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Helen01 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Convertion into passive voice
Can anyone tell me that how these sentences are converted into active voice?
1. Alice was not much surprised at this.
2. He will be greatly surprised if he is chosen.
3. The streets were thronged with spectators.
Please help me!
1. Alice was not much surprised at this.
2. He will be greatly surprised if he is chosen.
3. The streets were thronged with spectators.
Please help me!
Top answer
Welcome to Englsih Forums. These sentences cannot be made passive because none of the verbs are used in the transitive sense. That is, none of them have direct object.
- Welcome to Englsih Forums.
- These sentences cannot be made passive because none of the verbs are used in the transitive sense.
- That is, none of them have direct object.
- Alice was suprised -- no direct object.
- This surprised Alice.
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Welcome to Englsih Forums.
These sentences cannot be made passive because none of the verbs are used in the transitive sense. That is, none of them have direct object.
Alice was suprised -- no direct object.
This surprised Alice. -- Alice is the direct object of "this" so you could make it passive by saying "Alice was not surprised by this." However, your sentence has Al
These sentences cannot be made passive because none of the verbs are used in the transitive sense. That is, none of them have direct object.
Alice was suprised -- no direct object.
This surprised Alice. -- Alice is the direct object of "this" so you could make it passive by saying "Alice was not surprised by this." However, your sentence has Al
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