S1-Farmasi/Pertemuan ke-11

Passive Sentence

In most cases we use active sentences because we emphasize the doers or the subjects of the
sentences. The main difference between active and passive sentence lie on the kinds of verbs in the
predicate. Take a look at these sentences:

Active sentence: the doers is emphasized

 The government began to open the new state library for public two weeks ago.

 Students always come to class on time.

 All student need to meet their lecturer at 07.00 a.m.

Passive sentence: the doers are not emphasized

 The Public Library was completely built about two months ago.

 Lucas Vondracek is called the new Mozart.

 A new public school was opened last year. The school is now full of students from many
different cities.

 A new parking lot was made larger for the students.

Formula: Passive sentence:

 To Be + V3 (verb participle)

 Related to the kinds of tense that you are using

Active Passive

Close Is closed
Closed Was closed
Will close Will be closed
Has closed Has been closed
Needs to close Needs to be closed

Sometime, some messages seem to be expressed better in passive than in active form. This way is
okay as you don’t need to emphasize the subject or doers.

 When was the new office opened?

 Where is the new building located?

 Where’s the café placed?

 Where are the new fashion products sold in discount?

 The new book of Harry Potter has been completely written.

We also find some things related to school seems to be better expressed in passive sentences.

 When will the assignment be submitted?

 Will the exam be held at the end of this month?

 The seminar invitation will be distributed soon.

 All the vehicles should be parked in the parking lot across the street.

Excercises

A. Look around the campus or classroom. What do you need to be done to the following things.

1. The parking lot

I think the parking lot needs to be broadened.

2. The classroom

3. The language laboratory

4. The English program

5. The basketball field

6. The cafeteria

B. Answer the following question using passive sentence

 1. When will the final exam be held?

 2. What has been given to you by your lecturer this semester?

 3. Who was the White House designed by?

 4. When is Indonesian Independence day celebrated?

 5. Where is the Batik Solo Carnival held?

C. Writing

Make a paragraph telling about your favorite thing. At least 8 sentences.

 What is it?

 When did you get it?

 What is it used for?

 How important is it for you