Name  : Alisa Agustia
NPM  : 10216616
Class  : 1EA19
Tugas : Bahasa Inggris 2
Dosen : Agus Necholase

Definiton

Active and Passive Sentences

A sentence is written in active voice when the subject of the sentence performs the action in the sentence.

e.g. The girl was washing the dog.

A sentence is written in passive voice when the subject of the sentence has an action done to it by someone or something else.

e.g. The dog was being washed by the girl

 Explanation

In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active.

In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.

Example

doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.

Tense	Active	Passive
Simple Present	Once a week, Tom cleans the house.	Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.
Present Continuous	Right now, Sarah is writing the letter.	Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.
Simple Past	Sam repaired the car.	The car was repaired by Sam.
Past Continuous	The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store.	The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store.
Present Perfect	Many tourists have visited that castle.	That castle has been visited by many tourists.
Present Perfect Continuous	Recently, John has been doing the work.	Recently, the work has been being done by John.
Past Perfect	George had repaired many cars before he received his mechanic's license.	Many cars had been repaired by George before he received his mechanic's license.
Past Perfect Continuous	Chef Jones had been preparing the restaurant's fantastic dinners for two years before he moved to Paris.	The restaurant's fantastic dinners had been being prepared by Chef Jones for two years before he moved to Paris.
Simple Future will	Someone will finish the work by 5:00 PM.	The work will be finished by 5:00 PM.
Simple Future be going to	Sally is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.	A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Sally tonight.
Future Continuous will	At 8:00 PM tonight, John will be washing the dishes.	At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes will be being washed by John.
Future Continuous be going to	At 8:00 PM tonight, John is going to be washing the dishes.	At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes are going to be being washed by John.
Future Perfect will	They will have completed the project before the deadline.	The project will have been completed before the deadline.
Future Perfect be going to	They are going to have completed the project before the deadline.	The project is going to have been completed before the deadline.
Future Perfect Continuous will	The famous artist will have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.	The mural will have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
Future Perfect Continuous be going to	The famous artist is going to have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.	The mural is going to have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
Used to	Jerry used to pay the bills.	The bills used to be paid by Jerry.
Would Always	My mother would always make the pies.	The pies would always be made by my mother.
Future in the Past Would	I knew John would finish the work by 5:00 PM.	I knew the work would be finished by 5:00 PM.
Future in the Past Was Going to	I thought Sally was going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.	I thought a beautiful dinner was going to be made by Sally tonight.

Exercises

Change the sentence into active or passive sentence!

1.       Change this sentence into passive voice: He meets them everyday

2.    Change this sentence  into Active voice: They were met by him yesterday

3.    Change this sentence  into Active voice: They have been met by him

4.    Change this sentence  into Active voice: This plant had been watered by her for 5 minutes when I got here

5.     Change this sentence  into passive voice: He will meet them tomorrow

6.    Change this sentence  into passive voice: He will have met them before I get there tomorrow.

7.    Change this sentence  into passive voice: She would have watered this plant

8.    Change this sentence  into passive voice: He is meeting them now

9.    Change this sentence  into active voice: This plant was being watered by her

10. Change this sentence  into active voice: They would be being met by him.

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