Sreyas Ravi Mrs. Hill AP Language and Composition 3rd Period 11 January 2012 Original Passive Sentence 1. 2. 3.

A man was seen at the intersection, calmly crossing against the light. Cars were brought to a shrieking halt. Horns were honked. Warnings were shouted by the crowd waiting on the corner, and in the 4. distance a series of small crashes could be heard from the growing line of cars as bumpers were engaged unexpectedly. None of this was noticed by the man, a 5. narrow-chested little fellow in a black suit. 6. A black briefcase was carried in one hand and a rolled umbrella in the other. When the opposite side of the intersection was reached, his umbrella 7. was raised in brief salute to the cars that were now hopelessly stalled for blocks because of him. 8. Then he was seen no more. The crown shouted warnings waiting on the corner, and in the distance they heard a series of small crashes from the growing line of cars that engaged bumpers unexpectedly. Rewritten Sentence with Active Voice They saw a man at the intersection, calmly crossing against the light. He brought cars to a shrieking halt. They honked horns.

The man noticed none of this, a narrowchested little fellow in a black suit. He carried a black briefcase in one hand and a rolled umbrella in the other. When he reached the opposite side of the intersection, He raised his umbrella in brief salute to the cars that he hopelessly stalled for blocks. Then they did not see him anymore.