The Passive Voice of Present Continuous Tense

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b. Passive with agent by – phrase

The by – phrase is included only if it is important to know who perform an action 16 . For example: “That novel was written by Ahmad Fauzi.” 17 The example told the agent of the poet writer, where the sentence by Ahmad Fauzi is an important information. Else, subject of passive sentences in the corresponding active sentence may be:  Direct object The professor was dismissed by the dean  Indirect object Suzy was given many presents by her father  Object of preposition This bed has been slept in by lecturer  Object complement That he had special privileges was resented by everyone 18

C. The Passive Voice of Present Continuous Tense

As they have already been explained, passive voice is a sentence which is formed by to be, followed by past participle and composed by transitive verbs, while the Present Continuous Tense is a tense expresses an activity that is in progress at the moment of speaking. If both are fused, there will be a new definition that passive voice of Present Continuous Tense is an expression of Present Continuous Tense in form of passive. As it has mentioned above, the form of passive voice of Present Continuous Tense is be +being + past participle. The passive voice subject determines whether the verb be is singular or plural. 16 Betty SchrampferAzar, Understanding and Using English Grammar, New York: Longman, 2002, p. 211 17 Marcel Danesi, Ph.D, Basic American Grammar and Usage, New York: Baron Educational series, 2006, P.172 18 Cowan, The Teacher’s…, p. 398 16 Present Active Passive Continuous Students are making a cake A cake is being made by students Tense Sintais bringing three books Three books are being brought by Sinta Here, there will be a classification of sentence as an example above according to its words composition. The sentence : Students are making a cake Subject to be V-ing Object Analysis : The sentence has subject students, to be + V-ing are making and object a cake. Its verb belongs to Present Continuous Tense and transitive verb because there is an object follows. Thus, it may become passive and it is shown as follows: The Sentence : A cake is being made by students Subject to be + V-ing past participle Analysis : Subject in passive sentence a cake is derived from object of active sentence as shown above. And, object in passive is taken from subject of active sentence. Object may be involved or not. It is based on the purpose whether the original doer is important or not to be known. Furthermore, as it has been demonstrated, the transformation of verb belongs to passive voice of Present Continuous Tense. It is recognized that the formula is to be + V- ing + past participle V3. To be is decided by subject whether it is singular first person I, plural first person we, singular second person you, singular third person she, he, it, or plural third person they. Subject a cake is singular third person; therefore it applies to be as illustrated below: Singular first person I am Plural first person we are Singular second person you are Singular third person she, he, it is 17 Plural third person they are The passive voice of Present Continuous Tense can be presented in affirmative, negative, and interrogative form. To make passive voice of Present Continuous Tense in affirmative sentence, the following formula is: subject + to be am is are + being + past participle + by agent. To make passive voice of Present Continuous Tense in negative sentence, the following formula is: subject + to be am is are + not + being + past participle + by agent. To make passive voice of Present Continuous Tense in interrogative sentence, the following formula is: to be am is are + subject + being + past participle + by agent. a. Affirmative sentence Subject To V-ing Past object Complement be Participle They are being called by their - instructor The anime books read by my big - which I like very much brother My old car is repaired by a mechanic - TonoTinishehe asked by hisher to help her mother job b. Negative sentence Subject To Negative V-ing Past object Complement be Sign Participle They are not being called by their - instructor The anime books read by my big - 18 which I like very much brother My old car is repaired by a mechanic - TonoTinishehe asked by hisher to help her mother job c. Interrogative sentence To Subject V-ing Past object Complement be Participle are They being called by their - Instructor? The anime books read by my big - which I like very much Brother? is My old car repaired By a mechanic? - TonoTinisheHe asked by hisher to help her mother Job?

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