The answer is the first option, it is a way to show that grandpa that toads are his equal, they are living, breathing creatures. He's been helping the toads all night, bringing them out of the rain and into the car. When he finally releases them, it's a way to humanize them.
An active sentence means that the actions are being done to the subjects. So, in this case, your subject would be the late arriving cashier. One way to make this an active sentence would be to say, “The late-arriving cashier was being scolded by the manager.” I’m sure you can come up with different ways, but feel free to use that and I hope it helps! :)
it is still safe to say shakespear did write 37 plays and 154 sonnets .
