Definition of Passive Voice
Present Continuous E
C T
isamare+being The computer is being
repaired now Past Continuous
waswere+being The computer was being
repaired now Present Perfect
hashave+been The cake has been eaten
by my sister Past Perfect
had+been Many cars had been
repaired by George Future Tense
will+be My birthday cake will be
made by my mom
Those seven tenses showed in table are the main tenses which should be taught in the first grade of senior high school. In addition, the material of passive
voice requires students to understand the passive in form of positive and negative sentences. Therefore, this research limits the explanation of passive voice into seven
tenses which are developed in the table above. a. Simple Present Tense
Active Voice + S + V1 + O + …
- S + dodoes + not + V1 + O + … PassiveVoice
+ S + tobe + V3 + by O + … is
am are
- S + tobe + not +V3 + by O + … b. Simple Past Tense
Active Voice + S + V2 + O + …
- S + did + not + V1 + O + … Passive Voice
+ S + tobe + V3 + by O + … was
were
- S + tobe + not + V3 + by O + … c. Present Continuous Tense
Active Voice + S + tobe + V_ing + O + …
- S + tobe + not + V_ing + O + … Passive Voice
+ S + tobe + being + V3 + by O + … - S + tobe + not + being + V3 + by O + …
h. Past Continuous Tense Active Voice
+ S + tobe + V_ing + O + … - S + tobe + not + V_ing + O + …
Passive Voice + S + tobe + being + V3 + by O +…
- S + tobe + not + being + V3 + by O + … i.
Present Perfect Tense Active Voice
+ S + hashave + V3 + O +… - S + hashave + not + V3 + O + …
Passive Voice + S + hashave + been + V3 + by O +...
- S + hashave + not + been + V3 + by O + … j.
Past Perfect Tense Active Voice
+ S + had + V3 + O + … - S + had + not + V3 + O +…
Passive Voice + S + had + been + V3 + by O + …
- S + had + not + been + V3 + by O + … g. Future Tense
Active Voice + S + will + V1 + O + …
- S + will + not + V1 + O + … Passive Voice
+ S + will + be + V3 + by O + … - S + will + not + be + V3 + by O + …