Passive Voice
- - Definition Passive Voice
Passive Voice (Sentences Passive) is the subject of hissentences are served with a job or suffer a. In other words,the subject of the sentence is the target of the activity expressed by the verb. In Indonesian traits are passive verbphrase beginning with "in-" and several more have the prefix"ter-" (depending on the context of the sentence).
- Formula Passive Voice
S + Auxiliary Verb + Past Participle
Note:
Ø Auxiliary verb can be either a primary auxiliary verb be(is, are, am, was, were, be, been, being) or a combination of the two primaries (is / are being, was / were being,has / have been) as well as between primary and capitalauxiliary verb (will be, will not have been).
Ø Combination of auxiliary used to form the passive tenses.Fuller explanation can be found in the Form of Passivetenses, Infinitive, and Gerund.
Ø Past participle form of the verb used transitive (has adirect object).
- Example :
he can’t drive a car. (active voice, transitive), He always come on time. (active voice, intransitive)
- Perubahan bentuk dari base form ke past tense dan past participle secara regular maupun irregular.
