Choose the correct passive voice for the active sentence with a verb of perception: ‘I saw him cross the road.’

Explanation

Verbs of perception, such as ‘see,’ ‘hear,’ and ‘watch,’ are followed by a bare infinitive (without ‘to’) in the active voice, as in ‘saw him cross.’ However, when converted to the passive voice, ‘to’ must be inserted before the infinitive, giving ‘He was seen to cross the road,’ a well-known exception similar to the rule for the causative verb ‘make.’ Explore more English MCQs on mcqstutor to keep practicing.