Rumus Dasar Dari Passive Voice adalah: TO BE + V3.

Berikut ini adalah rumus passive voice dalam semua

tenses. Setelah mempelajari dan memahami semua rumusan di bawah ini, pelajari juga rumus praktis cara
memahami passive voice pada 16 tense.

Cara memahami tabel di bawah ini adalah dengan melihat warna subjek dan to be nya yang

Tenses Contoh Subject To be/+Auxiliary Verb 3

Tunggal Jamak Tunggal Jamak
Simple Present I they am are warned
Present perfect he we has been have been told
Present Continuous she you is being are being taught
Present perfect Continuous it these has been being have been arranged
being
Simple Past I they was were warned
Past continuous he we was being were being told
Past perfect she you had been * taught
Past perfect it these had been being * arranged
continuous
Simple Future I they will be * warned
Future Continuous he we was being were being told
Future perfect she you will have been * taught
Future perfect it these will have been being * arranged
continuous
Pastfuture I they would be * warned
Past future Continuous he we would be being * told
Past future perfect she you would have been * taught
Past future perfect it these would have been * arranged
continuous being

*) bentuk tunggal dan jamak sama.

C. Contoh Kalimat Passive Voice.

Active Voice Passive Voice

Andy has washed his car just now > Andys car has been washed just now by him self
My mother is cooking fried chicken > The fried chicken is being cooked by my mother
I purchased this house yesterday > This house was purchased by me yesterday
Miss. Janet teaches us everyday > We are taught by Miss. Janet everyday
 Tyson knocked down Chris John easily > Chris John is knocked down by Tyson easily
I will always love you > You will be always loved by me
You may pay the bill by credit card > The bill may be paid by credit card

Jika diperhatikan contoh terakhir, maka tidak hanya auxiliary (kata kerja bantu) yang ada dalam rumus tenses
saja yang bisa digunakan dalam kalimat pasif, melainkan auxiliary lainnya seperti may, can, could juga bisa
digunakan untuk membuat kalimat pasif.