Explanation Text Part 2

 

Hello eveyone! Back again with me on my blog, so i want explain about Explanation Text Part 2 

 

We will structure or design a simple explanation text :

- A tittle that identifies the topic to be explained

Why Eiffel Tower Was Built

- A general statement

If we talk about the Wonders of the World buildings, then we will see Eiffel Tower as one of them. However many of us do not know the tower’s past history on why it was build. Everything has the reasonable background, especially for the tower which is to be one of the most recognized buildings in the world.

- A sequenced Explanation

Primarily, the Eiffel Tower was built for the World Exhibition. It was called Paris Exposition in 1889. The exhibition was organized to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. The purpose of building Eiffel Tower in such structure was to show to the world France’s advancement of technology and beauty. The Eiffel Tower was designed and built by Gustave Eiffel's company. The Eiffel Tower was designed by Emile Nouguier, Maurice Koechlin and Stephen sauvestre. It seemed that then the name of the tower was derived from the designer’s last name, “Eiffel”.

- Closing / concluding statement.

Another reason on why the tower was built was for scientific progress. Although few realized it, the Eiffel Tower would become the prominent structure in terms of science and technology. Many experiment with temperature, pressure and pendulums were performed atop the unique famous building. Additionally the Eiffel Tower was used for radio transmission tower. Many experiments were conducted atop the Eiffel Tower for radio transmission advancement. Once the Eiffel Tower was proposed to be demolished but it was spared because the tower had the promising future as a radio tower.

 

Passive Voice

Passive voice is a form of sentence where the subject of the sentence receives the action, not performs the action. Generally, active sentences that can be transformed into passive sentences are in the form of active sentences containing transitive verbs (verbs that require a direct object) such as make, bring, buy, write and so on. This material is in learning grammar. In passive sentences, usually this sentence is made with a verb, where the subject does not indicate an activity or action. Passive sentence consists of subject, predicate and object. More clearly the meaning of passive sentence is a verb that does not show action and only acts as a recipient of action. 

Here are the formulas for active and passive sentences for some tenses and examples of sentences:

  - Simple Present Tense

    S + Verb1 (s/es) —– i cook the fish. (Active)

    Object + To be (are/am/is) + Verb3 + Subject —– the fish is cooked by me. (Passive)

  - Simple Past Tense

    S + Verb2 + Object ——– she washed the car (Active)

    Object + To be (was/were) + Verb3 + Subject ——– the car was washed by her (Passive)

  - Present Continuous Tense

    S + To be (are/am/is) + Verb-ing —— they are studying English lesson. (Active)

    O + to be (are/am/is) + being + Verb3 —– English lesson were being studied by them. (Passive)

See the example below:

  - The bike was stolen by the thief. (sepeda itu dicruri oleh pencuri)

  - The floor was cleaned by Jeje. (lantai itu dibersihkan oleh Paula)

The example of the passive sentence above states that the bicycle has been stolen by a thief. In this case, it is the thief who is the object who takes the action, while the subject, namely the bicycle, is the object that was stolen. Likewise in the second sentence.

 

We will create a simple explanation text :

Why Eiffel Tower Was Built

 

If we talk about the Wonders of the World buildings, then we will see Eiffel Tower as one of them. However many of us do not know the tower’s past history on why it was build. Everything has the reasonable background, especially for the tower which is to be one of the most recognized buildings in the world.

Primarily, the Eiffel Tower was built for the World Exhibition.The exhibition was organized to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. The purpose of building Eiffel Tower in such structure was to show to the world France’s advancement of technology and beauty. The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel. It seemed that then the name of the tower was derived from the designer’s last name, “Eiffel”.

Another reason on why the tower was built was for scientific progress. Although few realized it, the Eiffel Tower would become the prominent structure in terms of science and technology. Many experiment with temperature, pressure and pendulums were performed atop the unique famous building. Additionally the Eiffel Tower was used for radio transmission tower. Many experiments were conducted atop the Eiffel Tower for radio transmission advancement. Once the Eiffel Tower was proposed to be demolished but it was spared because the tower had the promising future as a radio tower.

Do the exercise part D & E (page 11-15) from the module above and attach the photo in your blog!

We can conclud, passive voice is a form of sentence where the subject of the sentence receives the action, not performs the action. Generally, active sentences that can be transformed into passive sentences are in the form of active sentences containing transitive verbs (verbs that require a direct object) such as make, bring, buy, write and so on. This material is in learning grammar. In passive sentences, usually this sentence is made with a verb, where the subject does not indicate an activity or action. Passive sentence consists of subject, predicate and object. More clearly the meaning of passive sentence is a verb that does not show action and only acts as a recipient of action. the example :

  - The bike was stolen by the thief.

  - The floor was cleaned by Jeje.

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