THE PAPER

PASSIVE VOICE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Presented to fulfilment of English assignments

The English lecturer Murad M.Pd

By :
Husnul Khotimah (2022010057)
Ainnur Malika (2022010009)
Yazid Hilal Yahya (2022010104)

TARBIYAH AL-KHAIRIYAH HIGH SCHOOL

ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM
2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR

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 PREFACE

Praise be to god almighty for the blessing of his grace, and the we were given the
opportunity to be able to complete a working paper ertitled “PASSIVE VOICE SIMPLE
PAST TENSE” is propetly, and on time.

Finally, the writer expects that it can be a medium for the reader to deepen the knowledge
about the passive voice simple past tense, its application.

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 TABLE OF CONTENS

PREFACE..........................................................................................................................ii

TABLE OF CONTENS.....................................................................................................iii

CHAPTER I INTODUCTION.........................................................................................1

A. Background of problem.....................................................................................1
B. Formulation of problem.....................................................................................1

CHAPTER II DISCUSSION............................................................................................2

A. Definition of passive voice................................................................................2

B. Funcition of passive voice.................................................................................3
C. Pattern of passive voice in simple paste tense...................................................3
D. Example of passive voice in simple paste tense................................................3

CHAPTER III CONCLUSION........................................................................................5

A. Conclusion.........................................................................................................5
B. Suggest...............................................................................................................5

BIBLIOGRPHY.................................................................................................................6

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 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A.Background of Problem

With master English well, then we will be able to communicate with other nations in
the world. In addition, we will be able to add insight and knowledge we are for the progress
of our nation and state, because we will be able to read literature in English, listening to radio
broadcasts abroad, as well as watching films science others. Thus, in the end we can master
the knowledge-knowledge in all fields.

And passive voice is a one part of English grammar. Voice refers to the characteristics
of a verb that tells whether the subject of the verb is performing the action of the verb (active
voice) or whether the subject of the verb is acted upon (passive voice). The subject in an
active voice will be the object or argent in passive voice. That is why only sentences with
transitive verb whose voice can be transformed into active or passive. So with this papers we
will explaint about passive voice simple tense.

B.Formulation of problem

a. What is definition of passive voice?

b. what is function of passive voice?

c. what is simple past tense of passive voice?

e. what example of passive voice simple past tense?

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 CHAPTER II

DISCUSSION

A.Definition

Passive voice is a form of verb to performance that the subject is a suffering sentence
because work or action. Passive voice is that form of verb how that something is done to the
person or thin denoted by the subject. In passive voice the person not rather interesting to
performs. There are two kinds of verbs, transitive and intransitive. The verbs need objects are
called transitive, while others are intransitive. It is only transitive verbs are used passive. In
changing a sentence from the active to the passive, the accusative becomes nominative, and
the nominative us put into the accusative after by.

The “passive voice” is a grammatical construction in which the subject of a sentence

of clause denotes the recipient of the action rather than the performer. Active voice is a more
regular used in life everyday rather than passive voice. Passive voice is used because the
object of active voice is more important rather than the subject. Many language criticus and
language usage manuals discourage use of the passive voice. Because character it passive
voice rare use in daily conversation and much can we found in official document or scientific
write. But knowledge about passive voice still important to study TOEFL. Example :

 Active : we fertilize the plants every 3 months

 Passive : the plants is fertilize by us every 3 months
 According to the example above, we can see that :
- The object in active voice (the plants) become subject in passive voice.
- The subject in active voice (we) become object in passive voice. And there is
change form subject pronoun’we’ become object pronoun ‘us’.
- Verb 1 (fertilize) in active voice become verb 3 (fertilized) in passive voice.
- Added tobe ‘is’ in font of verb 3. Tobe that used depend on the subject in passive
voice and tenses that used.
- Added ‘by’ after verb 3. But, if the object in passive voice assumed unimportant
or not know, so the object is usually not used and so is ‘by’.
- Special for progressive sentences (all continuous tenses) necessary add ‘being’ in
front of verb 3, if not added “being”, the tenses will change, not
progressive/continuous anymore.

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 According to the six above, the pattern of passive voice is:
SUBJECT + TOBE + VERB 3 (PAST PARTICIPLE) + BY + OBJECT

B.Function

The passive is used to show interest in the person or object that experinces an action
rather than the person or object that performs the action. In other words, the most important
thing or person becomes the subject the sentences.

C.Pattern of passive voice in simple tense

 Simple past tense, use tobe. “was” or “ were”

No Subject Tube Verb III

1 I Was Called
2 You Was Called
3 We Was Called
4 They Was Called
5 He Were Called
6 She Were Called
7 It Were called

Passive voice in simple tense FPRMULA

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE = VERB 3 (PAST PARTICIPLE)

D.Example Passive Voice in simple paste tense

Active : He met then yesterday

Passive : They were met by him yesterday

Active : Juna studied English

Passive : English was spoken by many people

Passive : This plant was watered the car yesterday

Active : peter washed the car yesterday

Passive : the car was washed by peter yesterday

Active : my mother washed the plates last night

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Passive : the plates were washed by mother last night

Active : he sent the letter yesterday

Passive : he letter was sent yesterday

Active : we learned the reports yesterday

Passive : the reports were learned yesterday

Active : a thief broke the window last night

Passive : the window was broken by a thief last night

Active : Charles typed the report yesterday

Passive : the report were typed by Charles yesterday

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 CHAPTER III

CONCLUSION

A.Conclusion

Passive voice is a form of verb to performance that the subject is a suffering sentence
because work or action. Passive voice is that form of verb how that something is done to the
person or thin denoted by the subject. There are two kinds of verbs, transitive and
intransitive. The verbs that need objects are called transitive, while others are intransitive. It
is only transitive verbs are used passive.

B.Suggest

As a student active and modern it is appropriate that we are able to speak English
correctly, with this paper is exected to be more friends know and understand about passive
and can apply it in everyday life.

We are as the writer want to apology for the shortage of this paper. We know that this
paper is still far from perfect. So that we need the suggest from the rider for the perfection of
this paper. Thank you very much for the reader.

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