Forming Passive Sentences

Verbs which take an object (transitive Verbs) can have a passive form. So we can make corresponding sentences for,

They destroyed the building – The building was destroyed.

The news surprised me – I was surprised by the news

Verbs which do not take an object (intransitive verbs) do not have passive forms. For example there are no passive forms for the following sentences,

I slept for nearly ten hours last night

The ship slowly disappeared from view


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