Language Arts Lesson 6
Writing Strategies: Organization and Focus
Instruction, Practice Exercise 6-2

Directions: Complete the Practice Exercise 6-2 below. Consult the Answer Key for answers once you finish. Review the Instruction material which relates to any questions you do not get correct.

Rewrite the following sentences. Change the passive verbs to active.

1. Before the semester was over, the new nursing program had been approved by the Curriculum Committee and the Board of Trustees.
    
2. Near the end of the game, an illegal time-out was called by one of the players.
    
3. Later in the day, the employees were spoken to by the boss herself.
    
4. The major points of the lesson were quickly learned by the class, but they were also quickly forgotten by them.
    
5. For several years, Chauncey was raised by his elderly grandmother.