This document provides examples of verbs with two objects and how to change them to the passive voice. It shows active voice sentences such as "Mary gave the students the books" and their equivalent passive voice forms like "The students were given the books by Mary." Other examples include changing "My boyfriend sent me a message" to "I was sent a message by my boyfriend" and "John lent a new car to my sister" to "My sister was lent a new car by john."
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Verbs with two objects
1. Verbs with two objects: Passive Voice
Active voice: Mary gave the students the books.
Passive voice: The students were given the books by Mary.
Active voice: My boyfriend sent me a message.
Passive voice: I was sent a message by my boyfriend.
Active voice: John lent a new car to my sisteer.
Passive voice: My sister was lent a new car by john.
Active voice: I give a wonderful gift to my mom.
Passive voice: My mom is given a wonderful gif by me.