Active and Passive Voice #1

Active and Passive Voice #1 Exercises: Convert each sentence from active to passive or from passive to active. Justify your decision. 1. When the Phillies's Shane Victorino overran him, third base was stolen by Johnny Damon. ______2. A happy Thanksgiving is wished by me for everyone. ______

3. The attorney general indicted the notorious gangster, Al Capone, for federal income tax evasion. ______4. The student services committee forwarded revised disciplinary procedures to the campus president. ______5. Six Thousand shares of Disney stock were bought by Jenny Allen when she was only nineteen. ______6. People can view the dazzling meteor shower from the observation tower at the planetarium. ______7. The acceptance letter from Harvard was received by Jenny Arteaga last Tuesday. ______8. An invitation to Francis Suarez’s victory party was received by Mr. Packer, the state party chairman. ______9. The Baseball Writers Association of America named Joe Mauer, the Minnesota Twins’ catcher who led the American League with a .365 batting average, MVP for 2009. Comma Splices (Also called Run-on Sentences) #2 Exercises: Each sentence below is wrong; it has a comma splice. Please correct it.

1. Each sentence below is wrong, it has a comma splice. ______2. Eliza ran to the store, then she bought some candy. ______3. The stock market has moved in one direction lately, it has gone down. ______4. Elvis Presley was a great singer, he was never really accepted by the country music's mainstream. ______5. Computer programs help us live saner lives, obviously the people who write them should make lots of money. ______6. Dubai has built magnificent office towers with luxuries and conveniences, it is considered a great location in which to conduct international business. ______7. Brazil has won several world championships in soccer, they are always considered a good team. ______8. The Quaid-i-Azam campus of Punjab University is considered excellent, it attracts many students. ______Sentence Fragments #3

Exercises: Each item below contains a sentence fragment. Fix it in the space provided. 1. Salt-water fish can be very colorful. For example, Parrot Fish. ______2. Merwin passed the exam. Although, he got the last five questions wrong. ______3. Robert has met his long-lost daughter. Who had been searching for him over twenty years. ______4. Because the cities on the west coast of Florida receive cool breezes and warm water from the Gulf of Mexico. ______5. Jenny never finished high school. Despite the fact that her parents were supportive and allowed her to stay at home after her arrest. ______6. The conductor finished with a flourish. Waving his baton and gesticulating wildly with his free hand. ______7. The house survived the tornado. Which clearly demonstrated that the building and zoning codes were sufficiently strict. ______Fused Sentences (Also called Run-on Sentences) #4

1. Janine’s uncle never graduated from high school he started his own landscaping company at sixteen. ______2. I have had a Mac computer for a year already I have no regrets about buying it. ______

3. People make their way across the desert they arrive in trucks with little ventilation, and they are often beaten by the men who smuggle them. ______4. These political victories add up It’s not just money, but dignity at home and on the job. ______5. Immigrants can be sentenced to prison most are sent back to their native homelands. ______6. Jammal’s supervisor installed a new fingerprint reader when employees arrive they must enter an employee number and place their index finger on a small sensor. ______7. The teacher distributed several worksheets some of them were taken directly from the textbook. ______8. Amar Chang has a goal in fourteen consecutive matches he is three shy of the record. ______9. The dog jumped and barked near the lake he noticed an alligator swimming toward shore. ______Apostrophe Errors #5

1. If you think your going to the movies, your mistaken! ______2. The boy who's dog was sent to the pound cried uncontrollably. ______3. A good dog always cleans its’ food bowl. ______4. The Sisters of Saint Joseph support they're convent with outside employment. ______5. Its never as good a deal as the salesperson makes it out to be. ______6. The rugby players promise that their not going to stop playing after August. ______7. Their not going to the carnival, and your not either. ______8. Its never too late to apply, even when the registrar's office closes it's doors. ______9. Its’ important to realize whose actually using the computers in the lab. ______Less vs. Fewer #6

1. There are less markers in the cabinet today than yesterday.

______2. Chefs use less kilograms of flour making pastries than making bread.

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3. Less automobiles cross the bridge at night than in the afternoon.

______4. Energy-efficient appliances consume less electricity than older appliances.

______5. Energy-efficient appliances consume less kilowatts of electricity than older appliances.

______6. Janice exhibits less emotional outbursts than Alicia.

______7. Modern buildings use much less steel beams than older buildings.

______8. This spring, I plan to spend less Euros travelling than I did last year.

______9. People spend less days vacationing than they did in the past.

______10. Peter has lost less weight than John because he does not eat less candy bars at snack time.

______11. When Ali moved to Brisbane, he packed less bags than his sister.

______12. The winery shipped less barrels of wine this year.

______13. Chinese food uses less grams of cheese per serving than Mexican food.

______14. Florida ships less tons of sugar today than it did last decade. ______Fused Sentences (Also called Run-on Sentences)

1. Janine’s uncle never graduated from high school he started his own landscaping company at sixteen. ______2. I have had a Mac computer for a year already I have no regrets about buying it. ______

3. People make their way across the desert they arrive in trucks with little ventilation, and they are often beaten by the men who smuggle them. ______4. These political victories add up It’s not just money, but dignity at home and on the job. ______5. Immigrants can be sentenced to prison most are sent back to their native homelands. ______6. Jammal’s supervisor installed a new fingerprint reader when employees arrive they must enter an employee number and place their index finger on a small sensor. ______7. The teacher distributed several worksheets some of them were taken directly from the textbook. ______8. Amar Chang has a goal in fourteen consecutive matches he is three shy of the record. ______9. The dog jumped and barked near the lake he noticed an alligator swimming toward shore. ______Apostrophe Errors

1. If you think your going to the movies, your mistaken! ______2. The boy who's dog was sent to the pound cried uncontrollably. ______3. A good dog always cleans its’ food bowl. ______4. The Sisters of Saint Joseph support they're convent with outside employment. ______5. Its never as good a deal as the salesperson makes it out to be. ______6. The rugby players promise that their not going to stop playing after August. ______7. Their not going to the carnival, and your not either. ______8. Its never too late to apply, even when the registrar's office closes it's doors. ______9. Its’ important to realize whose actually using the computers in the lab. ______Active and Passive Voice Exercises: Convert each sentence from active to passive or from passive to active. Justify your decision. 1. When the Phillies's Shane Victorino overran him, third base was stolen by Johnny Damon. ______2. A happy Thanksgiving is wished by me for everyone. ______

3. The attorney general indicted the notorious gangster, Al Capone, for federal income tax evasion. ______4. The student services committee forwarded revised disciplinary procedures to the campus president. ______5. Six Thousand shares of Disney stock were bought by Jenny Allen when she was only nineteen. ______6. People can view the dazzling meteor shower from the observation tower at the planetarium. ______7. The acceptance letter from Harvard was received by Jenny Arteaga last Tuesday. ______8. An invitation to Francis Suarez’s victory party was received by Mr. Packer, the state party chairman. ______9. The Baseball Writers Association of America named Joe Mauer, the Minnesota Twins’ catcher who led the American League with a .365 batting average, MVP for 2009. ______Less vs. Fewer