Change the following sentences from active to passive forms and vice versa. a)We were blown away by her performance.
b) The little girl sewed the dress beautifully.
c)She lost her transport fare to the man.
d)Tony filed the reports in that cabinet.
e)Mary takes her job seriously.

(a) her performance blew us away.

(b) the dress was sewed by the little girl beautifully.

c) her transport fare was lost to the man.

d) The reports were filled by tony in his cabinet.

e) Marias job is taken seriously by her.

Explanation:

answer: i would say he was very determined and persistent in overcoming obstacles.

explanation:   "the magician of menlo park" as he was called, liked to tell an incident that happened when he was 8 years old and came back home crying after attending school for three months because his teacher called him "sterile and unproductive". from nowadays perspective, we can say that thomas alva edison was one of the most persistent and determined man that has ever existed. when edison was 14, he contracted scarlet fever. the effect of the fever, as well as a blow to the head by an angry train conductor, caused edison to become completely deaf in his left ear, and 80-percent deaf in the other. so as you can see he had to struggle to not so many minor issues but he always succeeded.

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.