Choose the sentence in the active voice:

The correct answer is Option (3) → The glass bangles broke on the way home from the fair.

Active voice:

The subject “the glass bangles” does the action of the verb “broke”. “Broke” is the simple past with no object, and there is no “be + past participle (V3)”, so the sentence is active. It may feel passive because the bangles did nothing on purpose. But the verb form decides the voice, not the meaning.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: The festival stalls were set up in the school ground overnight. — Incorrect. “Were set up” is were + V3 and the stalls receive the action, so this is passive.

Option 2: Meena was frightened by the sudden clap of thunder. — Incorrect. “Was frightened” looks like a feeling word, but “by the sudden clap of thunder” names the doer. The thunder frightened Meena, so this is was + V3, passive.

Option 4: The leaking tap has finally been fixed by the plumber. — Incorrect. “Has been fixed” is has been + V3 and the tap receives the action, so this is passive.