Verbs with No Passive Forms

Intransitive Verbs

Verbs that cannot be followed by objects are called intransitive verbs, They have no passive forms. Here are some common intransitive verbs:

• Appear
• Arrive
• Come
• Cry
• Die
• Emerge
• Go
• Happen
• Look
• Occur
• Rain
• Sleep
• Stay
• Walk

Transitive Nonpassive Voice

Verbs than can be followed by objects are called transitive verbs. Most transitive verbs have passive forms, but some do not. Notice how the passive form of fit does not make sense in English.

Active                                                                      Passive

               The dress fits Valerie                         X Valerie is fit by the dress. (INCORRECT)

Here are some more transitive verbs that have no passive forms:

• Ben has a CD player.
• We lack funds.
• the dress suits her
• Jenny resembles her father
• The test consists of two parts
• Ten pounds equal 4.5 kilos
• She became a doctor
• The book costs ten dollars
• He weights 150 pounds

Verbs That are Intransitive or Transitive 

Some verbs can be transitive or intransitive. When they are intransitive they do not have passive forms. Here are some examples:

• Begin
• Break
• Close
• End
• Freeze
• Open
• Start
• Stop

  Taken from- "Gramar Sense 3B, second edition, Susan Kesner Bland, Oxford Univerity Press" -