Makalah Listening : Passive Sentences

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

In the listening section of the past, you will hear dialogues and academic talks, and you will be tasted on your ability to understand them. You will hear each passage only once, and then answer questions after each is finished. The listening questions ask about the main idea, supporting details, and the way the speakers use language. You need the answer each listening question based on what is stated or implied by the speaker. Keep your handphone on for the entire listening section because there is audio for the question too, they are not just seen on your screen.

            Usually you will have 6 listening passage. There will be twice as many academic talks as there are dialogue. Each academic talk will have 6 listening question. Each dialogue will have 5 listening questions. The timer only cuonts down as you answer the questions. If you get 6 passage, the total time allowed is 60 minutes. The listening section can have up to 9 passage with a total time of minutes.

You don’t just hear the academic talks and dialogue. Each passage is a 3-6 minute long video. It’s not quite like a movie though as there are only still images that change. He images are to help you imagine the situationand the rules of the people talking. Some of the images you might see are vocabullary term written on a blackboard. There’s 4 main categories  socia science, physical science, life science and the Arts-from which a wide range of topic are used in the academic talks. The topic could be anything from architecture to medical techniques to oceanography to modern histori.

            Even if you are not familiar with the topic, if your englishis good enough, you will be able to answer all the questions based on the information in the listening paasage. On of the best things to do help you answer the question is to take notes. It’s unlikely you’ll be able to remember all the details, especially if it’s acompletely unfamiliar topic.

CHAPTER II

CONTENT

A.    PASSIVE SENTENCE

A sentence is written in passive voice when the subject of the sentences has an action done to do it by someone or something else. In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentenceand the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can usethe passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.

Passive sentences are often in the form of the test in Part A on TOEFL Listening Test. We must remember that this form of passive sentences is:

BE + Verb III (Past Participle)

Example:

• TOEFL is studied in Senior High School
• The Food was served well last night.
• The Meeting has just been stopped by the Manager.

               Listening in Part A,to understand dah easily understand passive sentences is easy. Three important things to remember are:

Focus to man - 2nd or speaker – 2. If a second person to use / reciting Active , then the answer must be in the form of passive sentences , or If a second person to use / Passive uttered a sentence , then the answer must be in the form of Active sentence .

Example

On the recording, you hear:

(man)        : Is that a new chair?

(woman)   : Yes, we just bought it last week.

(narrator)  : What does the woman mean?

In your test book, you read:

(A) She brought the chair with her.

(B) The chair was lost for a week.

(C) The chair was purchased recently.

(D) She bought the last chair from the store.

analysis :

               From the conversation above, the second man ( woman ) using Active sentences , we ... bought it ( the chair ) . So the answer must be in the form of Passive sentences . So the best answer is ( C ) the chair was purchased .

               if the conversation contains a passive statement the answer to the question is often an active sentence.  if the coversation contains a active statement the answer to the question is often a passive statement. 

LISTENING PART A

1. (A) Her family just arrived.

    (B) She must pack to go visit herfamily.

    (C) She opened the door to greet her family.

    (D) The box from her family was opened.

2. (A) He completed the report

    (B) He’s coming to work on the report.

   (C) The report is due tomorrow morning.

   (D) The report still needs an infinite amount of work.

3. (A) The parents are in bed now.

    (B) The children were allowed to stay up.

    (C) The parents stayed away from the children.

    (D) The children have gone to bed.

4. (A) He got lost.

    (B) The door was not in front of the house.

    (C) He did not need a key to the door.

    (D) The key was lost.

5. (A) He picked out some flowered wallpaper for the dining room.

    (B) The dining room table has flowers painted on it.

    (C) The flowers were placed on the table.

    (D) The flowers were grown in the dining room.

6. (A) Nothing is really the matter.

    (B) She stole some money.

    (C) She left her purse in the store.

    (D) Someone took her purse.

7. (A) He’s quite scared.

    (B) He likes her pets.

    (C) He would like to pick up a little snake.

    (D) He frightens the snakes.

8. (A) She wrote directions in a letter.

    (B) Instructions were followed exactly.

    (C) A new director has been appointed.

    (D) She would follow the man to the housing project.

9. (A) They can cook supper in no time.

     (B) He doesn't know how to play tennis.

     (C) He’s a super cook.

     (D) Dinner needs to be prepared.

10. (A) The exam really is tomorrow.

       (B) There was a change in the content of the exam.

       (C) The professor moved the exam to another day.

       (D) They have to change their plans for tomorrow.