Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
Pygmalion was written by GB Shaw.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct option that expresses the given sentence in active voice is GB Shaw wrote Pygmalion.
The other options are incorrect because:
- Pygmalion was written by GB Shaw is in the passive voice.
- GB Shaw was writing Pygmalion is in the present progressive tense, while the original sentence is in the past tense.
- GB Shaw was written by Pygmalion is grammatically incorrect. The subject of the sentence is "GB Shaw," which is not a thing that can be written.
- Pygmalion wrote GB Shaw is grammatically incorrect. The verb "wrote" is in the active voice, but the subject is not the one doing the action.