Active and Passive Sentence

Active and Passive Sentences

1. Active sentences

• is a sentence that the person do a job. An important feature that marks the active sentence, that sentence in the form of predicate verbs beginning with me (N)-and air-conditioned. However, not a few sentences on the activity not accompanied both the prefix, for example happens in eating and drinking.
• The form :

[Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action]

2. Passive sentences

• In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.
• The form :

[Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]

• 1) Passive Imperative Sentence

Rumus :

Let + objek + be + Kata Kerja Bentuk III

* Help the poor (active)

* Let the poor be helped (passive)

• 2) Passive Infinitive: It is/was time

Rumus:

It is/was time for + objek + to be + kata kerja III

* It is time to send the letter (active)

* It is time for the letter to be sent (passive)

• 3) Negative Passive Imperative Sentence

Rumus:

Subjek + be + Kata kerja III + not to + infinitive

(kata kerja III yang sering digunakan adalah: advised, asked, begged, commanded, requested)

* Dont wait for me (active)

* You are advised not to wait for me (passive)

3. Active and Passive sentence in every tenses

Tenses	Active Sentences	Passive Sentences
Present Tense	She waters this plant every two days.	This plant is watered by her every two days.
Past Tense	She watered this plant this morning	This plant was watered by her this morning
Present Perfect Tense	She has watered this plant for 5 minutes.	This plant has been watered by her for 5 minutes.