BAB IV KALIMAT AKTIF DAN PASIF

Devinisi dan Pengertian    :

• The Passive Voice is very important in english. Probably quite 90 per cent of the passive sentences spoken or writen are of the type replacing the indefinite pronoun or reflexives in other languages.

• In english, many verbs can be used in the active or passive voice. You must decide between the active or passive voice.

Contoh    :

Active form – Passive form

Simple present

They eat banana – Banana is eaten by them

They teach English in High School – English is taught in High School

Present continuous

We are eating apple – Apple is being eaten

Present perfect

They have taught English for several years – English has been taught for several years.

Present perfect continuous

They have been teaching English for several years – (Not used)

Past tense

They taught English last year – English was taught last year

Past continuous

They were teaching English when I started school – English was being taught when I started school

Past perfect

They had taught English for many years when I started school – English had been taught for many years when I started school.

Past perfect continuous

They had been teaching English for many years when I started school – (Not used)

Future

They will teach English next year – English will be taught next year

Future continuous

They will be teaching English next year – (Not used)

Future perfect

They will have taught English for three years by next September – English will have been taught for three years by next September

Future perfect continuous

They will have been teaching English for three years by next year

Catatan   :

Aturan penggunaan passive voice

§   Jika kalimat lebih menekankan kejadian atau pekerjaan (predikat) daripada orang yang mengerjakannya (subjek).

Contoh: His car was removed.

§   Jika kata kerjanya seperti believe, consider, feel, no, think, suppose, report, say, understand.

Contoh: The Mummy is believed to be over 100,000 years old.

         It is cinsidered impolite to speak while courses.

§   Jika orang yang melakukan pekerjaan tidak diketahui atau tidak dianggap penting.

Contoh: The apple was eaten yesterday (someone eat the apple last night).

§   Jika objek yang dibicarakan penting.

Contoh: The results of the inquiry were published in the newspaper.

Referensi  :

• Complete English grammar in Short Stories, Ayu Rini, Kesaint Blanc, Bekasi-Indonesia, 2008.

• W.Stannard Allen, Living English Structure, Longman, Hongkong, 1973.

• English Course Paper For the 2nd Class, SMK Negeri 46 Jakarta.

• Wallace Manual, Modern English For Today’s Learning First edition, London, 1997.

• Joyce S.Cain, Eye on Editing 2, Developing Editing Skills For Writing, Longman, America, 2003.