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C. LANGUANGE FEATURE

We can form the Passive in any tenses. In fact, conjugation of verbs in the Passive
is rather easy, as the main verb is always in Past Participle form (V3) and the

Auxiliary verb (kata kerja Bantu) is always Tobe. NOTE : Subyek di kalimat Aktif
menjadi Obyek di kalimat Pasif

Active Sentence
Qonita makes A cake

Passive Sentence A cake Is made By Qonita

THE PASSIVE VOICE (BASIC SUMMARY SHEET)

Tense Pattern Passive Voice
Present Simple ToBe1 + V3 A song is sung by her

Present ToBe1 + being + V3 A song is being sung by her

Continous
Past Simple ToBe2 + V3 A song was sung by her

Past Continous ToBe2 + being + V3 A song was being sung by her
Present Perfect Has/Have + been + V3 A song has been sung by her

Present Perfect Has/Have + been + A song has been being sung by her

Continous being + V3
Past Perfect Had + been + V3 A song had been sung by her

Future Simple Will + be + V3 A song will be sung by her

Future Perfect Will+has/have+been+V3 A song will has been sung by her

Task 1
Rewrite these in Passive sentences.

1. Author write books.
2. They have cancelled the concert.
3. Ali is using the computer right now.
4. I didn’t realize that somebody was recording our conversation.
5. When we got to the cinema, we found that it had already started the movie.
6. They are building a new ring road around the city.
7. They have built a new hospital near the airport.
8. Do scientists do experiments?
9. They were building houses next to the school.
10. When did Thomas alfa edison invent the lamp?

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