a passive construction in which the action is performed upon the subject. For example, “The dog [the object acted upon] was hugged [the action performed] by the child [the subject performing the action],” or, “The book [the object acted upon] was read [the action performed] by us [the subject performing the action].” With intransitive verbs, the action performed by the subject does not affect an object. In fact, intransitive verbs cannot take a direct object. Notice that we cannot say, “We go Greece,”