In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone. Example: You have made a mistake.
1.1.1 Form of Passive Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle 3rd column of irregular verbs
Example: A letter was written. When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:
the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
the finite form of the verb is changed to be + past participle
the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence or is dropped
1.1.2 Examples of Passive
Tense Subject
Verb Object
Simple Present
Active: Rita writes
a letter. Passive: A letter
is written by Rita.
Simple Past
Active: Rita wrote
a letter. Passive: A letter
was written by Rita.
Present Perfect
Active: Rita has written
a letter. Passive: A letter
has been written by Rita.
Future I
Active: Rita will write
a letter. Passive: A letter
will be written by Rita.
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Present
Active: Rita can write
a letter. Passive: A letter
can be written by Rita.
SMA Negeri 1 Sigunung is one of the state schools in Pakpak Bharat located on Jln. Kuta Onan Kec. STU Jehe Pakpak Bharat. The location of the school is in the
Pakpak Bharat, about 90 km from Medan. Through this research, the writer wants to know how well the Pakpaknese at SMA Negeri I Sigunung in studying of passive
voice. The writer was a student at SMA Negeri 1 Sigunung Pakpak Bharat the
understanding about English is not really good there. So, the writer wants to do the research there to know the development of their understanding about English now
Tense Subject
Verb Object
Present Progressive
Active: Rita is writing
a letter. Passive: A letter
is being written by Rita.
Past Progressive
Active: Rita was writing
a letter. Passive: A letter
was being written by Rita.
Past Perfect
Active: Rita had written
a letter. Passive: A letter
had been written by Rita.
Future II
Active: Rita will have written
a letter. Passive: A letter
will have been written by Rita.
Conditional I
Active: Rita would write
a letter. Passive: A letter
would be written by Rita.
Conditional II
Active: Rita would have written
a letter. Passive: A letter
would have been written by Rita.
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especially in passive voice. The writer also wants to know the ability of second year of studying passive voice. Passive voice is the high level in grammar, so there are
often errors in understanding and making of passive voice. The second year student divided into three different groups, first group was
40 students, second was 40 students and the third has 40 students. The whole population of the students are 120. There are some previous researchers who had
ever analyzed about grammar at SMA Sekolah Menengah Atas that is at the second year student’s ability to master grammar in multiple choices. But, some of them
always suggested for the readers who are interested in analyzing about grammar in writing skill so that the next researchers do their research at the second year student’s
ability to master grammar at different school. Considering that explanation, I choose SMA Negeri 1 Sigunung Pakpak Bharat of the second year students of this school as
the population. SMA Negeri 1 is one of the state schools in Pakpak Bharat located on Jln. Kuta Onan Kec. STU Jehe Pakpak Bharat.
In Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan KTSP Bahasa Inggris SMA stated that the curricular objective of teaching English to the students is to improve their
ability in the three language skills, namely: listening, speaking, and reading. In their curriculum, the first, the second, and the third year students get English subject
twice in a week for each class and the time 2x 45 minutes for one meeting was allotted. The second year students of SMA have some topics of English grammar that
have to be learnt for one year. They are tenses, personal pronoun, passive voice, adjective, exposition, conjunction, noun clause, question tags, and reading. Based on
that curriculum they learn so many grammars that are why the writer wants to test them. That’s why, the study of my thesis is to describe and analyze to what extend
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the second year student’s ability at SMA Negeri 1 Sigunung Pakpak Bharat in understanding passive voice.
1.2 Problem of the Study
