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REVIEW: EXERCISE ON STRONG, ACTIVE VERBS Due July 20, 2015 JNL-1102

Review: Exercise on Strong, Active Verbs - JNL-1102 - Reporting and Writing I - Professor Linda Austin - National Management College, Yangon, Myanmar

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REVIEW: EXERCISE

ON STRONG,

ACTIVE VERBS Due July 20, 2015

JNL-1102

AVOID WEAK VERBS •Be

•Try

•Plan

•Consider

•Meet

• Issue

•May_______ By C

raig

Ho

we

ll

Direct lead: DOs

WHAT IS ACTIVE VOICE?

Direct lead: DOs

WHO DID WHAT

Myanmar and Thailand destroyed Friday

nearly $1 billion of seized narcotics to mark

World Drugs Day.

WHO DID WHAT

WHAT IS PASSIVE VOICE? Direct lead: DOs

WHAT WAS

DONE BY WHOM

Nearly $1 billion of seized narcotics was

destroyed Friday by Myanmar and Thailand

to mark World Drugs Day.

WHAT WAS

DONE BY WHOM

WHAT IS PASSIVE VOICE? Direct lead: DOs

WHAT WAS

DONE BY WHOM

Football star Matt Acton has been traded by

Yangon United to Ayeyawady United.

“BY”

SIGNALS

PASSIVE

IS WHAT MOST

IMPORTANT?

Professor Zin Mar Kyaw teaches the course.

U Kyaw Soe sued.

The paya will cost 500 million kyats, Buddhist authorities estimated.

The football team tried to intimidate its opponents.

The newspaper’s staff will name the editor.

The public knows and loves these products.

The contest publicizes the charity.

The taxi sped at 100 kph, the police estimated.

Bogyoke Aung San sought Burma’s independence from Great Britain.

The Yangon Regional Parliament wants 500

million kyats to build 50 kilometers of bike paths.

The Yangon University faculty approved a new

program in health care before the semester was

over.

A player called an illegal time-out with five seconds left.

The class quickly learned and forgot the lesson.

An unexpected tornado smashed houses and uprooted trees in Bago.

Stampeding pilgrims crushed to death at least 145 people, mostly women

and children, at a temple in northern India Sunday, police said.

Alcohol causes 28,000 traffic deaths a year in

Karnataka, the report said.

Students avoid algebra, a teacher said.

The club needs members.

A senior minister’s son who is an electronics

specialist is setting up a communications hub.

Swimming in the sewage along Mysore Road can

harm children, authorities said.