ACTIVE VOICE

Active voice is a grammatical voice common in many of the world’s languages. It is the unmarked voice for clauses featuring a transitive verbin nominative–accusative languages, including English and most other Indo-European languages.

Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the agent of the main verb. That is, the subject does the action designated by the verb.^[1] A sentence whose agent is marked as grammatical subject is called an active sentence. In contrast, a sentence in which the subject has the role of patient or theme is called a passive sentence, and its verb is expressed in passive voice. Many languages have both an active and a passive voice; this allows for greater flexibility in sentence construction, as either the semantic agent or patient may take the syntactic role of subject.^[2]

[edit]Examples

In the following examples the active and passive voice are illustrated with pairs of sentences using the same transitive verb.

Language	Active voice	Passive voice
English	The hunter saw the deer.	The deer was seen by the hunter.
French	Brackett a écrit ce livre.　(Brackett wrote this book.)	Ce livre a été écrit par Brackett. (This book was written by Brackett.)
Japanese	犬がかんだ。 (A dog bit [someone].)	犬にかまれた。　(By a dog [I] was bitten.)
German	Der Hund biss den Postboten.　(The dog bit the postman.)	Der Postbote wurde vom Hund gebissen. (The postman was bitten by the dog.)

Tugas Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2 (3)

English for Business 2: Exercise 36

Excercise 36 English for Business 2 Assignment

1. The teacher made Juan leave the room
2. Toshiko had her car repaired by a mechanic
3. Ellen got Marvin typed her paper
4. I made Jane call her friend on the telephone
5. We got our house painted last week
6. Dr. Byrd is having the students write a composition
7. The policeman made the suspect lie on the ground
8. Mark got his transcripts send to the university
9. Maria is getting her hair cut tomorrow
10. We will have to get the Dean signed this form
11. The teacher let Al leave the classroom.
12. Maria got Ed washed the pipettes
13. She always has her car to fix by the same mechanic
14. Gene got his book published by a subsidy publisher
15. We have to help Janet to find her keys

CAUSE CONNECTORS

 ** Because/ because of**

because selalu diikuti dengan kalimat lengkap ( Harus ada Verb nya ) ….because of hanya diikuti sebuah kata benda( noun) atau noun phrase.
(tidak boleh ada konjugasi/penghubung antara because of dengan noun ….

Formula :
…because + Subject + Verb ….
ex : the students arrived late _because_ _there_(Subject) _was_(verb) a traffic jam .
…because of + noun (noun phrase) ….
ex: the students arrived late _because of_ _the traffic jam_ (noun phrase).

note :  
*Because of sering ditukar dengan due to …
*Because juga bisa menjadi sebuah awal kalimat …
ex : because of the rain (noun phrase), we have cancelled the party .

Tugas Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2 (2)

Exercise 31-34 English for Business 2 Assignment

1. Sam’s new apartement is in a building which has twelve stories. Sam’s new apartement is in a twelve stories building.

2. We teach languages. We are language teachers.

3. My parents saw a play in three acts last night. My parents saw a three acts last night.

4. The manager said that the sale would last for two days. The manager said that it would be a last for two days sale.

5. Hal bought a tool set containing 79 pieces. Hal bought a containing 79 pieces tool set.

6. Margie has a bookcase with five shelve. Margie has a five shelves bookcase.

7. I need two cans of tomatoes that weigh 16 ounces each. I need two weigh 16 ounces cans of tomatoes.

8. I’m looking for a pressure cooker that holds six quarts. I’m looking for a holds six quarts pressure cooker.

9. He is a specialist at building houses made of bricks. He is a specialist at building made of bricks houses.

10. Mrs. Jansen just bought her daughter a bicyle with ten speeds. Mrs. Jansen just bought her daughter a ten speeds bicyle.

 

Exercise 32: Enough

In the following sentences, choose the correct form in parentheses.

1. There were not enough people to have meeting.
2. Allen has learned French enough to study in France next year.
3. Do you have enough time to talk now?
4. She drove fast enough to win the race.
5. Mike will graduate from law school soon enough to join his father’s firm.
6. We arrived early enough to have some coffee before class began.
7. It has rained hard enough to flood the low lying areas.
8. You should type slowly enough that you will not make an error.
9. He has just enough flour to bake that loaf of bread.
10. There are enough books for each student to have one.

 

Exercise 32: Because/Because of

Supply either because or because of as appropriate.

1. It was difficult to deliver the letter Because the sender had written the wrong address on the envelope.
2. We decided to leave early Because the party was boring
3. Rescue attempts were temporarily halted Because of the bad weather.
4. They visited their friends often Because they enjoyed their company
5. Paul cannot go to the football game Because of his grades.
6. Marcella was awarded a scholarship Because her superior scholastic ability.
7. Nobody ventured outdoors Because of the hurricane warnings.
8. We plan to spend our vacation in the mountains Because the air is purer there.
9. We have to drive around the bay Because the bridge was destroyed in the strom.
10. The chickens have died Because of the intense heat.

 

Exercise 34: So/Such

Following the formulas, use either so or such in these sentences as appropriate.

1. The sun shone So brightly that Maria had to put on her sunglasses.
2. Dean was Such a powerpul swimmer that he always won the races.
3. There were So few students registered that the class was cancelled.
4. We had So wonderful memories of that place that we decided to return.
5. We had So good a time at the party that we hated to leave.
6. The benefit was So great a success that the promoters decided to repeat it.
7. It was Such a nice day that we decided to go to the beach.
8. Jane looked So sick that the nurse told her to go home.
9. Those were So difficult assignments that we spent two weeks finishing them.
10. Ray called at Such an early hour that we weren’t a wake yet.
11. The book looked So interesting that he decided to read it.
12. He worked So carefully that it took him a long time to complete the project.
13. We stayed in the sun for Such a long time that we became sunburned.
14. There were So many people on the bus that we decided to walk.
15. The program was So entertaining that nobody wanted to miss it.