ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

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 :

-          Marry writes a letter (transitive)

-          My friend eats the fruit (transitive)

-          The child is crying (intransitive)

-          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 ?

-          Using transitive verb

-          The Subject in active voice  change  to object in passive voice, and object in active voice change to subject in passive voice.

-          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 :

-          A letter is written by  her.

-          The fruit is eaten by my friend.

-          Etc.

       

NB :

Active : - Marry writes a letter

                    S         V         O

Passive : A letter is written by Marry

     S            V             O

                                                                Marry : agent