Pengertian kalimat active and passive Kalimat aktif (active voice) adalah kalimat dimana subject-nya melakukan pekerjaan, sebaliknya, kalimat pasif (passive voice) adalah kalimat dimana subject-nya dikenai pekerjaan oleh object kalimat. Active voice lebih sering digunakan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari dibandingkan dengan passive voice. Namun demikian, sering kita temukan passive voice di surat-surat kabar, artikel-artikel di majalah-majalah dan tulisan-tulisan ilmiah. Passive voice digunakan karena object dari active voice merupakan informasi yang lebih penting dibandingkan dengan subject-nya. Contoh :
Active : We fertilize the soil every 6 months Dari contoh ini dapat kita lihat bahwa:
Object dari active voice (the soil) menjadi subject dari passive voice Berdasarkan keenam poin di atas maka passive voice mengikuti pola sebagai berikut:
Subject + be + Verb3 + by + Object + modifier a. Jika active voice dalam simple present tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah is, am atau are. Contoh:
Active : He meets them everyday.
Active : She waters this plant every two days. b. Jika active voice dalam simple past tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah was atau were Contoh:
Active : He met them yesterday
Active : She watered this plant this morning c. Jika active voice dalam present perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary has atau have, sehingga menjadi ‘has been’ atau ‘have been’ Contoh:
Active : He has met them d. Jika active voice dalam past perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary had, sehingga menjadi had been Contoh:
Active : He had met them before I came.
Active : She had watered this plant for 5 minutes when I got here e. Jika active voice dalam simple future tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah be Contoh:
Active : He will meet them tomorrow.
Active : She will water this plant this afternoon.
Active : The farmers are going to harvest the crops next week f. Jika active voice dalam future perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary will have, sehingga menjadi ‘will have been’ Contoh:
Active : He will have met them before I get there tomorrow.
Active : She will have watered this plant before I get here this afternoon. g. Jika active voice dalam past future perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary would have, sehingga menjadi ‘would have been’. Contoh:
Active : He would have met them.
Active : She would have watered this plant. h. Jika active voice dalam present continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah (is, am atau are) + being. Contoh:
Active : He is meeting them now.
Active : She is watering this plant now. i. Jika active voice dalam past continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah (was atau were) + being. Contoh:
Active : He was meeting them.
Active : She was watering this plant. j. Jika active voice dalam perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah (has/have) been + being. Contoh:
Active : He has been meeting them.
Active : She has been watering this plant. k. Jika active voice dalam past perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah had been + being. Contoh:
Active : He had been meeting them.
Active : She had been watering this plant. l. Jika active voice dalam future continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah will be + being. Contoh:
Active : He will be meeting them.
Active : She will be watering this plant. m. Jika active voice dalam past future continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah would be + being. Contoh:
Active : He would be meeting them.
Active : She would be watering this plant. n. Jika active voice dalam future perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah will have been + being. Contoh:
Active : He will have been meeting them.
Active : She will have been watering this plant. o. Jika active voice dalam past future perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah would have been + being. Contoh:
Active : He would be meeting them.
Active : She would be watering this plant. Contoh perbedaan active and passive
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