Practicing Success
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. The villain of the play was hated by the audience. |
The audience hated the villain of the play. The villain hated the audience of the play. The audience had hated the villain of the play. The audience was hating the villain of the play. |
The audience hated the villain of the play. |
The correct active voice of the sentence The villain of the play was hated by the audience is The audience hated the villain of the play. The active voice of the sentence is The villain of the play was hated by the audience. This sentence is in the passive voice, which means that the subject of the sentence is the one being acted upon. The active voice of the sentence reverses the order of the subject and verb, and puts the subject of the passive voice in the verb phrase. In this case, the subject of the passive voice is "the villain of the play" and the verb is "was hated." The active voice of the sentence is The audience hated the villain of the play. The other options are incorrect because:
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