LATIHAN SOAL DAN JAWABAN PASSIVE VOICE

1. They translated some old documents last week. What is the passive form of this sentence?

A) Some old documents are translated by them last week.B) Some old documents have been translated by them last week.C) Some old documents were being translated by them last week.D) Some old documents were translated by them last week.E) Some old documents been translated by them last week.

Karena pola kalimat di atas adalah past tense, maka kalimat pasif mengikuti pola dasar. Sehingga jawaban di atas menjadi Some old documents were translated by them last week. Jawaban: D

2. The important email has been sent by my secretary. What is the active form of this sentence?

A) My secretary was sending the important emailB) My secretary sends the important emailC) My secretary is sending the important emailD) My secretary has been sending the important emailE) My secretary has sent the important email

Kalimat pasif di atas memiliki pola present perfect, sehingga kalimat aktif menjadi Subject + ha/have + V3 + Object. Jawaban: E

3. We’ll be visiting our grandmother next week. What is the passive form of this sentence?

A) Our grandmother will be being visited by us next week.B) Our grandmother will be visited by us next week.C) Our grandmother would be visited by us next week.D) Our grandmother would be being visited by us next week.E) Our grandmother would have been visited by us next week.

Pola kalimat di atas merupakan future continuous tense. Sehingga pola kalimat pasif menjadi our grandmother will be being visited by us next week. Jawaban: A

4. We can see many beautiful paintings in this exhibition. They were ……. by famous Indonesian painter.

A) PaintingB) PaintedC) PaintD) Be PaintingE) Being painting

Sesuai dengan pola kalimat pasif menggunakan Subject + to be + Verb3. Jawaban: B

5. Two tents for our camping would …….. by my mother.

A) Being boughtB) Been boughtC) Be boughtD) BoughtE) Been buying

Karena sebelum bagian kosong pada kalimat di atas terdapat modal berupa would, maka setelah itu harus berupa bentuk kata kerja dasar. Jawaban: C

6. They cancelled all flights because of fog. The passive form of the sentence is, because of fog….

A) All flights had cancelledB) All flights were cancelledC) All flights have been cancelledD) They be cancelledE) They are being cancelled

Kalimat di atas menggunakan pola kalimat pasif was/were + Verb3, menjadi because of fog all flights were cancelled. Jawaban: B

7. A well known architect is designing our new office. The passive form of the above sentence is, Our new office …… by a well known architect.

A) DesignB) DesignedC) Be designingD) Is designedE) Is being designed

Kalimat di atas menggunakan kalimat pasif berupa am/is/are + being + Verb3. Menjadi Our new office is being designed by a well known architect. Jawaban: E

8. Jupiters four moons ……. through a telescope by Galileo.

A) Were first viewedB) First viewedC) Had been first viewedD) Were being first viewedE) First being viewed

Dalam menyelesaikan soal di atas, Quipperian harus memperhatikan subjek kalimat dan tenses. Subjek Jupters four moons bentuk jamak, dan menggunakan past tense. Maka kalian harus menggunakan pola were + Verb3, menjadi were first viewed. Jawaban: A