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James Maxfield, Instructor
More Sentence Transformations: Changing Active and Passive
Voices
Instructions : After reviewing the sections in your
Handbook, complete the following by identifying and converting all
passive sentences to active, and all active to passive (205-07, 307-8, 291-95c)
Examples:
Active: Later Kings of England made additions to the castle.
Changed to passive: Additions to the castle were made by later Kings of
England.
Passive: Clams are considered a delicacy by many people.
Changed to Active: Many people consider clams a delicacy.
(Sentences taken from Shakespeare’s Unorthodox Biography by Diana
Price.)
- By 1598, Shakespeare had presumably written about seventeen plays, of
which [Francis] Meres named twelve. By 1598, seventeen plays
had presumably been written by Shakespeare, of which twelve were named by
[Francis] Meres.
Many years after Shak[e]spere’s death, [Ben] Jonson wrote a piece,
Timber, or Discoveries, in which he advised students to "read the best
authors" first. Many years after Shakspere’s death, a piece
was written by Ben Jonson, Timber, or Discoveries, in which students
were advised by him to "read the best authors" first.
In fact, Jonson did not write once about Shakespeare during the Stratford
man’s lifetime, and his silence is particularly deafening.
In fact, Shakespeare was not written about once by Jonson during the Stratford
man’s lifetime, and particularly deafening is his silence.
Just as the Secret Service and the press corps did not broadcast the facts
about Kennedy or Roosevelt, Shakespeare’s professional colleagues did not
write explicitly about a gentleman dramatist in their midst.
Just as the facts about Kennedy or Roosevelt were not broadcast by the
Secret Service and the press corps, a gentleman dramatist in their midst was
not explicitly written about by Shakespeare’s professional colleagues.
Some of Henslowe’s playhouse inventories were examined by early scholars
but are no longer extant. Early scholars examined some of
Henslowe’s playhouse inventories, but no longer extant are they.
(What is the flaw in this sentence?)
Like many 18th and 19th century scholars, Collier
took possession of numerous historical documents. Like many
of the 18th and 19th century scholars, numerous
histori8cal documents were taken possession by Collier.
No biography can account for [Shakespeare’s] education.
[Shakespeare’s] education cannot be accounted for by any biography.
The best that can be inferred is that if Shak[e]spere wrote the plays,
then he must have attended the Stratford grammar school. We
can infer that the best is that if the plays were written by Shakspere, then
the Stratford grammar school must have been attended by him.
In the absence of any concrete evidence supporting Shak[e]spere’s
schooling, some authorities have embraced the theory of education by osmosis.
In the absence of any concrete evidence supporting
Shakspere’s schooling, the theory of education by osmosis has been embraced by
some authorities.
Many critics sidestep Shakespeare’s evident command of languages not
taught at the grammar school. Shakespeare’s evident command
of languages not taught at the grammar school are sidestepped by many critics.
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