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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