The Case of the Missing Actor
A report lands on Detective Vinny's desk with the actor missing from every sentence: the vault was opened, the gem was taken. Passive voice hides the doer. Help Vinny rewrite it active by filling in strong verbs that name who acted.
Detective Vinny is reviewing the file. When you finish, he'll read the whole case back in the active voice, doer first.
Your story is ready. Here is what Vinny read.
Tap or hover over any red word to see what kind of word you chose.
The report on Detective Vinny's desk read like a ghost had written it. "The vault was opened. The gem was taken. The alarm was ignored." Every line hid the one thing that mattered: who did it.
"Passive voice," Vinny muttered. "The actor goes missing every time. Let's put him back."
So he rebuilt the story active. A masked burglar the lock, the vault door wide, and the gem off its stand. The thief it into a bag and for the exit.
"If I were one step faster," Vinny said, "I'd have caught him cold." He the tape, the timeline, and the clue the passive sentences had buried.
"Move," he ordered the guards. They . Vinny down the alley, the fence, and the burglar by the collar. The thief .
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