Exercise 2

All the verbs in the following sentences are _transitive_ verbs in the

_active_ form. Rewrite each sentence, putting the verb into the

_passive_ form and making the _object_ of the _active_ verb the

_subject_ of the _passive_ verb; as, for example, the first sentence

should be rewritten as follows:

_War on Russia was declared by Germany on August 1, 1914._

1. Germany declared war on Russia, August 1, 1914.

2. Who will sign the Emancipation Proclamation of the Proletariat?

3. Marx and Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto.

4. Spain murdered Francisco Ferrer, October 13, 1909.

5. We celebrate the first of May as International Labor Day.

6. The people of Paris stormed the Bastille, July 14, 1789.

7. Wat Tyler was leading the English workers in rebellion against

the King when the Mayor of London stabbed him in 1381.

8. The Inquisition burned Bruno at the stake for heresy in 1600.

9. The Paris Commune followed the German siege of Paris in 1871.

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