Explanation about Passive Sentence




Passive Sentence is one form of sentence in English. In the passive definition of Passive Voice means a transitive verb form in which the English subject's subject of the sentence behaves as a 'patient', ie, who accepts the action of a job. Passive sentences generally contrast with the Active Sentence or commonly known as Active Voice, this phrase means a transitive verb form in which the subject of the sentence behaves as an 'agent', that is, who does the action of a job.

Passive Sentence Examples:
Passive sentence consists of subject, predicate and also object. More explanation passive sentence is a verb that does not show action and acts only as a recipient of action or recipient action. See examples below:
The bike was stolen by the thief. (the bike was stolen by thieves)
The floor was cleaned by Paula. (the floor was cleared by Paula)

Exercises


·         Simple Present Tense
Active  : Once a month, Conte brings the team to the beach
Passive : Once a month, the team is brought to the beach by Conte  

·         Present Continuous Tense
Active  : Ali is writting a letter right now
Passive : The letter is being written by Ali now

·         Simple Past Tense
Active  : Gio repaired the computer which is located in the living room
Passive : The computer which is located in the living room by Gio

·         Past Continuous Tense
Active  : The salesman was helping the customer when thief came into the store
Passive : The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store

·         Present Perfect Tense 
Active  : Many basketball players have trained that kind of dribble style
Passive : That kind of dribble style have been trained by many basketball players

·         Past Perfect Tense
Active  : Otong and Vicky had repaired many cars before they received their mechanic license
Passive : Many cars had been repaired by Otong and Vicky before they received their mechanic license

·         Simple Future Tense
Active  : Chef Ferrara will finish the dish by 05.00 p.m
Passive : The dish will be completed by Chef Ferrara 05.00 p.m

·         Future Continuous Tense
Active  : Burgerkill will be performing a song entitled " Tiga Titik Hitam " on the stage at 08.00 p.m
Passive : The song entitled " Tiga Titik Hitam " will be performed by Burgerkill on stage at 08.00 p.m

·         Future Perfect Tense
Active  : They will have completed the project before the deadline
Passive : The project will have been completed by them before the deadline

·         Simple Past Tense
Active  : The lead guitarist of Flashgod Apocalypes smashed his guitar in their last concert
Passive : The guitar was smashed by the lead guitarist of Flashgod Apocalypse in their last concert




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