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In your preparation for Test 2, please practice changing the following passages into passive and active voice.

Change the following bulletin into passive voice:

A pastor has angered Christians in South Africa by preaching a sermon entitled "Jesus was HIV-positive" in an attempt to break what he regards as a conspiracy of silence by the South African church. Xola Skosana said that people stigmatise HIV as evil and a sin in the country that has the world's biggest caseload. Skosana (43) took an HIV test in front of his congregation last Sunday at the non-denominational Way of Life church in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. 100 young people from the impoverished township also took the test. Skosana chose the title for his three-part sermon to draw attention to "a very serious issue". Skosana cited a passage in the Bible where Jesus says: "I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me." But South African Christians are saying he can't reconcile Jesus and Aids. They assume it means Jesus was promiscuous and had a louche lifestyle with many sexual partners.

Change the following ad into active voice:

Applicants are invited to apply for a scholarship in the field of Science and Engineering. To qualify the applicant has to be in their first year of study, or scheduled to complete grade 12 at the end of 2010, or must be enrolled to commence their first year at university in 2011. Special interest in Natural Sciences is required. First year applicants who do well in Math and Academic Literacy will be preferred, and at least 50% of successful applicants will be selected from those groups. Students with good communication and computer skills are highly encouraged to apply. Successful applicants will be informed by email.