Voice Change: Voice with “bare infinitive”


Voice with “bare infinitive”

Bare Infinitive verbs: feel, listen to, observe, watch, hear, notice, make, see, let, help

Active structure: Subject + verb + object + bare infinitive phrase

Passive structure: Object + auxiliary + VPP + to + bare infinitive phrase + by + subject Examples: Active: The manager of the company made the black sheep of the workers leave the factory.

Passive: The black sheep of the workers was made to leave the factory by the manager of the company.

Voice with “Gerund”

Transitive verbs that take gerunds: advise, insist, propose, recommend, suggest, admit, anticipate, avoid, consider, contemplate, delay, defer, deny, detest, dislike, discuss, enjoy, escape, excuse, fancy, finish, forgive, imagine, involve, keep, loathe, mind, miss, practice, pardon, postpone, resume, recollect, recall, risk, report, remember, resent, resist, start, stop, tolerate, understand, quiet etc.

Active structure: Subject + verb +    gerund + object of gerund

Passive structure: Subject + verb + that + object of gerund + should be + VPP (of gerund)

  • There are variations according to meaning
Examples:

Active: They unanimously proposed to hold a meeting.

Passive: They unanimously proposed that a meeting should be held.

Active: We insist on playing the music late at night.

Passive: We insist that the music should be played late at night.

Active: She avoids meeting her friends.

Passive: She avoids that her friends are not met.

Active: We can vividly remember making our first plane journey.

Passive: We can vividly remember that our first plane journey was made.


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