Sunday, February 21, 2016

Local Revision: Passive and Active Voice

Active (Specific):

killed
erected
overthrown
establish
rebuild
undermine
increase
sparked
portrayed
overtake
trapped
fled
alerted
captured
fending
ceases
evacuated
destroyed
conducted
suspect

Active(General):

is
start
was
had
helped
were
looking
seen
arrives
being
increasing
approve
deny 
think
lied
learned

Passive:

established
helped
received
denied
ignored
released
produced
stated
walked
played
heard
captured
recovered
destroyed
conducted
held

Questions:
  1. Mostly specific or passive, but a pretty even balance of the three
  2. I could use more specific verbs than general verbs, especially in the description of the actual event.

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