Passive Voice

PASSIVE VOICE

The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action. In other words, the most important thing or person becomes the subject of the sentence.

The passive voice is a grammatical construction (specifically, a "voice"). The noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence (such as Our troops defeated the enemy) appears as the subject of a sentence or clause in the passive voice (e.g. The enemy was defeated by our troops).

Typical formula :

Be + v3

PRESENT

1. Simple Present Tense

S + IS/AM/ARE + V 3

Contohnya:

I am called by the teacher

Mimy is bitten by a little dog

The house is sold by the owner.

2. Present Continuous Tense

S + AM/IS/ARE + BEING + V 3

Contohnya:

I am being called by the teacher

Mimy is being bitten by a little dog

The house is being sold by the owner.

3. Present Perfect Tense

S + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + V 3

Contohnya:

I have been called by the teacher

Mimy has been bitten by a little dog

The house has been sold by the owner.

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

S + HAS/HAVE + BEEN + BEING + V 3

Contohnya:

I have been being called by the teacher

Mimy has been being bitten by a little dog

The house has been being sold by the owner.

PAST

1. Simple Past Tense

S + WAS/WERE + V 3

Contohnya:

We were called by the teacher

Mimy was bitten by a little dog

The house was sold by the owner.

2. Past Continuous Tense

S + WAS/WERE + BEING + V 3

Contohnya:

We were being called by the teacher

Mimy was being bitten by a little dog

The house was being sold by the owner.

3. Past Perfect Tense

S + HAD + BEEN + V 3

Contohnya:

I had been called by the teacher

Mimy had been bitten by a little dog

The house had been sold by the owner.

4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

S + HAD + BEEN + BEING + V 3

Contohnya:

I had been being called by the teacher

Mimy had been being bitten by a little dog

The house had been being sold by the owner.

FUTURE

1. Simple Future Tense

S + WILL + BE + V 3

Contohnya:

I will be called by the teacher

Mimy will be bitten by a little dog

The house will be sold by the owner.

2. Future Continuous Tense

S + WILL + BE + BEING + V 3

Contohnya:

I will be being called by the teacher

Mimy will be being bitten by a little dog

The house will be being sold by the owner.

3. Future Perfect Tense

S + WILL + HAVE + BEEN + V 3

Contohnya:

I will have been called by the teacher

Mimy will have been bitten by a little dog

The house will have been sold by the owner.

4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

S + WILL + HAVE + BEEN +BEING + V 3

Contohnya:

I will have been being called by the teacher

Mimy will have been being bitten by a little dog

The house will have been being sold by the owner