TRANSITIVE  

AND INTRANSITIVE VERB

A verb can be either transitive or intransitive. A transitive verb needs an object (in
sentence) to give complete meaning while intransitive verb does need an object (in
sentence) to give complete meaning.  
For example,

Transitive verb.
      He sent a letter.
  (Send is a transitive verb and it needs an object i.e. letter to express full meaning.)

Intransitive Verb.
       He laughs. 
      (Laugh is an intransitive verb and it does not need object for expressing full
meaning.) 
    e.g. Sleep, go, reach, sit, die, are examples of intransitive verbs.

PASSIVE VOICE
The passive voice is when the object and verb (or action) is emphasised in a
sentence over the subject
A sentence is written in active voice when the subject of the sentence is performing the
action.
A sentence is written in passive voice when the subject of the sentence has something
done to it by someone or something
- Formula active voice:
Subject + verb (performed by the subject) + optional object.

- Formula passive voice:

Subject + some form of the verb to be + past participle of a transitive verb + optional
prepositional phrase.
E.g.:
ACTIVE: The cat was chasing the mouse.
PASSIVE: The mouse was being chased by the mouse.
Active voice: The cat was chasing the mouse.
In this sentence, 'the cat' is the subject, 'was chasing' is the verb and 'the mouse' is
the object.
Passive voice: The mouse was being chased by the cat.
In this sentence 'the mouse' has become the subject which is having something done to
it by the cat.
We use passive voice when when the performer (subject) of the action of a sentence’s
verb:
- is very general or diffuse,
- is unknown (is missing in the sentence),
- should get less emphasis than the recipient of that action.
Using the verb to be doesn’t automatically put a verb phrase into the passive voice, you
also need a past participle.
If we want to say who or what performs the action while using the passive voice, we use
the preposition by
In passive voice, we only make “Action sentences” we do not make “no-action
sentences”.
Intransitive verb cannot be changed into passive voiceThe sentences having intransitive
verbs (belonging to any tense) cannot be changed into passive voice. The reason is that
there is not any object in such sentences and without object of sentence passive voice is
not possible. 

A sentence can be changed into passive voice if it has subject and object. Sometimes
subject may not be written in passive voice but it does not mean that it has no subject.
Such sentences have subject but the subject is so common or familiar or known that if
even it is not written in passive voice, it gives full meaning.

The following tenses can also not be changed into passive voice.
1.  Present perfect continuous tense
2.  Past perfect continuous tense
3.  Future continuous tense
4.  Future perfect continuous tense

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Who finds corn?

People find corn in the mountains.

Ask ss to circle people and find. Now, let’s change the sentence so that we don’t tell who
does it.

Corn is found in the mountain.

Ss will circle found, the word people has disappeared and the verb find changes to
found.

Rewrite in passive these sentences:

People eat pizza in many countries / Pizza is eaten in many countries.

Do people grow apples in Korea? / Are apples grown in Korea?
People don’t grow rice in England. / Rice is not grown in England.

The passive question does not use Do but Are