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A. language Focus
ACTIVE : (a) Budi Helped the boy.
PASSIVE : (b) The boy was helped by Budi.
· Form of the passive : be + past participle
· In the passive, the object of an active verb become the subject of the passive verb: The boy in (a) becomes the subject of the passive verb in (b).
· And (b) have the same meaning.
· Only transitive verbs (verbs that are followed by an object) are used in the passive. It is not possible to use verbs scuh as happen, sleep, come, and seem (intransitive verbs) in the passive.
ACTIVE
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PASSIVE
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Simpel present
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Wati
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Helps
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Budi
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Budi
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Is helped
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By wati
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Present continuous
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Is helping
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Is being helped
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Present perfect
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Has helped
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Has been helped
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Simple past
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Helped
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Was helped
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Past progressive
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Was helping
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Was being helping
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Past perfect
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Had helped
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Had been helped
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Simple future
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Will helped
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Will be helped
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Be going to
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Is going ti help
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Is going to be helped
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Future perfect
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Will have helped
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Will have been helped
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