Active sentence (active voice) is a sentence where the subject of his doing the work, by contrast, the passive

voice (passive voice) is a sentence where the subject of his work are the object of the sentence. Active voice is more often used in everyday life compared with the passive voice. However, often we find the passive voice in newspapers, articles in magazines and scholarly writings. Passive voice is used as the object of the active voice is more important information than its subject. For example :

Active : We fertilize the soil every 6 months Passive: The soil is fertilized by us every 6 months

From this example we can see that: Object of the active voice (the soil) became the subject of the passive voic Subject of the active voice (we) became the object of the passive voice. Note also that there is a change of subject pronoun 'we' becomes the object pronoun 'us Verb1 (fertilize) the active voice becomes verb3 (fertilized) in the passive voice. He added that be 'is' in front verb3. Be used is dependent on the subject of passive voice and tenses used. (Note the passive voice patterns below) He added the word 'by' behind verb3. However, if the object of the passive voice is considered not important or unknown, then the object is usually not mentioned and so is the word'by' Especially for progressive sentences (present, past, past perfect, future, past future, and past perfect continuous future, need to add 'being' in front verb3). If not added "being", tensisnya will change, not progressive / continuous again. Consider the examples in point h - o below. Based on the six points above the passive voice followed the pattern as follows: Subject + be + Verb3 + by + Object + modifier Pola active dan passive voice pada tiap tensis a.If the active voice in simple present tense, then 'be' it is the passive voice is, am or are.

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Active : He meets them everyday. Passive : They are met by him everyday. Active : She waters this plant every two days. Passive : This plant is watered by her every two days.

b.If the active voice in simple past tense, then 'be' passive voice-it is was or were the resource persons For example :

Active : He met them yesterday Passive : They were met by him yesterday Active : She watered this plant this morning Passive : This plant was watered by her this morning

c. If the active voice in present perfect tense, then 'be' passive voice it is been placed after the auxiliary has or have, so it becomes 'has been' or 'have been' for example :

Active : He has met them Passive : They have been met by him Active : She has watered this plant for 5 minutes. Passive : This plant has been watered by her for 5 minutes.

d. If the active voice in the past perfect tense, then 'be' passive voice it is been placed after the auxiliary had, so to be Had been for example :

Active : He had met them before I came. Passive : They had been met by him before I came.

Active : She had watered this plant for 5 minutes when I got here Passive : This plant had been watered by her for 5 minutes when I got here

e. If the active voice in the simple future tense, then 'be' passive voice is to be his for example :

Active : He will meet them tomorrow. Passive : They will be met by him tomorrow. Active : She will water this plant this afternoon. Passive : This plant will be watered by her this afternoon. Active : The farmers are going to harvest the crops next week Passive : The crops are going to be harvested by the farmers next week.

f. If the active voice in the future perfect tense, then 'be' passive voice it is been placed after the auxiliary Will have, so it becomes 'Will have been' for example :

Active : He will have met them before I get there tomorrow. Passive : They will have been met by him before I get there tomorrow. Active : She will have watered this plant before I get here this afternoon. Passive : This plant will have been watered by her before I get here this afternoon.

g. If the active voice in the future past perfect tense, then 'be' passive voice-it is been placed after the auxiliary would have, so it becomes 'would have been'. For example :

Active : He would have met them. Passive : They would have been met by him. Active : She would have watered this plant. Passive : This plant would have been watered by her.

h. If the active voice in present continuous tense, then 'be' passive voice is (is, am or are) + being. For example :

Active : He is meeting them now. Passive : They are being met by him now. Active : She is watering this plant now. Passive : This plant is being watered by her now.

i. If the active voice in the past continuous tense, then 'be' passive voice is (was or were the resource persons) + being. For example :

Active : He was meeting them. Passive : They were being met by him. Active : She was watering this plant. Passive : This plant was being watered by her.

j. If the active voice in perfect continuous tense, then 'be' passive voice is (has / have) been + being. For example:

Active : He has been meeting them. Passive : They have been being met by him. Active : She has been watering this plant. Passive : This plant has been being watered by her.

k. If the active voice in the past perfect continuous tense, then 'be' passive voice-it is Had been + being.

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Active : He had been meeting them. Passive : They had been being met by him. Active : She had been watering this plant. Passive : This plant had been being watered by her.

l. If the active voice in the future continuous tense, then 'be' passive voice-it was Will be + being. For example :

Active : He will be meeting them. Passive : They will be being met by him. Active : She will be watering this plant. Passive : This plant will be being watered by her.

m. If the active voice in the future past continuous tense, then 'be' it is the passive voice would be + being. For example :

Active : He would be meeting them. Passive : They would be being met by him. Active : She would be watering this plant. Passive : This plant would be being watered by her.

n. If the active voice in the future perfect continuous tense, then 'be' passive voice is the will of his have been + being. For example :

Active : He will have been meeting them. Passive : They will have been being met by him.

Active : She will have been watering this plant. Passive : This plant will have been being watered by her.

o. If the active voice in the past future perfect continuous tense, then 'be' it is the passive voice would have been + being. For example :

Active : He would be meeting them. Passive : They would be being met by him. Active : She would be watering this plant. Passive : This plant would be being watered by her.

Another example for active and passive voice : 1. Kokos nose is bleeding. He was punched by his friend right on his nose. (Hidung Koko sedang berdarah. Dia dipukul oleh temannya tepat di hidungnya). 2. The Indonesian football team was beaten by the Saudi Arabian team. (Team sepakbola Indonesia dikalahkan oleh team arab Saudi). 3. These plants were watered by my sister a few minutes ago. (Tanaman-tanaman ini disirami oleh adikku beberapa menit yang lalu). 4. There is no meal left. All has been devoured by Yeyes. (Tidak ada makan yang tersisa. Semuanya telah dilahap habis oleh Yeyes). 5. English is studied by all high school students. (Bahasa Inggris dipelajari oleh semua murid sekolah menengah lanjutan (SMP dan SMA).