EXERCISE 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.
5. These improvements for bus riders were provided in part by Congress through a new program that
included two innovations: distribution of funds to localities and provision for annual increases to be
made through the coming six years.

Composition about "the day i ran away" with 500 words

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these

Which of the characteristics apply to mr. john (fanny) dashwood?