e. Where do they make these video recorders? (Where/these video recorders/make)
_____________________________________________________________________

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