Voice Chance: Voice with “cognate object”
Voice with “cognate object”
Verbs that take cognate objects: run, think, dance, sleep, dream, live, smile, die, laugh, sigh, fight etc.Active structure: Subject + verb + cognate object.
Passive structure: Cognate object + auxiliary + VPP + by + subject. Examples:
Active : He ran a race.
Passive : A race was run by him.
Active : He thinks of a great thought.
Passive : A great thought is thought of by him.
Active : The boy ran a race.
Passive : A race was run by the boy.
Active : Mamta dreamt a sweet dream.
Passive : A sweet dream was dreamt by Mamta.
Voice of Factitive Object
Factitive Verbs: elect, select, nominate, make, call, name, term etc. Active structure: Subject + factitive verb + object + factitive object.Passive structure: Object + auxiliary + VPP + factitive object + by + subject.
Examples:
Active : We made him chairman.
Passive : He was made chairman by us.
Active : Mr. Sikdar teaches us English.
Passive : English is taught us by Sikdar.
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