28 February 2012
Helloooo...this is the last week for our semester 2 before we go to final exam and also the last week for me to update my BEL260 blog...Time is running so fast. Miss Zu have inform to us that she want to do a pop quiz on essay writing. Before we take for a quiz, we learn about passive voice which is one of grammar part that is presented by Megat, Nina, Nabila and Suhaili.
Helloooo...this is the last week for our semester 2 before we go to final exam and also the last week for me to update my BEL260 blog...Time is running so fast. Miss Zu have inform to us that she want to do a pop quiz on essay writing. Before we take for a quiz, we learn about passive voice which is one of grammar part that is presented by Megat, Nina, Nabila and Suhaili.
Use of Passive
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.
Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:
Example: A mistake was made.
In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).
Form of Passive
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle
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)
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. | |
Hilfsverben | Active: | Rita | can write | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | can be written | by Rita. | |
Examples of Passive
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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After we done with the presentation, we start our pop quiz on essay writing. We need to do the quiz in the group. 2 group with 5 members and another 4 group with 4 members. My group members are Suhaila, Atiqah, Jihan and Syahirah. Everyone will took their turn after one person have finish writing in 15 minutes. For introduction, Suhaila uses a current event as a hook. It’s continued with the contains which were written by Atiqah for the first point, Jihan for the second point and lastly myself for the third point and the essay was finished by Syahirah with a conclusion.
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