Form Passive Voice:
S + to be + V3 + "By Noun"
in Indonesia is suffix: di, ke, ter
*to be is from the Tenses which is used in the sentence
*Simple Present tense: is, am, are
*Past Tense: was, were
*Perfect: been
(a) #The Police helps a dentist (Active)
(the tenses is simple present tense, to be in the simple present tense: is, am, are)
#A dentist is helped by the police (Passive)
*The "by-noun" (a) is used in passive sentences when it is important to know who performs an action. by the police is important information.
(b) #Someone made that shoes (Active)
(the tenses is Past tense, to be in the past tense: was, were)
#That shoes was made (by someone) (passive)
*The "by-noun" (b) in the passive is used when it is not known or not important to know exactly who performs an action. The exact person (or people) who made shoes is not known and is not important to know, so there is no "by-Noun" in the passive sentence.
S + to be + V3 + "By Noun"
in Indonesia is suffix: di, ke, ter
*to be is from the Tenses which is used in the sentence
*Simple Present tense: is, am, are
*Past Tense: was, were
*Perfect: been
(a) #The Police helps a dentist (Active)
(the tenses is simple present tense, to be in the simple present tense: is, am, are)
#A dentist is helped by the police (Passive)
*The "by-noun" (a) is used in passive sentences when it is important to know who performs an action. by the police is important information.
(b) #Someone made that shoes (Active)
(the tenses is Past tense, to be in the past tense: was, were)
#That shoes was made (by someone) (passive)
*The "by-noun" (b) in the passive is used when it is not known or not important to know exactly who performs an action. The exact person (or people) who made shoes is not known and is not important to know, so there is no "by-Noun" in the passive sentence.
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