write the sentence in active voice I brought him a doll
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Verbs, as you know can be transitive or intransitive. Intransitive verbs can not have an object. And hence sentences with intransitive verbs can not be passivized. for example: He went out for a walk
Transitive verbs are of two types: They can be mono-transitive or di-transitive. The sentence you have given here has a verb that is di transitive. That simply means such group of verbs have the propensity to hold two verbs. Let us look at a few examples before we get into your sentence.
The officer signed the papers.
(The verb here is mono-transitive and the papers is one object)
The grandmother told us stories
in sentence two, told is a di-transitive verb. so, us is an object and stories is another object.
In sentences where we have two objects one is called the direct object and the other is an indirect object. Why is it called a direct object? The object that answers the question WHAT is direct object. The other one is indirect object. The direct object will be lifeless and the indirect object will have life.
Since there are two objects the passive forms of such sentences also are two. We can bring the direct object into subjects position or we can bring the indirect object in to the subject’s position.
Now let us look at the sentence:
She bought the baby a doll.
bought is a di-transitive verb. The baby is the indirect object and a doll is the direct object. As mentioned earlier, direct objects are inanimate. ( Direct object answers What did she buy?)
since there are two objects let us see the two possible passive forms :
The baby was bought a doll by her
A doll was bought by her to the baby. or A doll was bought to the baby by her.
in both the cases the verb form is the same (aux BE+ MVen).
Transitive verbs are of two types: They can be mono-transitive or di-transitive. The sentence you have given here has a verb that is di transitive. That simply means such group of verbs have the propensity to hold two verbs. Let us look at a few examples before we get into your sentence.
The officer signed the papers.
(The verb here is mono-transitive and the papers is one object)
The grandmother told us stories
in sentence two, told is a di-transitive verb. so, us is an object and stories is another object.
In sentences where we have two objects one is called the direct object and the other is an indirect object. Why is it called a direct object? The object that answers the question WHAT is direct object. The other one is indirect object. The direct object will be lifeless and the indirect object will have life.
Since there are two objects the passive forms of such sentences also are two. We can bring the direct object into subjects position or we can bring the indirect object in to the subject’s position.
Now let us look at the sentence:
She bought the baby a doll.
bought is a di-transitive verb. The baby is the indirect object and a doll is the direct object. As mentioned earlier, direct objects are inanimate. ( Direct object answers What did she buy?)
since there are two objects let us see the two possible passive forms :
The baby was bought a doll by her
A doll was bought by her to the baby. or A doll was bought to the baby by her.
in both the cases the verb form is the same (aux BE+ MVen).
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