Write a paragraph onHow to prepare for an examination using passive sentence
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I’m baffled to see the answers written by my fellow Quorans who have the brazenness to come forward to give an answer to this question without having any gumption to verify the usage of passive voice. It makes me sad to know that they do not seem to understand when to use passive voice.
Passive voice should be used when the main verb in the sentence is transitive. A transitive verb is governed by an immediate object (noun or pronoun).
Example: He sang a song.
She likes him.
In the first sentence, the verb ‘sang’ is a transitive verb which takes an object ‘song’.
In the second, the verb ‘likes’ is a transitive verb which takes an object ‘him’ ( a pronoun).
Passive voice cannot be used for the verbs which are INTRANSITIVE because ann Intransitive verb cannot take an object.
Examples:
She laughed.
She cried loudly.
He slept peacefully.
You will not find objects to these italicized verbs because they are intransitive, in nature. Hence it is impossible to change these sentences into passive voice. How to identify whether the verb is transitive or intransitive is another point which I am not discussing here but you can find the trick if you browse my previous answers.
In the case of our question, we have a verb ‘prepare’ which is both transitive and intransitive. Certain verbs in English function in both ways.
In the sentence, ‘He is preparing for his exams’, the verb ‘prepare’ is intransitive. So it is not possible to convert this sentence into passive voice. Moreover, the group of words ‘for his exams’ is not an object but is a phrase which cannot function as an object of the verb. A direct object in the form of a noun or pronoun is required to make a passive structure.
But, the verb ‘prepare’ can be used as a transitive verb if it takes an object.
Example:
She prepared the Sweet for me.
In the above sentence, ‘Sweet (noun)’ is the object of the transitive verb ‘prepare’.
So, all the answers written by fellow Quorans are wrong. Please, don’t answer the questions that have grammatical intricacies without having any depth of knowledge in English Grammar.
This is my sincere request. Don’t mislead people with smattering knowledge of English.