Form 8: Shifting Emphasis and Focus in Sentences Exercise

Form 8: Shifting Emphasis and Focus in Sentences

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Form 8: Shifting Emphasis and Focus in Sentences

Learn how switching between active and passive voice changes sentence emphasis. Practice highlighting different information to suit your writing goals.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    If you want to emphasize the recipient/result of an action rather than who did it, which voice should you use?

  2. MultiChoice

    To focus attention on the 100-year-old tree rather than the workers, which sentence is best?

  3. MultiChoice

    To emphasize Professor Snape as the brilliant creator, which active sentence works best?

  4. MultiChoice

    Which sentence places primary focus on the priceless vase?

  5. MultiChoice

    Which passive construction puts focus on the gold medal?

  6. MultiChoice

    If a writer wants to emphasize WHO performed an extraordinary deed, which voice should be selected?

  7. MultiChoice

    Which sentence shifts focus onto the victim of the event (the town)?

  8. MultiChoice

    Which sentence emphasizes William Shakespeare as the subject/doer?

  9. MultiChoice

    Which sentence emphasizes the famous play 'Hamlet' rather than the playwright?

  10. MultiChoice

    What is the main functional difference between active and passive focus?

  11. MultiChoice

    Which sentence shifts focus away from the researchers and onto the medical breakthrough?

  12. MultiChoice

    Which sentence emphasizes the bravery of the lifeguard?

  13. MultiChoice

    Which sentence emphasizes the three swimmers receiving help?

  14. MultiChoice

    Which passive sentence keeps the focus squarely on the hospital building?

  15. MultiChoice

    Which sentence puts primary emphasis on the cause (a stray bullet)?