320 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6Copyright © by Glencoe/McGraw-HillComposition
4.The water in the river was rough, and the water bounced the raft around.
If you are going out on the water, you should wear a life jacket.
When the rough waterbounced the raft around, we were glad that we were wearing life
jackets.
Here’s why you should wear a life jacket when you are on a boat.
Exercise 2 Rewrite the following passage, changing passive verbs to active verbs
where appropriate.
The last scene in the movie is packed with action. Tex Carlson, the sheriff, is chased
into a dead-end canyon by a band of nasty-looking outlaws. A way out is found by Tex,
though, at the last minute. He scrambles up the cliff like an agile mountain goat, just as his
deputy is arriving.
The last scene in the movie is packed with action. A band of nasty-looking outlaws chases Tex
Carlson, the sheriff, into a dead-end canyon. Tex finds a way out at the last minute, though. He scrambles
up the cliff like an agile mountain goat, just as his deputy is arriving.