"The earthquake shook the building."能否运用被动事态,表达为“The building were shaken.”?

Question

"The earthquake shook the building."能否运用被动事态,表达为“The building were shaken.”?

Answer 1

1.当然可以.
2.此句中shook后面加了宾语the building,说明shake在此句为及物动词.而及物动词做句子谓语都是可以变成被动语态的.
变成被动即：The building was shaken by the earthquake.
3.当然,shake也可以用作不及物动词,此时不必使用被动语态,直接写成：
The building shook in the earthquake.