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Passive Voice Passive voice adalah suatu grammatical construction (bentuk gramatikal) dimana subject  kalimat tidak melakukan aksi, melainkan menerima aksi atau ditindaklanjuti (receiver of action) oleh agent lain (doer of action) baik disebutkan ataupun tidak.  Active My parents plant some flowers (Pelaku aksi) Passive Some flowers are planted by my parents (Penerima aksi) Umumnya, kalimat aktif yang bisa ditransformasi menjadi kalimat pasif berbentuk kalimat aktif yang mengandung transitive verbs (kata kerja yang memerlukan objek langsung) seperti make, bring, buy, write dan sebagainya. Sebaliknya, kalimat pasif yang mengandung intransitive verbs (kata kerja yang tidak memerlukan objek langsung) seperti cry, swim, go, arrive, dan die tidak bisa diubah menjadi kalimat pasif. Namun, apabila intransitive verbs tersebut diikuti oleh preposition, ada kemungkinan kalimat tersebut bisa diubah menjadi kalimat pasif teta...

Gerund and Infinitive What are Gerunds? A gerund is a verb in its ing (present participle) form that functions as a noun that names an activity rather than a person or thing. Any action verb can be made into a gerund. Spelling Tip Verbing (Present Participle) Add ing to most verbs. Ex. play > playing, cry > crying, bark > bark ing For verbs that end in e, remove the e and add ing. Ex: slide > slid ing , ride > rid ing For verbs that end in ie, change the ie to y and add ing. Ex: die > dy ing , tie > ty ing For a verb whose last syllable is written with a consonant-vowel-consonant and is stressed, double the last letter before adding ing. Ex: beg > begg ing , begin > beginn ing . However : enter > enter ing (last syllable is not stressed) Gerund Examples Gerunds can appear at the beginning of a sentence when used as a subject: Jogging is a hobby of mine. Gerunds can act as an object following the verb: ...