Passive and Active Examples

Active to passive

1.   Children cannot open these bottles easily.

These bottles cannot be easily opened by children

2.   The government built a road right outside her front door.

A road built by the government wss right outside her front door

3.   Mr. Ross broke the antique vase as he walked through the store.

The antique vase was broken by Mr Ross while he walked through the store

4.   When she arrived, the changes amazed her.

The changes amazed her, when she arrived

5.   The construction workers are making street repairs all month long.

Street repairs are being done all month long by construction workers

6.   The party will celebrate his retirement.

His retirement will be celebrated at the party.

7.   His professors were discussing his oral exam right in front of him.

His oral exam was being discussed by his professors just in front of him

8.   My son ate all the homemade cookies.

All the the homemade cookies were eaten by my son.

9.   Corrosion had damaged the hull of the ship.

The hull of the ship has ben damaged by corrosion

10.        Some children were visiting the old homestead while I was there.

While I was there, the old homestead was being visited by some children.

Passive to Active

1.   If expansion is not accomplished, then two less-efficient alternatives must be acted upon: either the book sales will have to be in separate quarters or else the whole enterprise will have to be moved to a new location. [Try "we."]

We will have to either: have the book sales in separate quarters or the whole enterprise will have to be moved to a new location, if expansion is not accomplished.

2.   Trees on average sites are expected to be about twenty inches in diameter when they are eighty years old if they are managed properly since youth. [Start "Managed properly."]

Managed properly since youth, trees on average sites will grow twenty inches in diameter when they are eight years old.

3.   Any amended declaration should be filed with the Internal Revenue Office with whom the original declaration was filed even if you move to another district.

Even if you move to another district any amended declaration should be filed with the Internal Revenue Office with whom the original declaration was filed

Words and Images

In the film they used an image and connected the words that would describe an image with another that would have some of those traits. The point of the video is to show the flow of ideas based on words. Words relate to images because they can help create one or describe an existing image. For example in the film one shot was a dollar bill on the street moving vertically by the wind. The next shot is the top of a forest being moved by the wind. After this one there is a feather falling being moved with the wind as well. It is clear the wind connects the ideas.

Casa de Muñecas

What a curious play. Having read a brief summary of the play, I didn’t expect the style in which it was presented. Having seen only a few plays I still can say this was a quite a different one. I was impressed with a number of things the style, acting, make up, and even the theatre itself. I had never been to a theatre this beautiful in quite a long time. When the elevator doors opened it seamed as if we had somehow arrived in Europe to se the play. Beautiful architecture and a high tech theatre seamed impossible here. The show hadn’t even started and already were we extremely impressed.

The style of the play was the most notorious out of all aspect. Most performances use a series of spotlight to control the audience’s focus, this was much better. Using a projector they illuminated only a small rectangle on the stage. This would become the actual stage throughout the show. Whenever the actors would leave the spot light is almost as if they had left the stage. This light area meant actors were limited in space but characters seamed more in focus. The lack of an overwhelming spotlight meant actors had to steal the audience’s focus with their performance, which they did.

The actor’s performance was incredible. Characters were given a real touch that jut some performers are able to do. Without even knowing the language they were speaking in I could feel every little emotion in each character. Not really knowing the language really made me evaluate the performers body language and tone. When Nora, the main character was always all “lovey dovey” and I could see in the pose and in the tonality used what she was feeling. The other factor that impressed me was the chemistry in the ensemble. I seamed impressed when Nora and Christine, an old female friend, kissed. It was as if the play was happening with the real actors.

This production really impressed me and having performed little scenes of plays, I was able to appreciate all the hard work actors have. The crudity and the spotlight scenery are what make this a great performance.