Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The old woman was helped by the boy while crossing the road.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct option that expresses the given sentence in active voice is The boy helped the old woman while crossing the road.
The other options are incorrect because:
- The boy has helped the old woman while crossing the road. is in the present perfect tense, while the original sentence is in the simple past tense.
- The boy is helping the old woman while crossing the road. is in the present progressive tense, while the original sentence is in the simple past tense.
- The boy was helped the old woman while crossing the road. is grammatically incorrect. The verb "to help" is transitive, which means that it takes a direct object. However, the subject of the sentence is "the boy," which is not a direct object.