Verb + object + to infinitive
• Mr Price
taught
Peter
to sing.
passive
• Peter
was taught
to sing
(by Mr Price).
Other verbs in this pattern include
advise, allow, ask, believe, consider, expect, feel, instruct,
mean, order, report, require, tell, understand.
Notice that in some contexts it is possible to make both verbs passive:
• Changes to the taxation system
are expected to be proposed.
•
She
was required to be interviewed.
Some verbs followed by an
object + to-infinitive
in the active have no passive:
• • Susan
liked
Tom
to
be
(but not
Tom was liked to be there.)
Other verbs like this include
(can't) bear, hate, love, need, prefer, want, wish.
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