Hello teachers,
A: The house was broken into.
B: He can’t be counted on.
C: I was stared at.
D: He was being looked for.
D: I am looked up to.
F: I was ran into.
Are these sentences in the passive voice correct? Also, can any active voice sentence with verb+preposition+object be made into passive sentences? For eg.
A: I looked at him.
B: He was looked at by me.
A: I yelled at him.
B: He was yelled at by me.
First of all, are sentence Bs correct? As you can see active voice sentences As are with sentence structure verb+preposition+object. Can any sentence with this active voice sentence structure with verb+preposition+object work in the passive voice?
anonymousB: He was looked at by me.
anonymousB: He was yelled at by me.
That is very unnatural English. You will not hear this sort of sentence from a native speaker's lips.
anonymousI wasranrun into.
This was the only wrong one. The past participle of 'run' is 'run'.
anonymouscan any active voice sentence with verb+preposition+object be made into passive sentences?
No. Some of them work in the passive; others don't.
anonymousA: I looked at him.
B: He was looked at by me.A: I yelled at him.
B: He was yelled at by me.
This are OK, but such sentences rarely mention the agent (i.e., rarely have the by-phrase).
CJ