Writer's Choice Grade 12

Directions: The sentences below are written in the passive voice. Rewrite each sentence in the active voice; however, when the use of the passive voice is appropriate, write correct.

Sample	A quirk of the brain is shared by ten people in a million.
Revision	Ten people in a million share a quirk of the brain.

1.		The letters of the alphabet were seen in colors by the Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov.
2.		The letter k, for example, was perceived by him as huckleberry blue.
3.		Colors were associated with musical tones by the composer Aleksandr Scriabin.
4.		An A major chord was heard by him as green.
5.		Flavors were perceived as shapes by one person.
6.		A bland chicken was once described by this person as not having "enough points."
7.		Baked beans were tasted by another person at the sound of the word Francis.
8.		The existence of synesthesia has been known for more than two hundred years.
9.		It was concluded by a leading researcher that everyone's brain is capable of synesthesia.