一.常見的系動詞look （看起來）,sound (聽起來),taste （嘗起來）,smell （聞起來）,feel（感到）,go （變得）,grow (變得)等.
二、一些不能接賓語的動詞短語也沒有被動語態(tài).
1．The war broke out in 1937.（break out,爆發(fā))
2．The story took place in a small mountain village.(發(fā)生,take place)
三、甚至有些及物動詞和可以接賓語的動詞短語要看他們作什么意思講,有時也只能有主動語態(tài)而不宜于用被動語態(tài).
1．We have six classes every day.(have,上課)
2．The hall can hold more than 500 people.(held,容納)
3．The project lasted 14 years and cost I billion US dollars.(last,延續(xù))
4．No dish suits all tastes.(suit,適合)
類似的還有fit ,catch ,get ,take ,own ,meet 等.
四、而有些動詞和短語兼有及物和不及物兩種用法,所以前者有被動語態(tài),而后者沒有.
1．He serves in the Navy Department.(服役,不及物)
2．Hamburger is served in this restaurant.(供應(yīng),及物)
3．The plane toke off at eight last night.(起飛,不及物)
類似的還有l(wèi)ook into （作往里看,不及物；作調(diào)查、研究,及物） look up (作好轉(zhuǎn),不及物；作查閱,及物)等.
五、而如果及物動詞后的賓語是反身代詞,相互代詞；或者賓語前面有和主語同一人物的物主代詞；或者是同源賓語的動詞,也常常不能轉(zhuǎn)換為被動語態(tài).例如：
1．The thief hid himself behind the door .(賓語為反身代詞)
2．We should learn from each other.(賓語為相連代詞)
六、帶賓語從句的句子常常沒有被動語態(tài)
1．Marx found that his English was too limited.
2．I don’t know where he lives.
但是,如果主句的謂語動詞是believe ,say ,know ,report 等,且賓語從句是由that
or
whether引起的,則常可以用It is believed (say ,know ,report) that (whether)的句型.
七、有些及物動詞有其習(xí)慣性用法,常用主動代替被動：
1．It is a pretty material ,but it doesn’t wash.
比較：My shirt is usually washed by myself.
2.
The new Ford is selling badly.
比較：All newspapers have been sold out.
類似的還有clean ,lock ,write ,play ,start ,cut等.
八、最后要說的是另一種情況：英語中有不少動詞及動詞短語常用被動形式來表示主動的含義.
1．
Be seated,please!
2．
We must be prepared for the worst.
類似的還有be determined to ,be absorbed in ,be gone ,be married to ,be hidden ,be interested in
……and
advanced mathematics ,experienced school ,learned man 等中這些定語用的過去分詞也是用過去分詞表主動.