DIRECTIONS: These lines taken from “The Return” are in the active voice. Underline the subject in each example. Double underline the action the subject

performs.

1. He made quick springing steps, his left hand dangling freely by the side of his

once white coat.

2. Sometimes he darted quick side-glances at the small hedged strips of land.

3. The other women, with tired and worn features, looked at him mutely as if

greeting was of no consequence.

4. But they told him of the new village.

5. He left them, feeling embittered but not cheated.​