14. We’ll be visiting our grandmother next week. What is the passive form of this sentence? Kami akan mengunjungi nenek kami minggu depan. Apa bentuk pasif dari kalimat ini?
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.
Jawaban: a. Our grandmother will be being visited by us next week. (Nenek kami akan dikunjungi oleh kami minggu depan.)
15. They cancelled all flights because of fog. The passive form of the sentence is, because of fog…. Mereka membatalkan semua penerbangan karena kabut. Bentuk pasif kalimat tersebut adalah karena kabut….
a. All flights had cancelled
b. All flights were cancelled
c. All flights have been cancelled
d They be cancelled
e. They are being cancelled
Jawaban: b. All flights were cancelled (Semua penerbangan dibatalkan)
16. The letter ______ by him yesterday. (Surat ______ olehnya kemarin.)
a. was written (sudah ditulis)
b. is written (ditulis)
c. will be written (akan ditulis)
d. has been written (telah ditulis)
Jawaban: a. was written (Surat itu ditulis olehnya kemarin.) Menggunakan simple past tense karena kejadiannya sudah terjadi di masa lalu.
17. Rice ______ in many Asian countries. Beras ______ di banyak negara Asia.
a. is grown (ditaman)
b. are grown (sudah ditanam)
c. grows (tumbuh)
d. grown (tanam)
Jawaban: a. is grown (Padi ditanam di banyak negara Asia.) Menggunakan simple present tense untuk menyatakan fakta umum.