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Report Text and Passive Voice: 9 Grade

The document provides information about report text and passive voice in English. For report text, it explains that report text contains factual information about natural phenomena, the environment, man-made objects, or social phenomena observed through systematic observation or analysis. It then describes the typical structure and linguistic features of report text, including general classifications, descriptions, and the use of present simple tense and general nouns. For passive voice, it explains that passive voice is used when the focus is on the action rather than the subject performing the action. It then provides examples of active and passive sentences in different tenses and describes how to form the passive voice using forms of the verb "to be" plus the past participle of the main

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Report Text and Passive Voice: 9 Grade

The document provides information about report text and passive voice in English. For report text, it explains that report text contains factual information about natural phenomena, the environment, man-made objects, or social phenomena observed through systematic observation or analysis. It then describes the typical structure and linguistic features of report text, including general classifications, descriptions, and the use of present simple tense and general nouns. For passive voice, it explains that passive voice is used when the focus is on the action rather than the subject performing the action. It then provides examples of active and passive sentences in different tenses and describes how to form the passive voice using forms of the verb "to be" plus the past participle of the main

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REPORT TEXT AND PASSIVE VOICE

9 GRADE –
REPORT TEXT
Teks yang berisi informasi tentang sesuatu, apa
adanya, sebagai hasil pengamatan sistematis atau
analisis terkait hal-hal seperti: gejala alam,
lingkungan, benda buatan manusia, atau gejala
sosial secara umum.
STRUCTURE LINGUISTIC FEATURES
- General Classification - Present simple
Pernyataan umum yang - General nouns
menerangkan subyek laporan, - Relating verbs
keterangan, dan klasifikasi.
- Action verbs
- Paragraph dengan Topic
- Description sentences
Deskripsi ciri-ciri subjek: - Istilah teknis, misalnya water
tampilan fisik, kualitas, contains oxygen and
kebiasaan/kegunaan hydrogen
WHALES
General
Whales are sea-living mammals. Classification

They therefore breathe air but cannot survive on land. Description of


habit and
Some species are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed habitat

30m in length, is the largest animal to have lived on earth. Superficially, the whale
looks rather like a fish, but there are important differences in its external structure: its Description of
tail consists of a pair of broad, flat, horizontal paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) physical
Features
and it has a single nostril on top of its large, broad head. The skin is smooth and
shiny and beneath it lies a layer of fat (blubber). This is up to 30 cm in thickness and
serves to converse heat and body fluids.
PASSIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VOICE
WHEN DO WE USE IT?
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It
is not important or not known, however, who or what is
performing the action.

My bike was stolen


In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my
bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.
WHEN DO WE USE IT?
When we focus more on the action.

A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was


made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a
mistake).
HOW TO USE PASSIVE?
BE + V3
be

BE inf BE ing BE V1 BE V2 BE V3

be being is/am/are was/were been


EXAMPLES
Tense Subject Verb Object
Simple Active: Rita writes a letter.
Present Passive: A letter is written by Rita.

Simple Active: Rita wrote a letter.


Past Passive: A letter was written by Rita.

Present Active: Rita has written a letter.


Perfect Passive: A letter has been written by Rita.

Future I Active: Rita will write a letter.


Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.
EXERCISES
• English ____________________ (speak) in many countries.
• The post ______________________ (deliver) at about 7 o’clock every
morning.
• ______________________________ (the building/use) any more?
• How often ______________________________ (the Olympic Games(hold)?
• How _______________________ (your name/spell)?
• My salary _____________________ (pay) every month.
• These cars _________________________ (not make) in Japan.
• The name of the people who committed the crime _____________________
(not know).
• His travel expenses ________________________ (not pay) by his company.

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