Kalimat pasif adalah kalimat dimana subjek dikenai tindakan/pekerjaan,
sedangkan kalimat aktif subjeklah yang melakukan tindakan/pekerjaan.
Hal yang perlu diperhatikan dalam merubah aktif ke pasif adalah:
1. Yang dapat dijadikan kalimat passive adalah Verbal Sentence (kalimat yang predikatnya kata kerja/V) 2. Verbal sentence yang dapat dirubah ke Passive Voice (kalimat pasif) adalah kalimat yang memiliki objek penderita. 3. Perubahan aktif ke pasif atau sebaliknya tidak merubah makna kalimat. Perubahan terjadi hanya pada struktur kalimatnya saja. 4. Ciri kalimat pasif/passive voice adalah to be + V3 dan kata by (kata ini bukan merupakan syarat yang harus ada dalam kalimat pasif ) Contoh : (Aktive) Bajuri loves Oneng S P/V1 O (Passive) Oneng is loved by Bajuri. S P/V3 (Active) I bought a new motorcycle last week. (passive) A new motorcycle was bought by me last week Tenses Active Passive Simple Present S + V1 S + am/is/are + V3 Simple Past S + V2 S + was/were + V3 Present Continuous S + am/is/are + V-ing S + am/is/are + being + V3 Present perfect continuous S + have/has + been + V-ing S + have/has +been + being +V3 Past Continuous S + was/were + V-ing S + was/were + being + V3 Past Perfect Continuous S + had + been + V-ing S + had + been + being + V3 Future Continuous S + will/shall + be + V-ing S + will/shall + be + being + V3 Future Perfect Continuous S + will + have + V-ing S + will +have+been+ being +V3 Past Future Continuous S + would + be + V-ing+ S + would + be + being + V3 Past Future Perfect Continu S +would +have+been+V-ing S +would+have+been+ being+V3
Simple Perfect S + have/has + V3 S + have/has + been + V3
Past Perfect S + had + V3 S + had + been + V3 Simple Future S + will/shall + V1 S + will/shall + be + V3 Past Future S + would/should + V1 S + would/should + be + V3 Modal (present) S + may/can/must + V1 S + may/can/must + be + V3 Modal (past) S + might/could/had to + V1 S + might/could/had to + be + V3