Page 25 - Interactive E-Module Tell Me How and Why Grade 11_Annisa Permata Islami
P. 25

grammar!
                     passivevoice
                      passivevoice

















                   active sentence


                             B o b   m a i l e d   t h e   p a c k a g e .




                  passive sentence


                       T h e   p a c k a g e   w a s   m a i l e d   b y   B o b .




                            The  object  of  an  active  sentence  becomes

                            the subject of a passive sentence.





                            The  subject  of          an   active      sentence       is   the
                            object of by  in  the  "by-phrase"  in  a  passive


                            sentence.



                        Form of all passive verbs:



                        be (am/is/are/was/etc.) + past participle






























                                    Interactive E-Module "Tell Me How and Why!" for Grade 11    |   Page 24
   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30