"I finished my research paper two days early."
A good way to determine active vs passive is to ask who performed the action. Did the subject perform the action, or was the action performed "by" the subject?
The subject performs the action in this sentence:
I = [subject]
finished = [action]
my research paper = [thing on which the action was performed]
In the other examples, the subject has an action performed on it.
My research paper = [subject]
was finished/is being finished = [action]
two days early = [time frame information, not really important for the discussion here]
At this point, you have no indication as to who will finish the paper, do you? No. You assume that the paper will be completed "by me," but it could just as easily be completed "by my friend."
If you can add "by [person/thing]" to a sentence, it's passive voice. If you can't, it's not. Clearly, you would never say "I finished my research paper by me."
The sentence that has the correct subject-verb agreement is the last one:
Saturn, along with Jupiter and Uranus, has rings that encircle the planet.
In the first sentence, it should be - have several...
In the second sentence, it should be - rotates every...
Answer:
You should know the name of Homer. Not The Simpsons dad, but a famous poet from Ancient Greece. He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, epic stories about war heroes, gods, and the beautiful women for whom they fought. Even if you haven't read his poetry, you might already be familiar with the stories - the Trojan horse, Achilles' tendon, and the beauty of Helen.
English translations of Homer's epic are dense. In Black Ships Before Troy, young adult author and historian Rosemary Sutcliff translates Homer's Iliad for a modern audience. Sutcliff's illustrated book is written for middle school readers.
Like the Iliad, Black Ships recounts the story of the Trojan War, the fight over Helen, the Spartan invasion of Troy, and the eventual fall of Troy. Homer's story is considered a myth and work of epic poetry because it includes the intervention and the lives of gods. However, the Trojan War is a historical event that took place in the 12th century B.C. Let's now take a look at the cast of characters, which includes both gods and men vying for control and power.
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