PASSIVE VOICE

Passive voice is the kind of a sentences that used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

When you rewritting active sentences in Passive Voice, note to following:

            1. the object of the active sentences becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

            2. the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)

            3. the subject of the actve sentences becomes by agent in the passive sentence (or is dropped)

            4. only active sentence containing object which can be changed into passive form.

            5. the two forms should have same tenses.

Formula of Passive Voice :

                        S + to be + verb3 + by + O + Complement

Passive voice with two object:

            Ex: Active: Dona wrote a story to me.

                   Passive: A story was written to me by Dona.

Negative sentences:

            ~Present tense:

                        S + do/did not + V1 + O

Ex: We do not read a book.

            ~Past tense:

                        S(O) + to be + not + V3

Ex: A book are not read.

Introgative sentences:

            ~Present tense:

                        Do/Did + S + V1 + O + ?

Ex: Did she broke him?

            ~Past tense:

                        To be + S(O) + V3 + O(S) + ?

Ex: Was him broken?

NOTE:

-          In passive voice subject is a object, in active voice object is a subject.