Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The utensils have been cleaned.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct option that expresses the given sentence in active voice is Someone has cleaned the utensils.
The other options are incorrect because:
- The utensils have been cleaned is in the passive voice.
- Someone is cleaning the utensils is in the present continuous tense, while the original sentence is in the present perfect tense.
- Someone was cleaning the utensils is in the past continuous tense, while the original sentence is in the present perfect tense.
- Someone cleaned the utensils is in the simple past tense, but it does not specify who cleaned the utensils.