By Indirect objects, Passive sentences

.John likes pizza.Pizza is liked by John.There is no object in the second sentence. The subject of the passive sentence (pizza) is the object of its active equivalent. By John is an adverb. John is the agent in both sentences.Of course, some passive sentences can have objects:John gave Mary a...

I agree with Marius Hancu's correction.On a more general point, some of these passives are a pain in the neck for teachers and students. The logical transformation of "They offered him a job" is "A job was offered to him", based on transforming the direct object of the active sentence into the...

This is off the internet too, Abmateen, but I could do no better:Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive. Example: They build houses. –...

Is that you, Antonia? This is nothing but a try... If I had to make a passive sentence I could only make one sentence:1) My key was returned to me. Couldn't I? It isn't possible to put the indirect object (in this case) in the beginning of the sentence, like: I was returned my key.Of course...

I'm a little bit confused here. Please, help me out. Correct me if I'm wrong. There are two objects in an active sentence They returned my key to me. If I had to make a passive sentence I could only make one sentence:1) My key was returned to me. Couldn't I? It isn't possible to put the...

Hello, Daniel There is an explanation for the existence of sentences like "I'm given water" which is, by the way, grammatically correct. As has been explained here, the first you need in order for a sentence in the passive voice to be possible is a transitive verb and its direct object. You...