Menurut Cambridge Dictionary, passive voice is the relationship between a subject and a verb in which the subject receives the action of the verb.
Passive voice merupakan suatu hubungan antara subjek dan kata kerja di mana subjek menerima tindakan dari kata kerja.
Berikut contoh passive voice yang diubah dari active voice:
Tense | Active | Passive | Terjemahan |
Present simple | I watch a movie. | A movie is watched. | Sebuah film ditonton. |
Present continuous | I am watching a movie. | A movie is being watched. | Sebuah film sedang ditonton. |
Past simple | I watched a movie. | A movie was watched. | Sebuah film ditonton. |
Past continuous | I was watching a movie. | A movie was being watched. | Sebuah film sedang ditonton. |
Present perfect | I have watched a movie. | A movie has been watched. | Sebuah film telah ditonton. |
Past perfect | I had watched a movie. | A movie had been watched. | Sebuah film telah ditonton. |
Future simple | I will watch a movie. | A movie will be watched. | Sebuah film akan ditonton. |
Future be going to | I am going to watch a movie. | A movie is going to be watched. | Sebuah film akan ditonton. |
Modal | I must watch a movie. | A movie must be watched. | Sebuah film harus ditonton. |
Modal perfect | I should have watched a movie. | A movie should have been watched. | Sebuah film seharusnya sudah ditonton. |
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