English for Junior High School

Active / Passive Overview  Tenses Active Passive Simple Present Once a week, Tom cleans the house. Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom. Present Continuous Right now, Sarah is writing the letter. Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah. Simple Past Sam repaired the car. The car was repaired by Sam. Past Continuous The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store. The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store. Present Perfect Many tourists have visited that castle. That castle has been visited by many tourists. Present Perfect Continuous Recently, John has been doing the work. Recently, the work has been being done by John. Past Perfect George had repaired many cars before he received his mechanic's license. Many cars had been repaired by George before he received his mechanic'

Exercise Passive Voice Change into passive form They play football (simple present tense) My father write a letter (simple present tense) He buys a new car (simple present tense) She opens the door (simple present tense) Putri draws a picture (simple present tense) He drank a coffee (simple past tense) She brought a newspaper (simple past tense) Andi closed the window (simple past tense) Diana Cleaned the whiteboard (simple past tense) Dani studied English (simple past tense) Answer key Football is played by them A letter is written by my father A new car is bought by him The door is opened by her A picture is drawn by Putri A coffee was drunk by him A newspaper was brought by her The window was closed by Andi The whiteboard was cleaned by Diana English was studied by Dani Download Passive Voice Exercise with Answer Key

Passive Voice (BE + V3) Kalimat aktif: She reads newspaper . (simple present tense)   S   V+s        O Kalimat pasif: Newspaper is read by her. Cara merubah kalimat aktif menjadi kalimat pasif: Letakkan obyek kalimat aktif di awal kalimat pasif Tambahkan "BE" sesuai dengan tenses'nya Ganti kata kerja (Verb) menjadi V3 Tambahkan "by" sebelum obyek kalimat pasif Contoh: 1.  Kalimat aktif: He speaks Javanese. (simple present tense)    Kalimat pasif:Javanese is spoken by him. 2. Kalimat aktif: My mother made a cake. (simple past tense)    Kalimat pasif: A cake was made by my mother.

I.  Write the comparative form of the adjectives given.      Example: An elephant is bigger than a lion. (Big) The Nil river is ……………….. than the Amazon. (long) I’m ………….. than Yuri but ………………. than Miko. (tall, short) They're ……. than us, but we're ………. than them. (handsome, smart) This book bag is …………….. than that bag. (expensive) This newspaper is …………….. than that newspaper. (good) Soda juice tastes ……………. than fruit juice. (bad) Today is …………………. than yesterday. (warm) This TV program is …………….. (interesting) II.  Write the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives given.     Example: Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. (high) The Nile river is ……………. river in the world. (long) Tyler is ……………….. and …………. person I know. (happy, kind) The blue team got ……… score and the red team got ……….. (good, bad) This is …………… ticket to France. (cheap) Ellen is …………….. student in our class. (hard-working) This is …………………. movie in the world

Superlative digunakan untuk membandingkan tiga hal atau lebih. Kata sifat dengan 1 suku-kata Untuk membuat superlative dari sebuah kata sifat yang memiliki 1 suku kata, kita menambahkan –est.  Contoh:  Slow : slowest Tall : tallest  Fast : fastest Short : shortest  Jika kata sifat yang memiliki 1 suku-kata berakhiran dengan huruf vokal dan kosonan, maka kita menggandakan huruf konsonan.  Contoh:  Big : biggest Thin : thinnest  Hot : hottest Kata sifat dengan 2 suku-kata Jika kata sifat memiliki 2 suku-kata atau lebih, kita menambahkan most didepan kata sifat.  Contoh:  This book is the most expensive book.  This picture is the most beautiful picture in the museum. Bentuk tidak beraturan Ada beberapa bentuk tidak beraturan. Berikut beberapa kata sifat beserta bentuk komparatif dan superlatif yang tidak beraturan.  Good - better – best                      far - further – furthest  Bad - worse – worst                     little - less – least  Far - farther – farthest      

Comparative digunakan untuk membandingkan dua hal. Kata sifat dengan 1 suku kata Untuk membuat bentuk komparatif dari sebuah kata sifat yang memiliki satu suku kata, kita menambahkan -er di belakang kata. Contoh: Slow : slower Tall : taller Fast : faster Short : shorter Untuk membuat perbandingan dari sebuah kata sifat yang memiliki satu suku kata dan berakhiran dengan huruf -e, kita cukup menambahkan -r. Contoh: Nice : nicer Large : larger Jika kata sifat dengan satu suku kata yang berakhiran dengan huruf vokal dan konsonan, maka kita menggandakan huruf konsonan. Contoh: Big : bigger Fat : fatter Hot : hotter Thin : thinner Kata sifat dengan 2 suku kata Jika kata sifat memiliki dua atau lebih suku kata, kita menambahkan “more” sebelum kata sifat.  Contoh: This book is more expensive than that book. This picture is more beautiful.  Akan tetapi, ada banyak pengecualian terhadap aturan satu/dua suku -kata ini.Berikut beberapa kata dengan 2 suku-kata memiliki sifat yang mirip den