Passive Voice

Passive voice is very popular use, both in everyday conversations and in reading books. In the Indonesian language sentence is known as a verb beginning with di - (written, given, scolded, etc). In the active sentence we may say so :


The teacher warned Nita for being late - Teachers warned Nita for being late.
But if we want to express this sentence in passive voice, we will say :
Nita was warned by the teacher for being late - Nita warned by the teacher for being late.

The rules for forming the passive voice

1. The sentence should have Object ( Transitive verb )

2. Object in the active sentence becomes the subject in passive sentences

3. Said his work should form the III (Past participle) preceded by a to be (am, is, are, was, were the resource persons, been). And ;

4. The structure of the sentence by tenses.

A. Simple Past Tense

Structure - Subject + was/were + Past Participle

Example :

(A) Fire destroyed the house - (P) The House was destroyed by fire.

B. Simple present tense 

Structure - Subject + am/is/are + Past Participle

Example :

(A) People all over the world speak English - (P) English is spoken all over the world

C. Present Perfect Tense 

Structure - Subject + have/has been + Past Participle

Example : 

(A) The students have copied the lesson.  - (P) The lesson has been copied by the students.

D. Present Continuous tense
Structure - Subject + am/is/are + being + Past Participle
Example :

(A) She is typing the letter. - (P) The letter is being typed.

E. Simple Future Tense

Structure - Subject + shall/will be + Past Participle

Example:

(A) They will sign the contract next week. - (P) The contract will be signed next week

F. Passive Voice with Auxiliaries

Structure - Subject + aux + be + Pas Participle

Example :

(A) He must finish the work today. - (P) The work must be finished today.