ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
ACTIVE VOICE → the subject in a
sentence is active or the subject is doing something.
In Indonesia
grammatical, the characteristic of active voice is prefix by “me-“. And several prefix by “ber”.
Active voice can be transitive
or intransitive.
Example :
Transitive verb is
the verb needing object. ( buy, bring, tell, give, do, drink, eat, write, etc.)
Intransitive verb is
the verb do not need object. ( go, arrive, come, sleep, bleed, cry, etc.)
Example :
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Marry writes a letter (transitive)
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My friend eats the fruit (transitive)
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The child is crying (intransitive)
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John is sleeping (intransitive)
PASSIVE VOICE → the subject
becomes a target of verb.
In Indonesia
grammatical, the characteristic of passive voice is prefix by “di-“ .
☻FORMING THE PASSIVE
How to make active voice to passive voice ?
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Using transitive verb
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The Subject in active voice change
to object in passive voice, and object in active voice change to subject
in passive voice.
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The verb in passive voice must be past participle ( V3
) which preceded by to be
( is,
am, are, was, were, being, been ), following “by” after past participle.
Example :
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A letter is
written by her.
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The fruit is
eaten by my friend.
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Etc.
NB :
Active : - Marry
writes a letter
S V
O
Passive : A
letter is written by Marry
S V O
Marry : agent
