Active sentence

A sentence is written in active voice when the subject of the sentence performs the action in the sentence

Passive Sentence

A sentence is written in passive voice when the subject of the sentence has an action done to it by someone or something else .

In a short definition of Passive Voice is a transitive verb form of governance where English berpelaku subject of the sentence as ‘patient’, ie who receives the action of a job. Passive sentences are generally most active in contrast to the sentence or commonly known as Active Voice, this sentence means a form of a transitive verb of the sentence where the subject berpelaku as ‘agents’, namely the action of a job.

Examples :

* Nick helps Merry. (Kalimat Aktif)

Merry is helped by Nick. (Kalimat Pasif)

* A lot of people are talking about Internet. (Kalimat Aktif)

Internet is being talked about by a lot of people. (Kalimat Pasif)

* Tini bought some computers yesterday

Some computers were bought by Tini yesterday

* I am drinking a cup of coffe

A cup of coffe is being drunk by me

* I take the shirt yesterday

The shirt taken by me yesterday

* I have written a letter

A letter has been written by me

* The guitar was played by player

Player played the guitar

* The road had been repaired by a contractor

A contractor had repaired the road

Sources :

* google

Kata kerja ini adalah kata kerja yang membantu verb menyatakan beberapa arti seperti KEMAMPUAN, IJIN, KEMUNGKINAN, KEWAJIBAN (sesuatu yang merupakan keharusan)

Kata kerja tersebut antara lain :

CAN
COULD
MAY
MIGHT
SHOULD
HAD BETTER
MUST
WILL
WOULD
Kata kerja ini diikuti oleh kata kerja dalam bentuk simple.

The modal auxiliary can is used :

* to express ability (mampu melakukan sesuatu)

He can speak Spanish but he can’t write it very well.

* to expression permission (yang diperbolehkan untuk melakukan sesuatu)

Can I talk to my friends in the library waiting room?

* to express theoretical possibility

American automobile makers can make better cars if they think there’s a profit in it

The modal auxiliary could is used :

* to express an ability in the past

I could always beat you at tennis when we were kids.

* to express past or future permission

Could I bury my cat in your back yard?

* to express present possibility

We could always spend the afternoon just sitting around talking.

* to express possibility or ability in contingent circumstances

If he studied harder, he could pass this course.

Two of the more troublesome modal auxiliries are may and might. When used in the context of granting or seeking permission, might is the past tense of may. might is considerably more tentative than may :

^ May I leave class early?

^ If I’ve finished all my work and I’m really quiet, might I leave early?

Examples :

ABILITY

^ Can you type ?

^ When I was young, I could able to climb any tree in the forest

^ Our baby will be able to walk in a few weeks

PERMISSION

^ I may leave the office as soon as I have finished

^ Can I have a drink of water ?

^ In those days, anyone could enroll for this course

^ May I bring my niece to your party tomorrow night ?

OBLIGATION (keharusan yang harus)

^ You should to do your homework every day

^ John should have gone to the dentist yesterday

NECESSITY (keharusan yang berhubungan dengan suatu kepentingan)

^ This is an excellent book. You must to read it.

^ You should repeat the voice

Sources :

Digital Book , Internet (google) …