Voice Change: Voice with “bare infinitive”
Voice with “bare infinitive”
Bare Infinitive verbs: feel, listen to, observe, watch, hear, notice, make, see, let, helpActive 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
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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