EXERCISE 12



EXERCISE 12.19 Rewriting passives and expletives

Rewrite each passive sentence below as active, and rewrite each expletive construction to restore normal subject-predicate order. (For additional exercises with the passive voice and with expletives, see pp. 303–04, 386, and 535–36.)

Example:

All the trees in the park were planted by the city.

The city planted all the trees in the park.

1. The screenplay for Monster’s Ball was cowritten by Milo Addica and Will Rokos.

2. The film was directed by Marc Foster.

3. There was only one performance in the movie that received an Academy Award.

4. It was Halle Berry who won the award for best actress.

5. Berry was congratulated by the press for being the first African American to win the award.

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