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PASSIVE VOICE.

Subject : Passive Voice ( Part 1 )
Passive Voice is used to express ideas in which the focus of the sentence is not on the doer
but on the object of the action. The doer of the action is possibly unknown.
Examples :
1. Sari wrote the letter.
This sentence focuses on the subject of the sentence. Sari is the person who wrote the
letter.
2. The letter was written in bold.
This sentence is different. The focus of the sentence is on what is written, the letter. The
information about who wrote the letter is not important, even though we can add
information about the doer of the action.
• Sari wrote the letter in bold. (Active Voice Sentence in Simple Past Tense)
• The letter was written by Sari in bold. ( Passive Voice Sentence in Simple Past Tense)
We can see that an active voice sentence can be changed to a passive voice sentence.
However, it will change the focus of the sentence. The object of the active sentence is
placed as the subject of the passive sentence.

Let's Learn More :
The pattern of the Passive Voice sentence :
Subject + to be + Verb 3
More examples of Passive Voice Sentence in a few Tenses :
1. The car is repaired by the mechanic. (Simple Present Tense)
2. The new building is being built. (Simple Present Continuous Tense)
3. The mistake will be corrected. (Simple Future Tense)
4. The murderer has been punished. (Present Perfect Tense)

Tasks :
1. Complete the text about " From Tea Plants to a Cup of Tea", with choose the best
words under the text.
From many years, Indonesia has produced thousands of kilograms of tea every year for
its people and for international trade. Have you ever thought about how the tea gets from
the tree to your cup ? You should know about it.
First, .......(1)...........in tea plantations hilly and cool areas. Next, the tea leaves.......
(2)........by the tea-leave pickers and the leaves.... (3).........under the sun for about a day
until they are almost dry. After that, the tea leaves of good quality....... (4)........and
they....... (5).........by a cutting -machine. They..... (6)...........once again.
When the process has finished, the tea........ (7).......... Later, the tea
.........(8)..........,supermarkets, perhaps a shop near your home or exported for
international markets.
When you drink your tea, you can can think about the many people who have worked
together to produce the tea and bring it to you.
• are selected
• are sliced finely

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