Pada materi sebelumnya kita sudah
belajar tentang pengertian kalimat pasif dan cara membuat kalimat pasif dalam
simple present tense. Sekarang kita akan
belajar cara membuat kalimat pasif dalam simple present tense . Dalam membuat
kalimat pasif dalam simple present tense, kita menggunakan is, am, are .
Sedangkan di dalam simple past tense kita menggunakan was, were. Perhatikan
rumus di bawah ini:
Positif : Subjek + was/were + VIII
Negatif : Subjek + was/were + not + VIII
Pertanyaan : Was/were + subjek + VIII
I========== was
She/he/it=============was
You/we/they================were
Contoh kalimat:
Aktif : He wrote the letter.
He didn’t write the letter.
Did he write the letter?
Pasif : The letter was written by him.
The letter wasn’t written by him.
Was the letter written by him?
Aktif : She printed the file.
Pasif : The file was printed by her.
The file wasn’t printed by her.
Was the file printed by her?
Aktif : They bought the cars.
They didn’t buy the cars
Did they buy the cars?
Pasif : The cars were bought by them.
The cars weren’t bought by them.
Were the cars bought by them?
Mudah bukan…sekarang coba
kerjakan soal-soal latihan di bawah ini;
Rubahlah kalimat-kalimat di bawah
ini menjadi kalimat pasif!
- I didn’t water the flowers.
- She visited her brother.
- Toni sang the song.
- A thief stole my cars.
- They didn’t win the prize.
- Did John send the letter?
- I didn’t read the book.
- Dila washed the bike.
- Nanda didn’t clean the window.
- Irfan flew the kite.
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