Hi, W hat does M r B ibhusan teach? You need capital letters. The passive sentence starts with "What is taught . . . " Can you complete it? Best wishes, Clive

No. But this specific syntactic form does require the past participle. Let me explain. You wrote 'It can be done' this is called a passive sentence. We use this form to denote that the subject undergoes an action. What the subject is

By the way, are some intransitive verbs rarely found in Passive? Yes. Intransitive verbs are very, very, very, very rarely found in the passive -- in fact, so rarely that it never occurs. Sentences with intransitive verbs cannot be put in the

Choose the verb which best completes each sentence. Enjoy. ___________________________________ 1 She was anxious "to be selected|to select|to have selected|to be selecting" for the post of the Personal Assistant to the Director in the

Okay, we're making progress. Thanks, Clive. Clive does not object to the idea of a person as the subject of the verb "to precede." That is, "She preceded A with B. So you're clear on your original examples, aside from giving

Okay, we're making progress. Thanks, Clive. Clive does not object to the idea of a person as the subject of the verb "to precede." That is, "She preceded A with B. So you're clear on your original examples, aside from

What is the passive sentence of the following sentences: 1. I ask John to open the door. * which one is correct=" I ask the door opened by John" or " I ask the door to be opened by John"? 2. I tell John to open the door 3. I

Hi Anon Yes, you can say that. You have used "was thwarted" and that is a passive structure. As you may know, in order to build a passive sentence, you need a verb that is transitive (i.e. takes an object). The object of an active

Actually, there's another aspect to this. This might be over-complicating things, so if it just confuses you then ignore it. In the passive sentence "The vase was broken by John", it's important that the vase was broken by

The duckling hatched from the egg. The duckling has hatched from the egg. The duckling had hatched from the egg. These are all correct English, and written in the active voice. They differ in tense. The duckling was hatched from