Question

Questions 1–5: Revise the following sentences so that the active voice replaces the passive voice. 1. All of us were surprised to hear the views that were expressed by him. 2. At each new performance of the jazz band, the music was enjoyed by Pat even more. 3. Several different techniques for grafting can be employed by the gardener. 4. Only one person had not been persuaded by the rhetoric.

Answer 1

Passive voice is formed by changing the subject of the active voice as a complement and the object of the predicate as the subject.

1. All of us were surprised to hear the views that were expressed by him.

Active voice: “All of us were surprised to hear the views that he expressed”

2. At each new performance of the jazz band, the music was enjoyed by Pat even more.  

Active voice: “At each new performance of the jazz band, Pat enjoyed the music even more.”

3. Several different techniques for grafting can be employed by the gardener.

Active voice: “The gardener can employ several different techniques for grafting.”

4. Only one person had not been persuaded by the rhetoric.

Active voice: “The rhetoric had not persuaded only one person.”

Answer 2

Answer:

His views surprised us all.

Pat enjoyed the music more at each new performance of the jazz band.

The gardener can employ several different techniques for grafting.

The rhetoric had persuaded all but one person.

Congress provided these improvements for bus riders in part through a new program that included two innovations: distribution of funds to localities and provision for annual increases for six years.

Dead words are those that use extra words to say little to nothing. In consideration of an in accordance with are examples.

for one year

now

because

while

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