Question

Which of the following sentences is written in the active voice?

Answer 1

Answer:

C. The chairman told me that the legislature passed the bill.

Explanation:

The name of voice is given to the form assumed by the verb to indicate if the grammatical subject is agent or patient of the action that the verb is referring to. In this way, active voice occurs when the subject is an agent, that is, when the subject practices the action expressed by the verb.

In case of alternative C, in the sentence "The chairman told me that the legislature passed the bill." The subject of the phrase "the chairman" is the agent of the action shown by the verb "told".

That is, who is telling me that the legislature approved the bill? The chairman!

Answer 2

The sentence which is written in the active voice is “The chairman told me that the legislature passed the bill.” The correct answer is alternative C.  

EXPLANATION:  

Active voice is when the subject and the verb of a sentence do the action or the activity. It also can be said that the subject and the verb are the ones who do the verb. An active voice can be indicated with the subject as the agent which occurs as the first word in the sentence, then it is followed by the verb. The example is alternative C, “The chairman told me that the legislature passed the bill.” “The chairman” is the subject or the agent of the sentence which does the activity of the verb. “Told” is the verb which indicates the activity. Thus, the correct answer to that question is C.  

Other alternatives, A, B, and D are examples of passive voices. Passive voice is indicated by the passive verb such as was told, was voted, and was passed. It shows that the subject is not the one who does the verb. The example is the alternative A, The bill was passed by the legislature. From this sentence, we know that it is not the bill who acts as the subject although it occurs as the first word in that sentence. The subject is actually the legislature. It is the legislature that passed the bill. The active voice of this sentence is the legislature passed the bill.  

LEARN MORE:  

If you’re interested in learning more about this topic, we recommend you to also take a look at the following questions:

1. Which of the following is a run-on sentence? brainly.com/question/9027169  

2. Which of the following sentences uses prepositions correctly? brainly.com/question/7439913  

KEYWORDS:  active voice, example of active voice, passive voice, example of passive voice  

Subject: English

Class:  10-12

Sub-chapter: Active voice