Question

GIVING AWAY 200 POINTS PLEASE HELP

Read each sentence. In a word document, rewrite each sentence to eliminate passive voice and weak verbs.

1. The bank was robbed by some thieves in mini-skirts.

2. The anonymous ransom note was sent to every newspaper in the county.

3. The theme to Chariots of Fire was played by the band at its concert Monday.

4. The rock was thrown through the window at three in the morning.

5. The book about Mother Teresa's life, which was published by Scribner Brother's Inc
was read by the Eastern Civilization class.

6. The auto show was looked forward to by everyone.

7. The darkroom was cleaned by three dedicated photographers.

8. The capitol was torched by a known arsonist just released from jail.

9. The buffet was prepared by James while the decorations were hung by Julie.

10. The students were encouraged by the teacher to eliminate the majority of passive voice in their writing

Answer 1

1. The people wanted some new clothes

2. The person wanted people to know who he/she was

3. Never heard of it

4. Who ever threw the rock was mad

5.Never heard of the book

7. They needed a clean room to take a pic

8. He/she wanted revenge on the people in the town that got him sent to jail