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Answers to Exercise 7.5
Directions: Change the following sentences from active to
passive voice.
1. The boys played football.
Football was played by the boys.
2. The army was flying helicopters over the base late at night.
Helicopters were being flown by the army over the base late at
night.
3. The girls achieved the highest award given by the organization.
The highest award given by the organization was achieved by the
girls.
4. The baseball team won most of the games they played this year.
Most of the games they played this year were won by the base-
ball team.
5. The jury decided the fate of the accused murderers.
The fate of the accused murderers was decided by the jury.
6. The plane crashed in the Andes late last night.
The plane was crashed in the Andes late last night.
7. No one survived the crash in the Andes last night.
The crash in the Andes last night was not survived by anyone.
8. The group of boys taunted the girls walking across the yard.
The girls walking across the yard were taunted by the group of boys.
9. The kittens roamed about the yard playing.
The yard was roamed about by the kittens playing.
10. The professor pounded the desk in frustration.
The desk was pounded in frustration by the professor.
11. The teacher modeled his class after what he was taught.
The class was modeled by the teacher after what he was taught.
12. The bear splashed through the stream clumsily.

6. No change
7. The car was made to shine by the glisten of the lights.
8. The brakes were made to squeak loudly as he applied them.
9. The den was pranced through by the cub.
10. A trickling sound was made by the water as it ran down the drain.
11. No change: Can make gerund. Cheating was done by the goalie . . .
12. The copier was repaired by him.
13. Dinner is being eaten later now.
14. The ashtray was tossed into the receptacle by the lady.
15. No change: Can make gerund. Whirring was made by the
computer . . .
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Answers to Exercise 7.7
Directions: Change the following sentence from active to pas-
sive, and punctuate it.
The man wrapped the gift then he hid the bottle in the fireplace next
the man threw out the extra paper finally he discarded the evidence
The gift was wrapped by the man; then, the bottle was hidden by
him in the fireplace. Next, the extra paper was thrown out by the man.
Finally, the evidence was discarded by him.
Answers to Exercise 7.8
Directions: Find the independent clause and the dependent
clause in each sentence.
Mark the independent clause by underlin-
ing it, and write
IC. Indicate the dependent clause by writing DC. Do
not rely on ellipsis to make a clause.
Legend: IC is underlined; DC is italicized.

hes a young man that he must adapt.
IC
9. Eating after midnight must be terrible for the system
.
IC DC (DO)
10. D
o you know if today is cold?
Answers to Exercise 7.9
Directions: Identify the complete subject by underlining it.
1. The old man down the street makes me very angry sometimes.
2. The little girl to whom you gave some candy
is a good student.
3. The old, ric
kety truck blew up on the highway.
4. The stately living in homes lose
their dignity if not treated wisely.
5. T
o lose at what you love the most crushes one after too many losses.
6. R
unning on a full tank of premium lessens the wear on an engine.
7. The administering of unlawful drugs without permission
is a felony.
8. T
o slowly and painfully wither away
is a fact of life.
9. Eating from the fruit of life
sustains the health.
10. E
vangelism in the West is on the rise.
11. “T

14. Being tall and having a good wife and beautiful children is great
.
15. To necessitate the arrival of reinforcements equals trouble
.
16. “They call me trouble,” is what he said
.
17. My favorite pastime is probably going to the lake at sundown
.
18. What he says and what he does are two totally separate things
.
19. Finding all of these stupid, inane grammatical points is frustrating
.
20. Walking for exercise became the one most tolerable exercise
.
Answers to Exercise 7.11
Directions: Identify the direct object with DO and the indirect
object with
IO.
Legend
= Complete DO is underlined and IO is italicized.
1. I learned that we had issued
him a book.
2. After receiving the answer, I passed it to
the dean.
3. To give the book
to
them was a mistake.
4. I think you must learn to give your time more freely
.
5. Understand the lesson