Passive Voice

A. Passive Voice

Passive voice merupakan struktur kalimat penulisan dalam bahasa Inggris yang mana subject (pelaku) dari kalimat tersebut dikenakan suatu pekerjaan. Passive voice tidak hanya ada dalam bahasa Inggris saja, dalam bahasa Indonesia kita mengenal Kalimat Pasif dengan perubahan yang sangat simple yaitu imbuhan di- / ter-. Misalkan Rini membaca sebuah novel (kalimat aktif) novel dibaca oleh Rini (kalimat pasif). Tetapi semudah itu kah perubahan dari Active Voice ke Passasive Voice?

B. Pola Passive Voice

Perubahan active voice ke passive voice tidak semudah perubahan kalimat aktif ke dalam kalimat pasif dalam bahasa Indonesia.

Pola:

S + Be + Verb-3 + By Agent

Ket:

S: Subjek

Be: Tobe

Verb-3: Kata kerja bentuk ketiga

By Agent: Pelaku

Contoh:

Rini    reads    Novel. (Active Voice)

 [S]    [V1]   [Object]

Novel      is          read      by Rini. (Passive Voice)

   [S]    [to be]     [V3]    [by agent]

Dalam pembuatan kalimat passive voice, kita tidak akan lepas dengan yang namanya tenses. Yup, karena dalam penentuan 'to be' pada kalimat passive voice tergantung pada  tenses kalimat aktifnya.

Tenses                                               Active Voice                                          Passive Voice

Simpe Present                                 He buys a novel.                                A novel is bought by him.

Present Continous                        He is buying a novel.                     A novel is being bought by him.

Present Perfect                            He has bought a novel.                 A novel has been bought by him.

Present Perfect Continous     He has been buying a novel.      A novel has been being bought by him.

Simple Past                                   He bought a novel.                          A novel was bought by him.

Past Continous                        He was buying a novel.                  A novel was being bought by him.

Past Perfect                               He had bought a novel.                 A novel had been bought by him.

Past Perfect Continous         He had been buying a novel.      A novel had been being bought by him.

Simple Future                          He will buy a novel.                         A novel will be bought by him.

Future Continous                He will be buying a novel.             A novel will be being bought by him.

Future Perfect                   He will have bought a novel.       A novel will have been bought by him.

Future Perfect Continous       He will have been buying a novel.   A novel will have been being bought by him.