Softskill "Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris Berbantuan Komputer" (Tugas 1 ) - Active and Passive Voice

RUN AND PLAY Lisa retuns home. She cannot believe her eyes! Her kids, Ami and Ben are in the room. They run around the big and expensive table and shout. This games is liked by them very much. Lisa stands and looks at them. This is what she sees and hears. Ben is asked to wait for Ami, but he does not wait. He continues to run. So Ami’s request is changed. Now Ben is asked to help Ami. Ben stops and Ami is helped. (Lisa is impressed!) Now Lisa is invited to join them. “Yes, mummy! Come and join us!” Ami and Ben shout. So Amy and Ben are joined by Lisa. They run and play. This game is enjoyed by them very much. Ami kisses Ben. Ben kisses Ami. Then Lisa is kissed  too. Now Lisa wants to rest, but there are many things on her bed. They are moved by the kids. A blanket is needed and Lisa receives it. She now sleeps in her bed. Lisa and Ben are at home, so they are protected. But wait! What is this noise? Oh no, the big and expensive table is smashed! Well, the table was not protected.

 

From this story, there are Active and Passive Voice . At the first, I would like to describe an Active Voice.

Active Sentence (Marked by the blue colour)

1. They run around the big and expensive table and shout.

2. Lisa stands and looks at them.

3. “Yes, mummy! Come and join us!” Ami and Ben shout.

4. Ami kisses Ben.

5. She now sleeps in her bed.

All the sentence in active voice above used Simple Present Tense. It is expresses daily habits or usual activities and then the simple present is used for events or situation that exist.

In Active Voice, the sentence show that the subject is doing the verb action. The form Active Voice is (Thing doing action+Verb+Thing receiving action).

1.         They                run                  around the big and expensive table and shout.

(Subject)          (Verb)              (Object)

2.         Lisa                 stands and looks        at them.

            (Subject)          (Verb)                          (Object)

3.         “Yes, mummy! Come and join us!”    Ami and Ben shout.

The sentence is considered to be active sentence because it is made up of Subject + present form of verb. The sentence above is also considered to be The Simple Present Tense since the verb of the sentence (shout) in present tense.

4.         Ami                 kisses               Ben.

            (Subject)          (Verb)              (Object)

5.         She                  now     sleeps              in her bed.

            (Subject)                      (Verb)             

Because the subject does or “act upon” the verb in such sentence and the object as a thing that receiving something, the sentece above are said to be in the active voice.

And then, The Passive sentence based the same short story  above :

Passive Sentence (Marked by the red colour)

Passive Voice

Form of all passive voice : Be + Past Participle.

• ·         Be can ne in any of its forms:

(Am, is, are, was, were, has been, have been, will be, etc.)

• ·         The Past Participle follows Be. For regular verbs, the past participle ends in-ed.

There are 5 example Passive sentences based on the shot story above :

1. This games is liked by them very much.

2. Ben is asked to wait for Ami.

3. Now Lisa is invited to join them.

4. This game is enjoyed by them very much.

5. The table was not protected.

For number 1-4, there are used Simple Present Tense because the past participle form ( is ).

“is” a characteristic of passive form because it is formed by is and followed by the past participle form or the third irregular form of the main verb “like”, “ask”, “invite”, and “enjoy”.

1.         This games      is                      liked                by them very much.

4.         This game        is                      enjoyed           by them very much.

Number 1 and 4 are the example passive sentence used “by-phrase”. The passive “by-phrase” is included if it is important to know who perfoms an action.

So, the passive form Number 1 and 4 is :

Subject + The auxiliary be (is/am/are) + the past participle form the main verb + “by phrase”.

2.         Ben      is          asked              to wait for Ami.

The words “is asked” in this sentence is characteristic of passive form of Simple Present because it is formed by is and followed by the past participle form or the third regular main verb “invite”. This sentence included to the passive form of Simple Present Tense Because it is made up of Subject + the auxiliary be (is/am/are) + to infinitive.

3.         Now Lisa        is          invited                         to join them.

Same with the number two, this sentence is form by S+the auxiliary be+past participle+to invinitif. But, in this sentence no action is taking place. The action happened before.

5.         The table         was not           protected.

“was not protected” as a characteristic of Passive voice form of Simple Past Tense; that is showed by Subject+was not (for the singular subject) + the past participle form of the third  regular form of the main verb “protect”.  In this sentence “The table” was the cause of the protected.