Please help for 50points 1. “Seven food shop owners in Bangkok were arrested yesterday for selling liquor during the prohibited period.”
a. Explain the use of the passive in this sentence.

b. What do you think is the omitted agent?
2. “Amphol was accused of being the gunman by the three people who had recently been arrested.”
a. Can we take out the agent phrase in this sentence? Why? Why not?

3. “A member of an armed gang died in hospital early yesterday after being shot by police outside a London museum.”
a. Can we take out the agent phrase in this case? Why?

b. Explain the use of passive in this sentence.

4. “Students may be given a list of key words and required to write an original sentence using each one.”
a. Why doesn’t the writer include the agent phrase in this sentence?

b. What will be the agent in this sentence?

[1] a. passive is used to define the arrest of food shop owners by selling liquors in this sentence.

b. Police.

[2] a. No, because it is the special identity of that gunman who is also arrested recently.

[3] a. Yes, because armed gang is generally shoted and arrested by police only.

b. passive is used to define the brave work of police in this sentence.

[4] a. Because students might given homework by their teachers only.

b. Teachers.

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a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.