The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action.
In the passive, the object of an active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb : the girl in (a) becomes the subject of the passive verb in (b)
- Active : a. Harry helped the girl
- Passive : b. the girl was helped by Harry
Form of the passive : be + past participle.
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Active |
Passive |
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| Simple present | Ajeng | Watches | The Movie | The Movie | Is | Watched | By ajeng |
| Present progressive | Ajeng | Is watching | The Movie | The Movie | Is being | Watched | By ajeng |
| Present perfect | Ajeng | Has watched | The Movie | The Movie | Has been | Watched | By ajeng |
| Simple past | Ajeng | Watched | The Movie | The Movie | Was | Watched | By ajeng |
| Past progressive | Ajeng | Was watching | The Movie | The Movie | Was being | Watched | By ajeng |
| Past perfect | Ajeng | Had watched | The Movie | The Movie | Had been | Watched | By ajeng |
| Simple future | Ajeng | Will watch | The Movie | The Movie | Will be | Watched | By ajeng |
| Be going to | Ajeng | Is going to watch | The Movie | The Movie | Is going to be | Watched | By ajeng |
| Future perfect | Ajeng | Will have watch | The Movie | The Movie | Will have been | Watched | By ajeng |
Note : notice that the subject of an active verb follows by in a passive sentence. The noun that follows by is called the “agent.” In the (b). Harry is the agent. (a) and (b) have the same meaning.
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