Kata kerja yang digunakan dalam kalimat pasif bahasa Inggris adalah:

be + Verb 3 (Past Participle)

Be itu sendiri dibuat sesuai dengan tense yang digunakan dalam kalimat itu dan disuikan
dengan subject kalimat tersebut.

Kalimat aktif diubah menjadi kalimat pasif dengan menjadikan object kalimat aktif itu
sebagai Subject kalimat pasif tersebut. Berdasarkan hal itu jelaslah bahwa hanya kalimat
yang memiliki object yang dapat diubah menjadi pasif.

Contoh:
Yanto slapped the boy on his face.
SPO
Kalimat tersebut dapat diubah menjadi:
The boy was slapped on his face.
SP

Object pelaku kalimat pasif yang dalam bahasa inggris dinyatakan dengan kata by
jarang diucapkan, karena kalimat pasif cenderung untuk hanya mengemukakan aktifitas .
object pelaku diucapkan/ditilis hanya bila memang diperlukan, sebagai kelengkapan arti
kalimat pasif bersangkutan.

Contoh :
The queen invited us to dinner.
Kalimat ini akan menjadi:
We were invited to dinner by the queen.

Bila pada sebuah kalimat aktif terdapat dua object , maka subject kalimat pasifnya dapat
dipilih dari kedua object tersebut. Namun biasanya dalam bahasa inggris object manusia yang
digunakan/dipilih sebagai subject kalimat pasif.

Contoh:
Aktif : I shall give her a new pen.
Pasif : 1. She will be given a new pen.
2. A new pen will be give

POLA KALIMAT PASIF

1. Simple Present Tense

Aktif
S + V1 + O

Pasif S + is/am/are + V3 + .
Contoh :

A : He writes the letter carefully.

P : The letter is written carefully.

A : He writes the letters carefully.

P : The letters are written carefully.

2. Simple Past Tense

Aktif

S + V2 + O

Pasif S + was/were + V3 + .
Contoh :

A : He wrote the letter carefully.

P : The letter was written carefully.

A : He wrote the letters carefully.

P : The letters were written carefully.

3. Present Continuous Tense

Aktif

S + is/am/are + V-ing + O

Pasif S + is/am/are + being + V3 +

Contoh :

A : He is writing the letter carefully.

P : The letter is being written carefully.

A : He is writing the letters carefully.

P : The letters are being written carefully.

4. Past Continuous Tense

Aktif

S + was/were + V-ing + O

Pasif S + was/were + being + V3 +

Contoh :

A : He was writing the letter carefully.

P : The letter was being written carefully.

A: He was writing the letter carefully

P: The letter Were being written carefully

5. Present Perfect Tense

Aktif

S + has/have + V3 + O

Pasif S + has/have + been + V3 +

Contoh :

A : He has written the letter carefully.

P : The letter has been written carefully.

A : He has written the letters carefully.

P : The letters have been written carefully.

6. Past Perfect Tense

Aktif

S + had + V3 + O

Pasif S + had + been + V3 +

Contoh :

A : He had written the letter carefully.

P : The letter had been written carefully.

A : He had written the letters carefully.

P : The letters had been written carefully.

7. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Aktif

S + has/have + been + V-ing + O

Pasif S + has/have + been + being + V3 +

Contoh :

A : He has been writing the letter carefully.

P : The letter has been being written carefully.

A : He has been writing the letters carefully.

P : The letters have been being written carefully.

8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Aktif

S + had + been + V-ing + O

Pasif S + had + been + being + V3 +

Contoh :

A : He had been writing the letter carefully.

P : The letter had been being written carefully.

A : He had been writing the letters carefully.

P : The letters had been being written carefully.

9. Simple Future Tense

Aktif

S + will/shall +V1 + O

Pasif S + will/shall + be + V3 +
Contoh :

A : I will write the letter carefully.

P : The letter will be written carefully.

A : I will write the letters carefully.

P : The letters will be written carefully.

10. Past Future Tense

Aktif

S + would/should +V1 + O

Pasif S + would/should + be + V3 +
Contoh :

A : I would write the letter carefully.

P : The letter would be written carefully.

A : I would write the letters carefully.

P : The letters would be written carefully.

11. Future Perfect Tense

Aktif

S + will/shall + have + V3 + O

Pasif S + will/shall + have + been + V3 +

Contoh :

A : We will have write the letter carefully.

P : The letter will have been written carefully.

A : We will have write the letters carefully.

P : The letters will been written carefully.