PASSIVE VOICE

 

passive voice is a form of sentence of sentence where the subject of the sentence take action not take action. 

1.) The passive voice is used frequently.  (= we are interested in the passive voice, not in who uses it.)

 2.) The house was built in 1654. (= we are interested in the house, not in who built it.)

 3.) The road is being repaired.  (= we are interested in the path, not in who did the repair.)

• Example :

1. Everyone understands English 

Passive ( English is understood by Everyone )

2. We cleaned our house yesterday

Passive ( Our house was cleaned yesterday )

3. She didn’t invite me to the party

Passive ( I wasn’t invited to the party )

4. They didn’t study Math last night.
Passive  ( Math wasn’t studied last night )

5. She would reject the offer

Passive ( The offer would be rejected by her )

6. This surprises me

Passive ( I am surprised by this ) 

dialog 

passive voice. let's see my dialogue below.

aziz : halo wahyu you look different today. Why you didn’t wear your usual glasses?

wahyu : My usual glasses is being repaired in the optic. I broke the lenses yesterday.

aziz : I hope the repair goes well and you can use your usual glasses again

wahyu : Thank you, I hope so. This glasses is really uncomfortable and I want to wear my usual glasses again.