Passive Sentence

Passive Sentence

Use of Passive

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action. Use of the passive voice is not a grammatical error. It’s a stylistic issue that pertains to clarity—that is, there are times when using the passive voice can prevent a reader from understanding what you mean. In a passive sentence, the subject does not perform the action in the sentence. In fact, the action is performed on it.

Example: My bike was stolen.

Form of Passive

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence

the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)

the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Simple Present	Active (S + V1 (s/es) + O/C)	Rita	writes	a letter.
	Passive (S + To Be (am, is, are) + V3 + O/C)	A letter	is written	by Rita.
Simple Past	Active (S + V2 + O/C)	Rita	wrote	a letter.
	Passive (S + was/were + V3 + O/C)	A letter	was written	by Rita.
Present Perfect	Active (S + have/has + V3 + O/C)	Rita	has written	a letter.
	Passive (S + have/has + been + V3 +O/C)	A letter	has been written	by Rita.
Simple Future	Active (S + will/shall + V1 + O/C)	Rita	will write	a letter.
	Passive (S + will/shall + be + V3 + O/C)	A letter	will be written	by Rita.
Present Continuous	Active (S + To Be (am, is, are) + Ving + O/C)	Rita	is writing	a letter.
	Passive (S + To Be + (am, is, are) + being + V3 + O/C)	A letter	is being written	by Rita.
Past Continuous	Active (S + was/were + Ving + O/C)	Rita	was writing	a letter.
	Passive (S + was/were + being + V3 + O/C)	A letter	was being written	by Rita.
Future Perfect	Active (S + will/shall + have + V3 + O/C)	Rita	will have written	a letter.
	Passive (S + will/shall + have + been + V3 + O/C)	A letter	will have been written	by Rita.
Past Perfect	Active (S + had + V3 + O/C)	Rita	had written	a letter.
	Passive (S + had + been + V3 + O/C)	A letter	had been written	by Rita.
Past Future	Active (S + would/should + V1 + O/C)	Rita	would write	a letter.
	Passive (S + would/should + be + V3 + O/C)	A letter	would be written	by Rita.
Past Future Perfect	Active (S + would/should + have + V3 + O/C)	Rita	would have written	a letter.
	Passive (S + would/should + have  + been + V3 + O/C)	A letter	would have been written	by Rita.

Active to Passive

Tina is reading the book. (Active)

The book is being read by Tina. (Passive)

We celebrate school annyversary every year. (Active)

The school annyversary is celebrated every year. (Passive)

Forest burning has produced a lot of pollution. (Active)

A lot of pollution has been produced by forest burning. (Passive)

The students will play basketball (Active)

The basketball will be played by the students (Passive)

The school provided rubbish bin two months ago. (Active)

The rubbish bin was provided by the school two months ago. (Passive)

The band plays the music. (Active)

The music is being plays by the band. (Passive)

The girl is picking up the flowers. (Active)

The flowers are being picked up by the girl. (Passive)

This school will build a new meeting hall. (Active)

A new meeting hall will be built by this school. (Passive)

The goverment announces the news to all people in city. (Active)

The news is announced to all people in the city by the government. (Passive)

The principal gave the certificates to the students. (Active)

The certificates were given to the students by the principal. (Passive)

Passive to Active

The book had been bought by Nanik. (Passive)

Nanik had bought book. (Active)

Students are copying the notes. (Passive)

The notes are being copied by students. (Active)

The eggs were fried by my mother yesterday. (Passive)

My mother fried the eggs yesterday. (Active)

He has been given a cat by Rani. (Passive)

Rani has given him a cat. (Active)

The homework has been done by me. (Passive)

I have done the homework. (Active)

Fish has been eaten by the cat. (Passive)

The cats has eaten fish. (Active)

Flowers were being watered by Novia. (Passive)

Novia was watering flowers. (Active)

That comic will be read by me. (Passive)

I shall read that comic. (Active)

The assignment wouldn’t have been given by Tommy two days ago. (Passive)

Tommy wouldn’t have given the assignment two days ago. (Active)

Peter has managed this company since 1995. (Passive)

This company has been managed by Peter since 1955. (Active)

Sumber :

http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/passive_sentences.htm

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/passive-voice/

http://alia-adhelia.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-examples-of-active-and-passive.html