A. Rewrite the following sentence so that it does not have an awkward passive voice: The witness admitted that at several times violence has been threatened by him.

b. Rewrite the passive-voice sentences in the following paragraph into the active voice.

The retirement ceremony for Miss Stanton has been scheduled for next Friday by Mr. Andrews. It has been decided by him that we should present only one farewell gift, out of a fund to which employees can contribute if they want to. Specific details will be provided by the administrative assistant as soon as they are decided.

But this, but you – small, pitiful and twiggy – you put me down with wine, you blinded me. come back, odysseus, and i'll treat you well, praying the god of earthquake to befriend you – his son i am, for he by his avowal fathered me, and, if he will, he may heal me of this black wound – he and no other of all the happy gods or mortal men.' few words i shouted in reply to him: 'if i could take your life i would and take your time away, and hurl you down to hell! the god of earthquake could not heal you there! ' at this he stretched his hands out in his darkness toward the sky of stars, and prayed poseidon: 'o hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if i am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home -the odyssey, homer what motivates cyclops to ask poseidon to interfere with odysseus's journey home?