Passive Forming 2

Question 1

Verbs followed by Verb+ING are made passive, with BE +PP+ING.
See, bring, catch, hear, find, keep, notice, observe, send, show.

Answer 1

They saw the monkey climbing the fence.
The monkey was seen climbing the fence.

Question 2

Verbs followed by ING can be form passive BEING+PP.
Love, enjoy, avoid, deny, describe, dislike, face, hate, imagine, like, remember, report, resent.

Answer 2

I really love being given presents.

We enjoyed taking children to the zoo.
The children enjoyed being taken to the zoo.

Question 3

Some verbs followed by Object +ING don’t have passive.
Dread, anticipate, appreciate, dislike, forget, hate, imagine, like, mind, recall, remember.

Answer 3

I dread him (or his) finding out.
no passive.

Question 4

Active VERB+Object+TO Infinitive, are made passive BE+PP+TO INFINITIVE.
Teach, advise, allow, ask, believe, consider, expect, feel, instruct, mean, order, require, tell, understand.

Answer 4

Mr. Wang has taught Peter to sing for years.
Peter has been taught to sing by Mr. Wang.

Question 5

In some contexts, it is possible to put both verbs in PP.

Answer 5

We expect the government to propose changes to the taxation system.
Changes to the taxation system are expected to be proposed.

Question 6

Some verbs, followed by Object+TO Infinitive, have no passive.
Like, can’t bear, hate, love, need, prefer, want, wish.

Answer 6

Susan liked Karl to be there.
Not Karl liked to be there. (no passive).

Question 7

Active verb+TO INFINITIVE+object is made passive verb+TO BE+PP.
1)Start, begin, come, continue, seem, tend.
2) agree, aim, arrange, attempt, hope, refuse, want.
Active and passive in 1) correspond each other, but in 2 there is not the same sense.

Answer 7

Supermarkets started to sell fresh food.
Fresh food started to be sold by supermarkets.

Petra wanted to help me.
I wanted to be helped by Petra. (not same meaning).